Detect if You are Running in Simulator

[Randy]

First off this is my first mobile app and I am 90% there after 3 weeks. Still have some rough patches to finish off, but I wouldn't have been anywhere near done without Icenium. And that is using Geolocation, file downloading  webservices and some minor custom  changes for iOS vs Android. Thanks

Is there a way to tell if you are running in the Simulator or not?

My app does some things with file system and has an exit button, both of these throw an error if selected in the simulator. I would like them to fail silently or perhaps with an alert, but not crash.

Also is it possible to tell if you are installed from the store or from ION or directly on Android? I don't know if what Android does is part of ION or if that is iOS only.

Thanks
Randy

[Steve]

Hello Randy,

Thank you for the kind words about Icenium, we always strive to deliver tools that ease developers, so your feedback gives us the a feeling of accomplishment.

About your inquiry, you can get the device's Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of our simulator for both Android and iOS which are hardcoded and make a check whether they match. If the UUID differs, then clearly you're running on real device.

ION is iOS specific, as the Apple platform does not allow you to install and run apps that are not signed. ION is only a test utility (a container for your app), and is not included when you build your app for deployment. For more information, review the following help articles:

• Using Icenium Ion
• Configuring Code Signing for iOS Apps

Regards,
Steve
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[Randy]

Thanks for the response. I figured there was something simple.

Is there any tips & tricks blog or post that would have that type of information?

Thanks
Randy

[Steve]

Hello Randy,

You can subscribe to our Icenium team blog, where we expand the knowledge already available in our documentation and also share various tips & tricks. The simulator vs. device topic has not been covered yet.

Regards,
Steve
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[Tim]

Hey,

is there somewhere a list with the all UUIDs of the simulator devices?

Cheers
Tim

[Tina Stancheva]

Hello Tim,

If you are looking for a way to tell if you are running the app within the device simulator, then you no longer need to match the device UUIDs. Instead you can check the value of the window.navigator.simulator object. If it is false, then you are running the app outside the device simulator:

if (window.navigator.simulator === true){
//running in the simulator
}
else{
//running on a device
}

Let me know if this helps and if you have more questions.

Regards,
Tina Stancheva
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[Tim]

Super cool,

thank you Tina!

[tongclub60]

is there somewhere a list with the all UUIDs of the simulator devices?