An MCP local server to interact with your IOS and Android simulators
An MCP local server to interact with your IOS and Android simulators. Exposed over MCP by the mobile xray mcp mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
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Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverAccessibility — The Accessibility tool exposed by this serverSystem Requirements: - Node.js 18+ (check with node --version) - macOS 10.15+ (for iOS development) - macOS/Windows/Linux (for Android development) For iOS Development: - Xcode Command Line Tools: xcode-select --install - Xcode with iOS Simulator support - At least one iOS Simulator installed For Android Development: - Android Studio (includes adb and emulator
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Mobile Xray MCP's toolset — Prerequisites, Accessibility — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by CultivX; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Accessibility | The Accessibility tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"mobile-xray": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@cultivx/mobile-xray-mcp"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
System Requirements: - Node.js 18+ (check with node --version) - macOS 10.15+ (for iOS development) - macOS/Windows/Linux (for Android development) For iOS Development: - Xcode Command Line Tools: xcode-select --install - Xcode with iOS Simulator support - At least one iOS Simulator installed For Android Development: - Android Studio (includes adb and emulator
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