How to find the iOS Simulator in Xcode 4.3 / 4.4 / 4.5 / 4.6 / 5.0
In version 4.3 (and later) of Xcode (Apple’s development environment), Apple made some changes to how Xcode appears:
The Xcode 4.3 Toolset Is Repackaged as a Single App
This definitely makes handling Xcode much easier, as it is not spread across several folders. But since you’re not a developer, why should you care about it?
Because the Xcode package contains the iOS Simulator, which you use to perform all iOS simulations on your Mac, such as previewing self-designed apps using QuarkXPress and Quark App Studio.
Though with App Studio you never need to use Xcode and never need to code (unless you want to) you will need Xcode for two things: 1) Using iOS Simulator to look at your self designed iPad layouts and apps and 2) to use App Studio Factory to create an app (it uses Xcode in the background).
So where is iOS Simulator now? It is within the Xcode package. To access it:
- Go to ~/Applications, and right-click Xcode.
- Select “Show Package Contents”. A folder opens.
- Browse through the folder structure to “Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/”
- There you’ll see the “iOS Simulator.app” — it’s best to add it to the dock, so that you do not need to go through these steps again.
- Close all the folders, as you won’t need them to use the iOS Simulator.
- Start iOS Simulator from the Dock.
So next time you need iOS Simulator you just click on the Dock icon, which looks like this:
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Ok, god. So where do we have to put the Issue previewser folder for work with the new iOS simulator? The last one doesn’t works anymore :(
Hi Matteo, an extensive description can be found here:
http://forums.quark.com/t/27914.aspx
Apple makes it now (Xcode 4.5) much simpler to find the iOS Simulator.
So simple launch Xcode, go to menu “Xcode > Open Developer Tool > iOS Simulator”.
iOS Simulator will launch and then use the contextual menu to pin it to the Dock.
Really helpful, thanks. Another tip if you’re using Alfred as it won’t find this by default. So if you set up an alias of the app in the same folder (/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/), then add this folder to Alfred’s search scope option, you can then quick launch it from Alfred.
Can you also use the iOS simulator to simulate existing Apps, or is it just a tool for previewing self-designed Apps?
Hi Rachel, it is only for iOS apps that basically have no provisioning profile embedded, so yes, only for self-created apps (using a system) or self-programmed apps (using Xcode).
It’s a development tool, not an end user tool.
To my knowledge there is no iPad Simulator, allowing you to use an iPad without having an iPad.
I have XCode 4.6.2. I wanted to work in the iOS 5.0 Simulator. I went into Preferences > Downloads >Components and installed it.
I create a new project and set my target and project appropriately for iOS 5. When I checked for the iOS 5 Simulator — it’s not listed.
Hi Paul, I am sorry, I am not sure I understand what you are asking. You don’t see the iOS Simulator? Are you using App Studio at all? With “don’t see it”, do you mean the Issue Previewer? You need to provide more detail about your environment and what you are experiencing please. Thanks.
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