Is there a way to launch an app on the iOS simulator from the command line, like
simctl launch <app-package>
or something like that?
To install your app:
xcrun simctl install booted
To launch the app:
xcrun simctl launch booted
Hope this helps.
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I want add a dylib once launch a iOS Simulator App.
I know we coud do something like:
$ xcrun simctl spawn booted launchctl debug system/com.apple.SpringBoard --environment DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=path/to/dynamic/lib.dylib
this is good for com.apple.SpringBoard. but what is the service-target name for my own APP?
I'm trying to use xcrun simctl to boot a device and uninstall an application, but it hangs on the uninstall step
xcrun simctl boot <deviceudid>
xcrun simctl uninstall <deviceudid> <bundleid>
and it hangs on uninstall and sits forever...however, if i have the simulator already running and execute
xcrun simctl uninstall <deviceudid> <bundleid>
it works fine...but i'm trying to do this in a script without opening the simulator manually
This happens because when you use 'xcrun simctl boot ...' you are not getting a full boot of the simulator. Some services (including those provided by the system app, like install or launch) are unavailable in this mode.
If you want to script booting the device in full, you'll probably want to refer to my answer in Xcode 6 - Launch simulator from command line
I would like to uninstall or remove an iOS application from the command line. Let's say the application is call ApplicationName, so is there a way to do it from the command line?
From terminal, run:
xcrun simctl uninstall booted <app identifier>
I can build using the Xcode command line tools, is there any way I can actually run the application using them? (E.g. the equivalent to pressing Cmd+R in Xcode)
Type this in terminal:
open -a Simulator.app
First decide what device you want to use:
xcrun simctl list
This will give you a list of devices:
-- iOS 9.0 --
iPhone 4s (56632E02-650E-4C24-AAF4-5557FB1B8EB2) (Shutdown)
iPhone 5 (ACD4DB7B-9FC9-49D5-B06B-BA5D5E2F5165) (Shutdown)
iPhone 5s (A8358B76-AD67-4571-9EB7-FFF4D0AC029E) (Shutdown)
iPhone 6 (1D46E980-C127-4814-A1E2-5BE47F6A15ED) (Shutdown)
iPhone 6 Plus (FD9F726E-453A-4A4C-9460-A6C332AB140B) (Shutdown)
Choose the ID (eg. FD9F726E-453A-4A4C-9460-A6C332AB140B) you want (you can create your own device using xcrun simctl create if you want).
Boot the simulator with that device (replacing YOUR-DEVICE-ID with the ID)
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/Simulator -CurrentDeviceUDID <YOUR-DEVICE-ID>
Now you should be able to use simctl to install and launch commands.
xcrun simctl install <YOUR-DEVICE-ID> <PATH-TO-APPLICATION-BUNDLE>
xcrun simctl launch <YOUR-DEVICE-ID> <BUNDLE-ID-OF-APP-BUNDLE>
xcrun simctl help for more details. Note that booting a device using simctl does not currently (Xcode 7.2) allow you to do anything else with that device such as launch or install applications. You need to launch the device in the simulator to actually do anything interesting. Also, you cannot delete a device that is in use by the simulator, so you will have to quit/kill the simulator before attempting to delete anything.
open -a simulator
it worked for me
This is the answer you are looking for:
Open terminal
xcrun simctl list
Get udid of the device you want to launch
Paste this in the terminal
open -a Simulator --args -CurrentDeviceUDID 0566AC33-9B91-2DR2-B5BB-C916D3BA8MD3
Open your terminal and paste this code:
open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app
Use xcrun simctl list to get a list of simulators and their UDIDs.
Then open a specific simulator using xcrun simctl boot <UDIDs>
open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/iOS\ Simulator.app/
One of the best solution :
Launch iOS simulator from Terminal by providing name of the device
xcrun simctl boot $(xcrun simctl list devices | grep -m 1 'iPhone 12
Pro' |grep -E -o -i '([0-9a-f]{8}-([0-9a-f]{4}-){3}[0-9a-f]{12})')
This cmd will seamlessly launch the ios simulator for 'iPhone 12 Pro' device
# Update
In the new Xcode update, supported simulators are from iPhone 8 onwards
summing-up
open -a Simulator && xcrun simctl boot 'iPhone 8 Plus'
I have an automation running in the iOS Simulator that I have to remove before another run. How do I remove the app from the iOS Simulator from the command line?
For each simulator device directory (located at ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/*), I
tried to delete ./data/Containers/Bundle/Application/ and ./data/Containers/Data/Application/.
Even when I tried to delete the app by long pressing the app in the Simulator (the app becomes jiggly) and click on the X button, the user defaults were not being cleared. I want the app state to be 100% clean.
I found a good solution to solve this problem.
With Xcode 6.1, to uninstall an app, use the following command:
xcrun simctl uninstall booted com.example.apple-samplecode.UICatalog
where com.example.apple-samplecode.UICatalog is the bundle identifier of the application you wish to uninstall.
One approach that we found for deleting user defaults is to delete all files in the ./data/Library/Preferences/* in addition to deleting application and data directories.
However, in Xcode 6, the command xcrun has new subcommand called simctl that allows me to manage iOS Simulator including resetting the simulator, and installing the application.
The solution that I came up with is to use the command
xcrun simctl erase [device ID]
Example
If xcrun simctl list(†) returns
9DDA0CFE-7CEC-40B6-A343-1EC01F282B22 (active, disconnected)
Watch: Apple Watch Series 2 - 42mm (88474523-163E-4021-B591-2AECBFA26997) (Shutdown)
Phone: iPhone 7 Plus (5785E680-15CD-42D3-82AB-597286A270C5) (Shutdown)
then run these 2 commands
xcrun simctl erase 88474523-163E-4021-B591-2AECBFA26997
xcrun simctl erase 5785E680-15CD-42D3-82AB-597286A270C5
(†) The device ID can be obtained from running
xcrun simctl list
This will reset the simulator (equivalent to iOS Simulator > Reset Contents and Settings... menu item).
With Xcode 6.0.1 (Build 6A317), there is either a bug or a change in behavior where when you uninstall an application, user defaults are not removed.
Usage: simctl [--noxpc] [--set <set path>] <subcommand> ... | help [subcommand]
Command line utility to control the iOS Simulator
For subcommands that require a <device> argument, you may specify a device UDID
or the special "booted" string which will cause simctl to pick a booted device.
If multiple devices are booted when the "booted" device is selected, simctl
will choose one of them.
Subcommands:
create Create a new device.
delete Delete a device.
erase Erase a device's contents and settings.
boot Boot a device.
shutdown Shutdown a device.
rename Rename a device.
getenv Print an environment variable from a running device.
openurl Open a URL in a device.
addphoto Add a photo to the photo library of a device.
install Install an app on a device.
uninstall Uninstall an app from a device.
launch Launch an application by identifier on a device.
spawn Spawn a process on a device.
list List available devices, device types, or runtimes.
notify_post Post a darwin notification on a device.
icloud_sync Trigger iCloud sync on a device.
help Prints the usage for a given subcommand.
Reset all Content & Settings in a single command
Quit iPhone Simulator
In Terminal, run:
xcrun simctl erase all
This will reset content and settings of all the simulators for the active version of Xcode (the one referenced by xcode-select -p).
xcrun simctl uninstall simulatorIdentifier appBundleId