iOS Simulator Always Takes The Same Screenshot

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When trying to take a screenshot on the iOS simulator, it works the first and only time. After this, subsequent screenshots are always an exact copy of the first, regardless of what is actually on the screen.

This will reset once the device is restarted but this is not a very good solution, as it requires you to restart the emulator every time you want to take a screenshot.

I have tried wiping all data and resetting the emulator. This did not work and the problem persists.

The emulator is an iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 14.3.

Does anyone know any ways to fix this problem?

xcode ios-simulator iphone ios
5 Answers

There is a workaround using the terminal:

xcrun simctl io booted screenshot MyScreenshot.png

This will save the screenshot in the current directory.

user_41955610
user_4227520

Same issue running Xcode-12.5.1 and iOS-14.5. Solution:

  • Simulator > Device > Trigger Screenshot
  • XCode > Window > Devices and Simulators > get your simulator's id
  • Screenshots saved at: ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/20CAAAC7-3E70-43B1-B636-A1810A678829/data/Media/DCIM/100APPLE/
user_101966500

I've a similar issue, the only difference is that I can take a different screenshot after I erase all data.

user_107874450

Workaround using Edit > Copy Screen

user_81776250
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