Accessibility inspector not working

Accessibility Inspector no longer works with Xcode 13.3. I upgraded to Xcode 13.3.1 but the problem persists.

Accessibility Inspector fails to capture the elements by moving on the graphical interface of the simulator.

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Accessibility Inspector 5.0 (112) is working fine in Xcode 13.3.1 running on my M1 iMac under macOS 12.3.1. I do have to turn it on frequently by clicking its activation button, and I had to set it up to show advanced element values the first time. My similar UI Browser application is still working fine, too. https://pfiddlesoft.com/uibrowser

I am using an M1 Mac mini running macOS 12.3.1 and Xcode 13.3.1 and whether I run Xcode using Rosetta or not Rosetta the Accessibility Inspector fails to capture the elements by moving on the graphical interface of the simulator.

It won't allow me to attach files or I would upload a test project.

Just start a new UIKit project. Add a UILabel to the main storyboard, add accessible text to it. Run the simulator. Try to inspect the label with the accessibility inspector, not possible. Only selects the simulator window, not the app running inside it.

  • You have now noted that you were trying to use Accessibility Inspector to explore UI elements in the simulator window. Let me note now that I was using it to explore UI elements in macOS application windows. So perhaps the problem lies with the simulator.

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I'm having the same problem. I was actually working on accessibility yesterday with Accessibility Inspector 5.0 (112) and simply updated my Xcode version to 13.3.1 and now you cannot access elements within the simulator. Clearly this update broke accessibility testing with the iOS simulators.

I'm affected by this issue. Please fix it.

I have the same issue. Accessibility inspector not working on the simulator Xcode version 13.4.1 - Accessibility inspector Version 5.0 (112)