Slide over and split view in iPad simulator

Question

iOS 9 introduced slide over and split view for iPad. How do I simulate these features on an iPad simulator? I have tried swiping from right on iPad Air 2 simulator with no luck.

Answer 1

To simulate slide over: drag from the right edge (starting from a point very close to the edge).

To simulate split view: tap on the small white bar on the left edge of the slide-over app.

See this WWDC video.

EDIT (Thanks to @qix, @Bogdan Weidmann, @Solomon)

Supported devices:

• iPad Air+, Mini 2+ for slide over

• iPad Air 2, Mini 4, Pro for both slide over & split view

Project requirements:

• Built with iOS 9+ SDK

• Supports all device orientations

• Use launch storyboards

Answer 2

You can drag & drop the App from docker to your App like this:

A picture is worth a thousand words See the gif here: https://i.stack.imgur.com/XpfHZ.jpg

Answer 3

Doing it the first time, I'll tell you that the steps need to be done meticulously correct. Otherwise it won't work.

1. See the bezel: Simulator >> Window >> Show Device Bezels
2. Open an app you want
3. Make the iPad Dock show: Tap the the bottom center of the bezel and pull it up. (OR just find the app through spring board’s search)
4. Drag the other app you like from the dock but don't let go of your finger until you completely pull it to the edge of the screen and you see your iPad showing a nice split view. If you let go too quick then the app would just show on top of the other. It won't be a split view.

Keep pulling til the edge. Don't let go yet, otherwise it wont Safari won't split the screen, it would just float over your app...

This is good:

Answer 4

You need to drag your app on the other open app in the dock and hold it. Check out the below gifs which explains this better.

Answer 5

if you're on Xcode 11 and still not able to get it to work make sure your project doesn't require full screen.

To verify go to your Target settings > General tab > Requires full screen and disable it.

Also I noticed that you've to start dragging from the black border of the iPad Pro simulator in order to get it to work. hope this helps someone.

Answer 6

In Xcode 11 if you cannot activate the swipe from the right or bottom edge, enable device bezels. You can then begin swiping from just over the edge of the bezel. Whereas without bezels you would end up resizing the window.

Answer 7

I found that dragging from the right in the simulator didn't work for me (in XCode 9.2).

Instead I had to run my app. Then slide up from the bottom, to get the Dock. Then pressing and holding on Safari, I could drag the icon to the right hand side of the screen. The screen responded, and I could let go. The simulator re-arranged to show a split view.

Answer 8

I tried this one

defaults write com.apple.iphonesimulator AllowFullscreenMode -bool YES

and it worked for me

the reference was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFPUgQpUmuE