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feat(camera): add iOS simulator camera simulation
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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- Real-time screen `describe` command using accessibility view tree - available in token-efficient format for agents
- Simulator app performance gauges for CPU, memory, disk writes, network throughput, hang signals, and stack sampling
- CoreSimulator chrome asset rendering for device bezels
- iOS Simulator camera simulation from a generated pattern, local media file or stream URL, or a Mac camera source
- NativeScript, React Native, Flutter, UIKit and SwiftUI runtime inspector plugins to debug app's view hierarchy live
- `simdeck/test` for fast JS-based app tests that can query accessibility state and drive simulator controls

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simdeck uninstall <udid> com.example.App
simdeck open-url <udid> https://example.com
simdeck launch <udid> com.apple.Preferences
simdeck camera sources
simdeck camera start <udid> com.example.App --file /absolute/path/to/camera.mov
simdeck camera start <udid> com.example.App --webcam
simdeck camera switch <udid> --placeholder
simdeck camera stop <udid>
simdeck toggle-appearance <udid>
simdeck pasteboard set <udid> "hello"
simdeck pasteboard get <udid>
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`stream` writes an Annex B H.264 elementary stream to stdout for diagnostics or
external tools such as `ffplay`.

`camera start` asks the SimDeck daemon to publish a camera feed, injects the
SimDeck camera shim into the target iOS simulator app, and relaunches that
bundle. The source can be a generated pattern, an absolute image or video path,
an `http://`, `https://`, or `file://` video URL, or a Mac camera selected with
`--webcam [id-or-name]`.
Use the browser menu item **Camera Simulation...** for the same flow from the UI.
Camera simulation is iOS-simulator-only and requires a booted simulator.

`describe` uses the project daemon to prefer React Native, NativeScript,
Flutter, or UIKit in-app inspectors, then falls back to the built-in private
CoreSimulator accessibility bridge. Use `--format agent` or
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions cli/camera/SimDeckCameraInfo.plist
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>dev.nativescript.simdeck</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>SimDeck</string>
<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>SimDeck can forward the Mac camera into iOS Simulator apps for local camera testing.</string>
</dict>
</plist>
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