docs(manual): stop describing a sidecar on iOS

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| Platform | How sanderling drives the app | | Platform | How sanderling drives the app |
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| Android | A native sidecar reads the UI through UIAutomator and injects input. Works on emulators and devices. | | Android | A JVM sidecar reads the UI from an on-device accessibility service and injects input. Works on emulators and devices. |
| iOS | A native sidecar reads the UI through XCTest and injects input. Works on simulators. | | iOS | An XCTest runner inside the simulator or device reads the UI and types; on the simulator a bundled idb_companion adds gestures and screenshots. No JVM. Works on simulators and devices. |
| Web | Chrome, driven directly over the Chrome DevTools Protocol. No sidecar. | | Web | Chrome, driven directly over the Chrome DevTools Protocol. No sidecar. |
Kotlin Multiplatform apps need nothing special: the Android build is tested through the Android driver and the iOS build through the iOS driver. Kotlin Multiplatform apps need nothing special: the Android build is tested through the Android driver and the iOS build through the iOS driver.
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sanderling test --spec spec.ts --bundle-id com.example.app --duration 30m sanderling test --spec spec.ts --bundle-id com.example.app --duration 30m
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├── launch the app under test (wipes app data first unless --clear-data=false) ├── launch the app under test (wipes app data first unless --clear-data=false)
├── boot the sidecar (or connect to Chrome on web) ├── boot the driver (the JVM sidecar on Android, the XCTest runner on iOS, Chrome on web)
├── bundle the spec, load it into the JS runtime ├── bundle the spec, load it into the JS runtime
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├── step 0..N: read state, check properties, pick and perform an action ├── step 0..N: read state, check properties, pick and perform an action