AnyPlace
AnyPlace is a macOS app that makes an iPhone report a location I choose. It teleports the phone to a point or walks it along a route, and a companion iPhone app works as a remote.
Current status: Working build
How it works · 01
Pick a point or draw a route
AnyPlace is a side project with two goals: getting sharper in SwiftUI and getting better at working creatively around platform limits, because iOS does not let an app fake its own location. Pick a point on the map, search an address or paste coordinates and the phone jumps there. Draw a route and it follows at walking, cycling or driving pace, with optional jitter so the track wanders like a real GPS signal.
How it works · 02
Built on Apple's developer tooling
Under the hood it uses the location simulation Apple builds into its own developer tooling, the same feature Xcode relies on when you test a navigation app. A Mac that is paired with a trusted iPhone may tell that phone to report a chosen position. AnyPlace speaks this developer protocol directly, through an open-source implementation, over a local USB tunnel. Nothing gets installed on the phone and no jailbreak is involved; ending the session hands the real GPS straight back.
How it works · 03
SwiftUI on a small Python backend
The app itself is SwiftUI on top of a small Python backend that keeps the tunnel and the developer session alive, with favourites, recents and a diagnostics panel for when the connection misbehaves.
How it works · 04
The iPhone app works as a remote
The companion iPhone app finds the Mac on the local network and works as a remote, so I can teleport the phone or start a route without sitting at the desk. Everything stays between the two devices. There is no cloud service and no account.
