nexron171/simvirtuallocation

iOS/Android device and simulator location mocking tool

SimVirtualLocation

Easy to use MacOS 11+ application for easy mocking iOS device and simulator location in realtime. Built on top of set-simulator-location for iOS Simulators and pymobiledevice3. Android support is realized with SimVirtualLocation android app which is fork from android-mock-location-for-development.

Posibilities:

• supports both iOS and Android
• set location to current Mac's location
• set location to point on map
• make route between two points and simulate moving with desired speed

You can dowload compiled and signed app here.

FAQ

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How to run

If you see an alert with warning that app is corrupted and Apple can not check the developer: try to press and hold ctrl, then click on SimVirtualLocation.app and select "Open", release ctrl. Now alert should have the "Open" button. Don't forget to copy app from dmg image to any place on your Mac.

For iOS devices

python3 and pymobiledevice3 are should be installed

brew install python3 && python3 -m pip install -U pymobiledevice3

For iOS Device - select device from dropdown and then click on Mound Developer Image. If you see an error that there is no appropriate image - download one from https://github.com/mspvirajpatel/Xcode_Developer_Disk_Images/releases if your iOS for example 16.5.1 and there is only 16.5 - it's ok, just copy and rename it to 16.5.1 and put it inside Xcode at .../Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/

For iOS 17+ select ckeckbox iOS 17+ and provide RSD Address and RSD Port from command:

sudo python3 -m pymobiledevice3 remote start-tunnel

It needs sudo, because it will instantiate low level connection between Mac and iPhone. Keep this command running while mocking location for iOS 17+.

If iOS device is unlisted

Try to refresh list and if it does not help - go to Settings / Developer on iPhone and click Clear trusted computers. Replug cable and press refresh. If it still not in list - go to Xcode / Devices and simulators and check your device, there are should not be any yellow messages. If it has - make all that it requires.

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For Android

1. Check if debugging over USB is enabled
2. Specify ADB path (for example /User/dev/android/tools/adb)
3. Specify your device id (type adb devices in the terminal to see id)
4. Setup helper app by clicking Install Helper App and open it on the phone
5. Grant permission to mock location - go to Developer settings and find Application for mocking locations or something similar and choose SimVirtualLocation
6. Keep SimVirtualLocation running in background while mocking

Contributors

styresdc

Sergey Shirnin

Skipp

styresdc

simvirtuallocation's Issues

Error: No such option: -8

Short distance mocking only

Hey! First of all, thank you for this amazing tool! It works well with my iOS 17.2. But, simulation works only for shorter distances. If I set a distance longer than 6-7 blocks it stops mocking on the phone while the app on the mac still looks like it is proceeding. Also, after a couple of attempts I receive an error as shown in the screenshot that I'm attaching. Thank you again!

Add the İOS device

Hi. i downloaded the app and opened it on my mac what do i need to write in rsd address&port section? And how do I connect my ios device? And gives an error as I posted in the attachment.

Current location is unavailable

Hi. I use macOS on VMware, and I can't show maps. It show error "Current location is unavailable". Pls help.

Negative coordinate reads as option in 3.2

Using 3.2 which I believe is updated to handle negative coordinates, seems to throw an error about my negative coordinates.

Error: No such command 'developer'.

Hello. i tried python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate && sudo python3 -m pymobiledevice3 remote start-tunnel for this reason to connect my iOS 17.4.1 device.
Then i put RSD address/port. But error exists after i clicked 'Set A'(set location)

The file “pymobiledevice3” doesn’t exist.

Hi!
I'll be appreciated if you help find out a decision.
When I run the app I see error "The file “pymobiledevice3” doesn’t exist.". But if run "python -m pymobiledevice3 -h" I see

Usage: python -m pymobiledevice3 [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  -h, --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  activation       activation options
  afc              FileSystem utils
  amfi             amfi options
  apps             application options
  backup2          backup utils
  bonjour          bonjour options
  companion        companion options
  crash            crash report options
  developer        developer options.
  diagnostics      diagnostics options
  lockdown         lockdown options
  mounter          mounter options
  notification     notification options
  pcap             sniff device traffic
  power-assertion  Create a power assertion (wraps...
  processes        processes cli
  profile          profile options
  provision        privision options
  remote           remote options
  restore          restore options
  springboard      springboard options
  syslog           syslog options
  usbmux           usbmuxd options
  webinspector     webinspector options

I put alias of pymobiledevice3 to:

/opt/homebrew/bin/pymobiledevice3
/usr/local/bin/pymobiledevice3

FATAL EXCEPTION: main

It's not working on android 13.

E/AndroidRuntime(21263): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): Process: com.devnex.simvirtuallocation, PID: 21263
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): java.lang.RuntimeException: Error receiving broadcast Intent { act=send.mock flg=0x400010 (has extras) } in com.devnex.simvirtuallocation.AdbBroadcastReceiver@369fe1
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.app.LoadedApk$ReceiverDispatcher$Args.lambda$getRunnable$0$android-app-LoadedApk$ReceiverDispatcher$Args(LoadedApk.java:1928)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.app.LoadedApk$ReceiverDispatcher$Args$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.run(Unknown Source:2)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:942)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8757)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:571)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1067)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: gps provider is not a test provider
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:3027)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:3007)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2990)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2932)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.location.ILocationManager$Stub$Proxy.setTestProviderLocation(ILocationManager.java:2239)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.location.LocationManager.setTestProviderLocation(LocationManager.java:2144)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at com.devnex.simvirtuallocation.MockLocationProvider.pushLocation(MockLocationProvider.java:45)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at com.devnex.simvirtuallocation.AdbBroadcastReceiver.onReceive(AdbBroadcastReceiver.java:49)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.app.LoadedApk$ReceiverDispatcher$Args.lambda$getRunnable$0$android-app-LoadedApk$ReceiverDispatcher$Args(LoadedApk.java:1918)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	... 9 more
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): Caused by: android.os.RemoteException: Remote stack trace:
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at com.android.server.location.provider.LocationProviderManager.setMockProviderLocation(LocationProviderManager.java:1724)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at com.android.server.location.LocationManagerService.setTestProviderLocation(LocationManagerService.java:1858)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.location.ILocationManager$Stub.onTransact(ILocationManager.java:1181)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1316)
E/AndroidRuntime(21263): 	at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1280)

Error : the pymobiledevice3” doesn’t exist.

I installed SimVirtualLocation on Mac (13.4.1) and pymobiledevice3. When I run app , the error message "the pymobiledevice3” doesn’t exist." is displayed.

The file 'pymobiledevice3' doesnt exist

Hi! I have downloaded pymobiledevice 3 and successfully installed the module but in the app I see the error that the file does not exist. What am I missing? And what are the steps to use the location changer (: thanks!