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Roveflow puts a small driver on your phone so it can tap through apps. Setting that up is a one-time thing, and it’s simpler than it sounds.

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The first run

roveflow setup detects whether an iPhone or an Android phone is plugged in, and asks for one thing. iPhone, two clicks:
1

Click Allow on your Mac

A popup appears once. Click Allow, it lets Roveflow set up your phone.
2

Enter your passcode

Your iPhone asks for its passcode once. Type it in.
Your signing identity never leaves your Mac. Roveflow uses it in place and never copies it out.
Android, one tap: when the phone shows Allow USB debugging, tap it. No signing, nothing installed on your Mac. That’s it either way. Nothing to configure, no files to edit.

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New to iOS dev? (iPhone)

If you’ve never built an app onto this iPhone before, do this once:
  1. Open Xcode → Settings → Accounts and add your Apple ID, a free one works.
  2. Plug in the iPhone, pick it as the run target, and Run any app to it once. Xcode sets up the phone for you.
  3. Run roveflow setup again.
To see which signing identity Roveflow will use:

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Android: turn on USB debugging

Android needs no signing, just enable USB debugging once:
  1. Settings → About phone → tap Build number seven times.
  2. Settings → System → Developer options → turn on USB debugging.
  3. Run roveflow setup and tap Allow USB debugging on the phone.
Testing on an emulator? Launch it with -gpu host so screenshots aren’t blank (the default headless GPU captures black frames). Everything else works just like a real device.

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Keep your phone ready

For Roveflow to drive your phone, the phone must be:
  • Plugged in with a USB cable.
  • Unlocked while it’s connected.
Check everything’s connected any time:

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Starting over

If you ever want to remove the driver from your phone:
Run roveflow setup again whenever you want to set it back up.