MinitapJan 12, 2026
Minitap Pilot: IDE Extension for Mobile Development 🚀
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Minitap Pilot: IDE Extension for Mobile Development 🚀
Minitap
Introducing Minitab Pilot, an IDE extension that streamlines mobile development by integrating emulator/simulator interaction directly within your IDE. Features include in-IDE control of simulators/emulators, one-click screenshots for AI context, and element/area selection for precise code modifications and location discovery.
Minitap Pilot: IDE Extension for Mobile Development 🚀
Minitap
Introducing Minitab Pilot, an IDE extension that streamlines mobile development by integrating emulator/simulator interaction directly within your IDE. Features include in-IDE control of simulators/emulators, one-click screenshots for AI context, and element/area selection for precise code modifications and location discovery.
Chapters
00:01
Introducing Minitab Pilot
00:26
IDE Simulator Interaction
01:12
Screenshot Feature
02:26
Select Element Feature
03:32
Area Selection
04:22
Codebase Location
Transcript
00:01
Hi everyone, it's Charles from the minitap team.
00:04
We are going to introduce you minitap pilot.
00:08
This is our new product an IDE extension that will enable you to stop switching between the emulators, the simulators and the IDE during your mobile development.
00:23
we will present you all the features we have.
00:25
So first of all we enable you to interact with your simulator inside the IDE so you don't have to control the simulators directly.
00:38
You can type on it, you can swipe, you can click directly inside the extension.
00:45
it supports iOS simulators, it supports Android emulators and Android physical device.
00:51
At the moment you can also interact with the button.
00:58
So you are able to going to back to the home screen of your device and then switch apps.
01:05
Everything is possible as you do inside your emulator.
01:10
The first feature is the screenshot.
01:12
So instead of switching to the emulator screenshot and then give it to the AI chat, you are able to do it in a single click.
01:22
It enables you to give context to the chat.
01:28
the result will be better because if you have something broken on your screen or a feature that is not working as expected, you can just screenshot the chat and the AI agent have all the knowledge of the code base and of the visual feedback you have on the emulator.
01:50
So it's really powerful to help you understand and have the right fix from the AI as you can see here.
02:00
I just asked from a review of the UX and based on the screenshot and the code base we have very powerful and complete result of the ux.
02:13
So first feature that will save you a lot of time we hope, and that is saving us a lot of time.
02:23
The other feature we implement inside the extension the select element feature.
02:29
So instead of describing or pointing to the exact location of the code you want to edit, you can just click on the element inside the chat.
02:40
You have the coordinates of the element, you have the IDs and so on and you are able to ask for a change just based on what you see on the screen.
02:55
So it's more precise than describing what you want to change and it's easier than finding the exact location inside the code base of the component you want to change.
03:10
in this case I just asked to remove the trailing separator at the end of the rock and you can see that the exact modification I asked that is implemented by the AI.
03:26
Sometimes the element is not enough, so we add the area selection.
03:32
So you can just select the area as the element it will pipe all the context.
03:38
So the location, the coordinates of each element you see on the zone and also the IDs and you can ask for a change inside this zone.
03:51
it's easier than describing the exact change you want.
03:59
it require context about how the elements are positioned inside the horshi.
04:06
So the zone is really impactful when you have a large modification to do.
04:13
And another use case that you can have using the extension is you can just select an element and ask the AI where is it located inside the code base.
04:27
so here is like a revert way of using the product but it's powerful when you discover code base, discover a mobile application and you want to find where your code is located.
04:43
You just have to open the app and ask for the chat.
04:47
Where is this element located inside the code base.
04:53
I hope that all the features help you a lot.
04:57
the extension is available for Cursor Windsurf and VS code as an IDE extension that you can install.
05:07
you can find it on pilot.minitap.ai and don't hesitate to give us feedback to help us improve the product.
05:15
We are really happy to hear you and to see you using the product.
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