Automatically Open Safari Dev Tools for iOS Simulator

script.applescript

-- `menu_click`, by Jacob Rus, September 2006. 
-- Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14669542/automatically-open-the-safari-debugger-when-the-iphone-simulator-is-launched

on menu_click(mList)
	local appName, topMenu, r
	
	-- Validate our input
	if mList's length < 3 then error "Menu list is not long enough"
	
	-- Set these variables for clarity and brevity later on
	set {appName, topMenu} to (items 1 through 2 of mList)
	set r to (items 3 through (mList's length) of mList)
	
	-- This overly-long line calls the menu_recurse function with
	-- two arguments: r, and a reference to the top-level menu
	tell application "System Events" to my menu_click_recurse(r, ((process appName)'s ¬
		(menu bar 1)'s (menu bar item topMenu)'s (menu topMenu)))
end menu_click

on menu_click_recurse(mList, parentObject)
	local f, r
	
	-- `f` = first item, `r` = rest of items
	set f to item 1 of mList
	if mList's length > 1 then set r to (items 2 through (mList's length) of mList)
	
	-- either actually click the menu item, or recurse again
	tell application "System Events"
		if mList's length is 1 then
			click parentObject's menu item f
		else
			my menu_click_recurse(r, (parentObject's (menu item f)'s (menu f)))
		end if
	end tell
end menu_click_recurse

-- Find Simulator entry
global simulatorValue

activate application "Safari"
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Safari"
		set menuItemList to name of every menu item of menu "Develop" of menu bar item "Develop" of menu bar 1
		repeat with menuItem in menuItemList
			if menuItem contains "Simulator" then
				set simulatorValue to menuItem
			end if
		end repeat
	end tell
end tell

log simulatorValue

-- Find webview entry inside Simulator
global menuValue

activate application "Safari"
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Safari"
		set menuItemList to name of every menu item of menu simulatorValue of menu item simulatorValue of menu "Develop" of menu bar item "Develop" of menu bar 1
		repeat with menuItem in menuItemList
			if menuItem contains "www" then
				set menuValue to menuItem
			end if
		end repeat
	end tell
end tell

menu_click({"Safari", "Develop", simulatorValue, menuValue})