Record a gif from your iOS simulator in a jiffy

ios-simulator-gif

Record a gif from your iOS simulator in a jiffy.

Installation

Assuming that you have Homebrew installed, execute the following steps:

1. Use this repository as a "tap" (alternative package repository):

$ brew tap fjcaetano/ios-simulator-gif https://github.com/fjcaetano/ios-simulator-gif.git

2. Install ios-simulator-gif (and dependencies):

$ brew install fjcaetano/ios-simulator-gif/ios-simulator-gif

Usage

$ ios-simulator-gif [options] {out_file} {-- [ffmpeg options]}

If no file name is given, it will save the gif to ./simulator.gif

Sending extra arguments to ffmpeg

If you need to send extra arguments to ffmpeg, everything sent after double slashes (--) will be
sent to ffmpeg as arguments:

$ ios-simulator-gif -r 30 example.gif -- -b 128k

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