Questions tagged [xcode-simulator]
Ask questions about configuring, managing, using or starting the various Apple simulator software that ships as part of Apple Developer program and with Xcode. The iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS and VisionOS simulators all belong to this tag.
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Xcode Simulator - Show White Devices Instead of Black
When I run Xcode Simulator the devices are simulated with black cases. I'd like to be able to toggle to show devices with white cases to see them easier. I don't see a setting in Xcode for that. Can ...
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Xcode iOS Simulator 17.2 Error Download
I have installed Xcode on my Macbook 13" and Xcode needs iOS simulator 17.2.
Xcode start the download and every time it fails with : request timed out. i try it with watchOS and its the same.
I ...
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Can't record a 1080p video from the iOS Simulator with the Quicktime Player
I am trying to record a video of my iOS game, using Quicktime Player, running the iPhone8Plus Simulator in a portrait mode which is supposed to produce a 1080px1920 video. However, the resolution I ...
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XCode and Simulator suddenly crashed and froze my Macbook
I am using a MacBook Pro 13-inch 2020 (i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) and using Xcode and Simulator to build my first app. However, when I run the Simulator, my MacBook freezes, and I can't do anything other ...
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What’s the equivalent of turning the Digital Crown on the Apple vision pro headset simulator?
In the demos of Apple Vision Pro, they show that you can manually switch between VR and pass-through-video-AR by rotating a Digital Crown on the headset. The simulator has a simulated series of ...
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iOS Simulator gives 'You dont have permission error'
I am currently on macOS Monterey 12.2 and have started an iPhone 12 iOS 15.0 simulator. On this simulator, if I drop files from desktop or a folder inside desktop, I get an error saying, 'The file ...
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Can't delete Alex voice from the iOS simulator
I'm working with iOS voices for accessibility reasons. In iOS simulator I've tried to install Alex voice which is one of the most popular English voices. To choose it I downloaded it first. However, ...
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Reuse existing iOS simulators in updated Xcode 15.0.1
I updated to Xcode v15.0.1 and now its downloading the simulators again.
Is there any way to reuse the existing simulators that were downloaded in Xcode v15?
Edit: I still have Xcode 15 in my macbook ...
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Install new Simulator via terminal
Is there any way to install a new version of Simulator using just cli?
For example - with Xcode 14.0 only iOS 16.0 is build-in to it, what if I want to add an older version of iOS, is it possible that ...
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XCode 12.5.1 simulator is not seen under /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes
After upgrading XCode to latest version 12.5.1 , checked folder
/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes
this doesn't show any simulator even when XCode is showing default simulators ...
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How to kill sound from a macos app (iOS simulator)
How to revoke a permission for a macos app (iOS simulator) to make any utterances to any audio devices whatsoever?
I have a sw keyboard giving some unsolicited feedback sounds unwated.
In menu -> I/...
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What are ios simulator alternatives if I don't have 60 GB free space on my Mac?
I'm running a MacBook Pro (Big Sur OS) with the following disk space ...
$ df -h /
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/disk1s5s1 234G 15G 26G 36% /
According to this, Xcode ...
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Error when I run open -a Simulator on latest Xcode on Mojave
I'm on Mojave and updated my Xcode only.
Now when I run open -a Simulator in the terminal I get :
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed for the application /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/...
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Set a default Scale value for Xcode 7.2.1's iOS Simulator
I just started an online course for learning Swift using Xcode to develop iOS apps. I'm using Xcode 7.2.1 and 10.11.4 on my Mac Mini Server. I use a 23" monitor. When the simulator window displays ...
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iPhone Simulator on Macbook is showing question Mark
iPhone Simulator on Macbook is showing question Mark. I am not able to launch the iPhone Simulator. I have my app deployed on the simulator.
How to fix the iPhone Simulator?