What is Remote?

“Remote” is a plugin for Xcode that allows you to control an iPhone from a window on your Mac during development. Originally created to avoid having to pick up a device during testing you can record “macros” of device touches and replay them. It will also compare the resulting screen output against a snapshot for end-to-end testing. The Macro log is an editable WebView that can be modified at will. Finally, you can now record and save all display output into a quicktime movie.

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