VMWare OSX Catalina + Sidecar Not Working

[JohnOl]

Hi,

 

I've just upgraded to OSX Catalina from Mojave on my VMWare Workstation 15.5, running on Windows 10.

 

The Sidecar feature is there, and after connecting my iPad Pro 12.9" 2018 running iPadOS 13.1.2 via USB cable, it is recognized as a display device in the Sidecar preferences.

 

However, when I enable it, the Sidecar screen on the iPad is completely black / blank. I can't send anything over, and if I mouse over the green + on an app window (i.e. Safari) to move it to the iPad, nothing happens and the screen remains blank. The sidebar will only appear after I turn it off and on again at Catalina's Sidecar preferences. The buttons there actually work. For example, if I move Safari over to iPad, the screen is blank, but if I activate the on-screen virtual keyboard and type there, the text actually goes to the Safari's search bar (the Safari still appears on the desktop).

 

Is this a compatibility issue with VMWare, where Catalina can't properly recognize the second screen? I've tried changing host VM settings too, i.e. to "host setting" or 2 monitors, enable / disable 3D acceleration, nothing works. the iPad is definitely correctly connected, as I can browse / backup its data at the Finder.

 

Can anyone please advice on how to enable Sidecar properly in VMWare? Thank you.

 

Below is a screenshot of how it looks like on my iPad:

Edited October 9, 2019 by JohnOl

[xtraa]

This happens when no iGPU is detected what would be the case here because afaik the gfx in a VMis usually somehow emulated. You can try to use the alternative file, like I wrote here and see if it works. In any case you need to enable hardware acceleration in the bios and VMWare, (VMx IIRC?).

[it00x32]

my ipad isnt even showing up in finder? running it on 13.1.3. USB is connected (Catalina, VMWare Workstation 15.5). Other USB devices are working,

 

any idea?