Accessibility Inspector or Simulator is broken in Xcode 13.3

Hi Everyone.

I'm trying to use Accessibility Inspector thats included with Xcode 13.3 and it fails to identify UI elements with Target mode... basically the entire iOS simulator is a green/unreadable element. Besides the fact that is hangs a lot is this tool completely broken now?

If I try to run an audit it just throws the warning:

Element has no description This SimulatorKit.SimDisplayRenderableView is missing useful accessibility information.

Note that no matter what app I try to inspect, it always fails, it also fails when I try to inspect the springboard / home screen.

It worked fine in 13.2.1 and now its completely broken.

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andyz
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  • Reverted back to Xcode 13.2.1 and Accessibility Inspector started working just fine. I guess the trend of breaking the dev tools continues with 13.3....

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Could you please file a bug using Feedback Assistant, and attach the Feedback ID here? Please be sure to include the Xcode version, along with the macOS version you're running. Thank you!

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  • Sure, please check FB9967234.

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    andyz

  • When targeting the Simulator with Accessibility Inspector, please be sure to select the "Simulator" option that shows up in the Device picker alongside your Mac, and not "Mac -> Simulator (1234)". I hope this helps!

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    Frameworks Engineer

  • While I change the Device picker selection to "Simulator" rather than the pre-13.3.0 way of Mac -> Simulator, the tool is not working as it has for years. I can no longer select most elements I am testing for accessibility as I have always done. I can somewhat get to some elements via the Navigation < > arrows, but not all of them. And it's useless with a mouse; I cannot access anything in my table view cells.

    My company's app has been around for almost a decade, and we use this Accessibility Inspector tool all the time for automation and helping with Voice Over (worked up to Xcode 13.2.1). I even gave a demo to our UX and QA group in February.

    It's a shame there are so many breaking changes with a point release in 13.3.

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    SSDev

Gosh, Xcode 13.3 breaks so many things...

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Gong
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