gistfile1.rb

# This is part of a rakefile I use for UI Automation that's part of an
# upcoming (secret) project that I hope to announce soon.

# You need to set the $app_bundle global variable to point to the application's
# bundle on disk. Then hand in 1 for iPhone or 2 for iPad to this function
# and it will manipulate the plist of the device.

def pick_simulator_device index
  # For now, the only way to tell UI Automation to run the iPad or iPhone
  # simulator is to change the app bundle plist to require only that device.
  sh %(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy #{$app_bundle}/Info.plist \
        -c "Delete :UIDeviceFamily" \
        -c "Add :UIDeviceFamily array" \
        -c "Add :UIDeviceFamily: integer #{index}")
end