# shinydevelopment/SimulatorStatusMagic

Clean up your status bar for taking screenshots on the iOS simulator.

Repository: https://github.com/shinydevelopment/SimulatorStatusMagic
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simulatorstatusmagic
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-09-12T08:24:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 51/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 41, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4348, "days_push": 355, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2355, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:40.572669+00:00)

## What it is
SimulatorStatusMagic modifies the iOS Simulator's status bar to show a perfect, Apple-marketing-style state (9:41 AM, full battery, full signal) for taking clean screenshots. It works via a Swift package for UI tests, a demo app, and a Springboard injection script for iOS 17+.

## Use cases
- take perfect App Store screenshots on the iOS simulator
- show 9:41 AM and full battery in simulator status bar
- automate screenshot generation in Xcode UI tests
- override simulator status bar time and battery
- clean up status bar for app marketing screenshots
- localized date and time in simulator status bar

## When to choose
- you need pixel-perfect status bars matching Apple's marketing images
- you need localized date/time strings that simctl status_bar lacks
- you automate screenshots via UI tests on iOS 16 or lower
- you target iOS 17+ and can use the Springboard injection script

## When to avoid
- xcrun simctl status_bar covers your needs on modern Xcode
- you need to modify status bars on physical devices
- you work outside the Apple/iOS ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, gui, testing
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development, testing
- platform: cli
- tags: ios-simulator, status-bar, screenshots, swift-package, objective-c, springboard-injection, macos, ios

## Member repositories
- shinydevelopment/SimulatorStatusMagic (main) score 51

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.572669+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:36:27.341406+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/shinydevelopment/SimulatorStatusMagic (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.572669+00:00, sha e689c4559475)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.