Simulate Geolocation
Learn how to simulate user traffic from different locations.
App Live enables you to simulate user traffic from different locations with the Change Location feature. This feature allows you to test how your app behaves in different locations. You can test apps such as:
- Apps that are geo-restricted.
- Apps that show content in different languages based on different geolocations.
- Apps that apply different data laws according to the country.
Change location
All BrowserStack real devices have GPS enabled, and you can simulate GPS location to test your app in different locations.
To test your app by changing GPS-based location:
- Log in to the App Live dashboard.
- Upload or install your app, and select the device from the device listing, to launch your test session.
- On the App Live vertical toolbar, click Change Location.
- On the Change Location prompt, click the Device GPS tab.
- Enter the location. You can enter the location in two ways:
- Search the complete address.
- Enter latitude and longitude in comma-separated format. For example,
12.971599,77.594566.
- Drag and drop the map pointer to the desired location on the map.
After you enter the location, click the forward arrow within the location textbox. On the confirmation message, click Yes.
You see a message on the dashboard that the selected location is simulated on the device.
To test your app by simulating IP-based location changes:
- Log in to the App Live dashboard.
- Upload or install your app, and select the device from the device listing, to launch your test session.
- On the App Live vertical toolbar, click Change Location.
- On the Change Location prompt, click the IP Location tab.
- Search or select the country/state. On the confirmation message, click Yes to confirm the IP location.
You see a message on the dashboard that the selected IP location is simulated on the device.
If you have enabled local testing for your test session, changing IP location disables local testing. To enable local testing, set the IP location to None.
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