MPVolumeView not showing in iOS Simulator

Question

This code works fine on a physical iPhone 6, but on iOS simulator the MPVolumeView doesn't show.

- (void)setUpVolumeView
{    
    CGRect sliderRect = CGRectMake(20, 400, 300, 20);
    self.myVolumeView = [[MPVolumeView alloc] initWithFrame:sliderRect];
    [self.view addSubview: self.myVolumeView];
}

self is in this case a ViewController.

Anyone know why this happens?

Underhand

Answer 1

MPVolumeView has, as far back my memory goes, never worked in the simulator. It's always either shown nothing or displayed "No volume available" in white text.

Ribbonfish

Changed the background to grey to see which it was. No text, no volume view. Thanks. – Underhand

Answer 2

It doesn't work because it has to reflect the system value which is not controllable through the simulator (i.e no volume hardware buttons as there are on the actual device).

Electuary