Spark Inspector For Mac

Spark Inspector is an efficient OS X application designed to help you debug your iOS projects and tweak their interface in real time, until you are satisfied with the result. The utility allows you to view the structure of the iOS app, provides control over its interface, and can monitor each NSNotification, and reveal both the recipients and the used methods.

Upon installation, the Spark Inspector application will add a new extension to your Xcode utility: you will have to restart Xcode for the extension to become active.

To connect your iOS project to Spark Inspector, simply open it in Xcode, select the iOS Simulator output you want to employ, and make use of the “Inspect in Spark” option included in the Product menu. Xcode will build and run the iOS project, and Spark Inspector will automatically detect the app and allow you to view its interface.

Noteworthy is that, if you want to use Spark Inspector to inspect on device, you have to incorporate the Spark Inspector into the build configuration by adding the Spark Inspector framework (in this case, Spark Inspector will connect to the iOS project each time you run it in the Xcode iOS Simulator).

Within the Spark Inspector main window you get to view your app’s interface in 2D and 3D mode, and all the parameters associated with each layer. The debugger allows you to adjust the parameters values and enables you to preview the result in real time.

Moreover, Spark Inspector offers you the possibility to monitor all the messages sent to the NSNotificationCenter, together with the stack trace, the method used, and the user information.

To conclude, Spark Inspector proposes efficient tools for analyzing your iOS projects while debugging, and helps you preview the effects of your adjustments in real time.