If you have not played with an iPhone yet, make sure to check out Apple’s excellent iPhone Guided Tour videos. A useful detail to watch for if iPhone users are an important audience. From testing, the iPhone’s zoom feature appears to be impacted by the DIV structure of your web layout. Simply double-click in the simulator to replicate this zoom. This brings up a pair of dots that represent your fingertips.ĭouble-Tap Gestures: Users can double-tap any part of a webpage to zoom in on that section. Pinch-to-zoom Gestures: You can simulate the iPhones ‘pinch to zoom’ gesture by holding down the Option key while clicking and dragging with your mouse. iPhone’s Safari web browser will automatically rotate the website you are viewing. Rotate your simulated iPhone: To rotate your iPhone, choose Hardware > Rotate Left, or Hardware > Rotate Right from the menu. Launch the iPhone Safari web browser and start checking out websites. The only applications installed on this simulated iPhone are Photos, Contacts, and Safari. Launch the iPhone Simulator app and wait for it to load. The application is tucked away many folders deep in the newly installer Developer directory:ĭeveloper/Platforms/atform/Developer/Applications/iPhone Simulator Where is the iPhone Simulator application installed?Īs important as the iPhone Simulator is, the actual application is surprisingly hard to track down. Read on and we’ll show you where the iPhone Simulator application is hidden, and include a few tips on how to test various iPhone features. Note: You’ll have to register for a free developer account and agree to Apple’s terms. In the full version of this tip we’ll show you where that iPhone Simulator application is hidden, and include a few tips on how to test various iPhone features. Tucked away in Apple’s free iPhone Software Development Kit is a terrific iPhone Simulator you can use to test and preview your websites. Flash isn’t supported, and neither are larger animated GIFs (a surprise to me). iPhone readers use multi-touch gestures to zoom or move around the page. The iPhone automatically scales websites when needed. Designing websites that take advantage of the iPhone web environment requires more than simply designing for a smaller screen size.
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