How do I type using my keyboard on the iphone simu

Question

I used to be able to type with my real mac keyboard after launching the iPhone Simulator. Typing with the on-screen simulator keyboard is just horrible when testing with large amounts of text.

No matter what I do, I can't get my keyboard to type anymore inside the simulator. Even if I have "Simulate Hardware Keyboard" switched ON, it just won't type anything. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Is there no way to type using the real keyboard anymore?

Answer 1

Don't trash the iPhone simulator preference files. There's no need to do this.

Look in the simulator's menu Hardware ➔ Keyboard. The menu options are:

1. iOS Uses Same Layout as OS X
2. Connect Hardware Keyboard ⇧⌘K
3. Toggle Software Keyboard ⌘K

Ensure option 2 is checked.

If it's already checked, uncheck it then check it again (you'll probably want to learn the keyboard shortcuts).

If you find that this hides the on screen keyboard, but you also want this to show, use option 3 to toggle it back on.

If rotating the simulator seems to stop the keyboard working, toggle option two off then back on – this seems to resolve it.

Answer 2

I encountered the same problem and tried a lot of different ways which worked mostly but never for sure. Ultimately, I found this. https://stackoverflow.com/a/26057011/1463604

Answer 3

If you are developing a React Native app and you cannot refresh (⌘R) or enable remote debugging (⌘D) from the iOS simulator, while other keyboard inputs work, make sure you are running a debug build configuration. You can check this with:

Product -> Scheme -> Edit Scheme -> Run -> Info -> Build Configuration -> Debug"

I got this tip from here.

Answer 4

I am using iOS Simulator Version 7.0. While the simulator was running I went to iOS Simulator->Reset Contents and Settings... and reset the simulator from there. That seemed to have done the trick for me. Hope that helps.

Answer 5

Try trashing the iPhone Simulator preferences file. When my iPhone Simulator stopped responding to keystrokes, this fixed it.

1. Quit the simulator.
2. Go to finder and press (command+shift+G) then navigate ~/Library/Preferences.
3. Move com.apple.iphonesimulator.plist to the trash.
4. Try launching your iPhone app in the simulator again.