Overriding status bar display time for Apple Watch simulator (using xcrun simctl status_bar)

Question

I need to override the status bar display time for Apple Watch simulator, so I can take screenshots with the time - 10:09. I am using this command in the terminal to do this but it is not working as expected. The command works fine for iOS simulator though.

xcrun simctl status_bar "Apple Watch Series 5 - 44mm" override --time "10:09"

I do have a simulator with that name (Apple Watch Series 5 - 44mm) running.

How can I override the time for Apple Watch simulator?

Simulator version: Version 11.3.1 (SimulatorApp-912.5.1 SimulatorKit-570.3 CoreSimulator-681.17.2)

Marroquin

Seems this cmd doesn't support Apple Watch at the moment. – Yehudit

@Yehudit is there any official reference mentioning that? – Marroquin

It just doesn't mention, I remember this's a new cmd introduced months ago. u can try xcrun simctl status_bar "Apple Watch Series 5 - 44mm" list to take a look at the current settings, as a result, u'll see that, even the time set by xcrun simctl status_bar "Apple Watch Series 5 - 44mm" override --time "10:09" succeeded, the simulator doesn't update the time label. Anyway, hope it supports in the future. – Yehudit

Answer 1

I'm having the same issue with Xcode 13.2. When I run the command I get the following error message:

An error was encountered processing the command (domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code=1):
Status bar overrides not supported on this platform.
Operation not permitted

The only workaround I found was to set my macOS time manually to 9:40, for example. Then, I close the simulator and launch it again so the new time is updated. After your watchOS app finishes loading you have about a minute to take the necessary screenshots.

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