Testing multiple native clients locally?

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Hi,

New to both React Native and WebRTC here (so apologies for the likely noob question).

I’m working on a fairly simple video chat app that uses WebRTC and I’m curious what the best way to test the application (pairing with a peer, connecting, basically everything) is.

I have a signaling server and am able to get one client (an iOS simulator) to connect to the local server over websockets, but what is the best way to create a second local client to pair with the first? Should I run multiple simulators? From the research I’ve done, that seems possible (if a bit annoying) - but is there a better way to go about this?

Thanks in advance! And apologies if this question has been asked, I didn’t find any results when I searched.

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You could setup Android Studio and then also run as many Android simulators as you want.
Generally whenever i’m testing anything i use a few physical devices then simulators as extra from time to time.

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Create a web version of WebRTC then use it to establish multiple peer connections.

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How do you deal with cameras? The iOS don’t seem to support camera testing (unless I’m doing something wrong) -

mediaDevices.enumerateDevices() returns an empty array (unless there’s a different problem I’m unaware of)

edit: answered my own question - mediaDevices.enumerateDevices() returns a populated array when testing on a physical device. seems there’s no alternate but to using a physical device for testing.