Testing Locations in the iPhone Simulator

[Treehouse presents: Quick Tips--Test Locations on the iPhone Simulator in iOS with Amit Bijilani] ?[music]? 0:00 Hi, I'm Amit and in this Treehouse quick tip we will learn how to test 0:05 locations in the iPhone simulator. 0:09 When building with location service, you want to be able to test 0:12 various locations to make sure you're app is functioning correctly. 0:16 And you probably want to test these locations right in the simulator 0:21 without having to load the app on your device and walk around or run around. 0:25 So let's find out how. 0:31 I have created a very basic location services app, 0:33 where I display a map with the current location highlighted with a blue dot. 0:36 Mostly when you run a location services application in the simulator, 0:41 it defaults to San Francisco as its current location. 0:46 To test it with other locations, you have an option in the debug bar 0:50 to choose from several system-generated locations. 0:55 So if you go to Xcode and select your debug bar, 0:59 there is a location services icon there, and you can select from several different locations. 1:04 And there's Johannesburg. Select Russia. London. You get the idea. 1:11 But what if you wanted to test with a location that is not on this list? 1:21 Well it's very easy actually; all you have to do is add a GPX file to your project. 1:26 So let's go back to Xcode and stop our project. 1:34 To add a GPX file, you need to select file, new, and then select file once again. 1:38 Select resource, and then make sure you have GPX file selected. 1:48 Hit next--you will have to provide it with a name. 1:54 I usually provide it with the name of the location that I will be adding. 1:57 So, I will be adding Manhattan. 2:02 Now this is a simple XML file with 3 things that you need to consider-- 2:06 the latitude, the longitude, and the name of the place. 2:11 So let's go ahead and change the name of the place to say Manhattan. 2:15 And of course, then provide it with the latitude and longitude. 2:21 Now when we run our application, Manhattan shows up as one of the options in the debug bar. 2:25 And there you go; now you can test with Manhattan as a location for your location services app. 2:37 Now you're not bound to any location when testing in the simulator. 2:43 So happy testing. 2:47

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