fix(ios): read and write simulator clipboard through devicekit agent - #425
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughSimulator clipboard operations now delegate to the DeviceKit client. The public method signatures remain unchanged. Direct ChangesSimulator clipboard operations
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Direct callers using discovered simulators can trigger a panic when accessing the clipboard before the simulator agent starts. The normal command path is unaffected, but an explicit guard should be added before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@devices/simulator.go`:
- Around line 597-602: Add a nil-deviceKitClient guard to
SimulatorDevice.GetClipboard and SetClipboard so unstarted simulators return an
explicit error instead of panicking; otherwise start the agent and propagate any
error before delegating to the client.
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| func (s SimulatorDevice) GetClipboard() (string, error) { | ||
| // #nosec G204 -- udid is controlled, no shell interpretation | ||
| output, err := exec.Command("xcrun", "simctl", "pbpaste", s.ID()).Output() | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get clipboard: %w", err) | ||
| } | ||
| return string(output), nil | ||
| return s.deviceKitClient.GetClipboard() | ||
| } | ||
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| func (s SimulatorDevice) SetClipboard(text string) error { | ||
| // #nosec G204 -- udid is controlled, no shell interpretation | ||
| cmd := exec.Command("xcrun", "simctl", "pbcopy", s.ID()) | ||
| cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(text) | ||
| if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { | ||
| return fmt.Errorf("failed to set clipboard: %w", err) | ||
| } | ||
| return nil | ||
| return s.deviceKitClient.SetClipboard(text) |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
🔎 Supported by static analysis
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#!/bin/bash
printf '%s\n' '--- devices/common.go ---'
sed -n '250,325p' devices/common.go
printf '%s\n' '--- devices/simulator.go lifecycle and clipboard ---'
sed -n '450,615p' devices/simulator.go
printf '%s\n' '--- nearby deviceKitClient guards/usages ---'
rg -n -C 3 'deviceKitClient|StartAgent|GetClipboard|SetClipboard' devices --glob '*.go'Repository: mobile-next/mobilecli
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Return an error for an unstarted simulator. GetAllControllableDevices creates simulators with deviceKitClient == nil. A direct caller can invoke GetClipboard or SetClipboard before StartAgent, which reaches the nil client and panics. The normal command path starts the agent first, so limit this finding to callers that use discovery results directly. Add a nil-client guard that returns an explicit error, or start the agent and propagate its error before delegation.
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In `@devices/simulator.go` around lines 597 - 602, Add a nil-deviceKitClient guard
to SimulatorDevice.GetClipboard and SetClipboard so unstarted simulators return
an explicit error instead of panicking; otherwise start the agent and propagate
any error before delegating to the client.
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Summary
Simulator clipboard get/set now go through the devicekit-ios agent (
device.clipboard.get/device.clipboard.set), same as real iOS devices, instead ofxcrun simctl pbcopy/pbpaste.Why
On iOS 26.5,
xcrun simctl pbcopyexits 0 but leaves the pasteboard empty (simctl pbinfo→ "Pasteboard is empty."), soio clipboard setreported success andgetreturned"". The e2e testshould set and read back clipboard textfailed.Test plan
npx playwright test --project=simulator -g "clipboard"— 3 passed on iOS 26 simulatorSummary by CodeRabbit