How to run old simulators in Xcode 5 [duplicate] - ios

Xcode 5 is behaving just fine, and I'm able to build and run apps on my iOS 7 device and in the iOS 7 simulator.
However, I do want to support iOS 6.1, but I don't see any way to build and run the apps for an iOS 6 simulator.
Things wot I've done:
Set Deployment Target to 6.1 for both Project and Target
Downloaded iOS 6 Simulator
Copied the iOS 6 SDK into Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/
Reset Content and Settings for the simulator
Originally, I was trying to see the app in the iOS 6 simulator by switching from iOS 7 to iOS 6 in the Hardware > Device menu in the iOS Simulator application, but there aren't any apps in the iOS 6 simulator.
I'm gathering from answers like this one that there should be something I can select before I click Build/Run.
I'd love to be able to see my apps in both iOS 6 and 7 simulators. Any ideas what I'm missing? Here's a LINK to what I see when I click on the simulator dropdown.

Turns out the solution was changing the deployment target for the project from iOS 6.1 to iOS 6.0, upon which the simulator scheme selection immediately showed the option to choose iOS 6 or 7 simulators. Basically the deployment target should match a simulator version that you have installed.
Thanks to random commenters in questions like this one who mentioned that that worked for them.

All you have to do is go to Xcode -> Preferences -> Choose the "Downloads" tab and install the iOS 6.0 Simulator.
Once you're done downloading it, it should show up as an option in your schemes.

Just a little caveat....I tried what you said but it didn't work for me...
Changed Deployment Target on "Project" from 7.1 to 6.0
Then I realised that Deployment Target was still set to 7.1 on the "Target" - once I changed that it worked!

Click to target or project > Build Settings > Achitecture > Supported Plateforms : change to iOS

What I did to get mine working was click on the scheme to the left of where the Simulators usually appear in the dropdown, then choose edit scheme.
A new window will display, make sure that Run is highlighted on the left and then click on the Info tab. Choose the .app file for Executable.

If you are still looking for a solution here's what worked for me:
From the xcode beta's pull down menus, Xcode > Open Developer Tool >
iOS Simulator (if you get a pop up error just dismiss it)
Once in the Simulator go to Hardware > Device > Manage Devices.
Delete everything listed under simulator.
Reboot your machine.
After that navigate back to Manage Devices in the simulator and click the plus to add back
your simulators. Then the iOS 8 simulators will show up.

This might help u out better..you have to copy paste iPhoneOS6.1sdk folder. This is for SDK, similarly instead of iPhoneOS.platform select iPhoneSimulator.platform and then the same path.

Please check whether your "Deployment Target" is higher than the ones available on your simulators.

Xcode5 neither has 6.0 SDK or 6.0 simulator. But what you can do is u can copy both 6.0SDK and 6.0 simulator from your previous Xcodes (xcode4.5 for 6.0 and XCode4.6 for ios6.1) You can find the simulator at /applications/xcode.app/contents/developer/platforms/iphonesimulator.platform/developer/applications/iphone simulator.app
And SDK at /applications/xcode.app/contents/developer/platforms/iphoneos.platform/devicesupport/6.0
Copy the entire folders for simulator and SDK in the exact same path of XCode5.
Note: to go the the Contents of Xcode.app just do a right click on the .app file and you will get an option"Show Contents".
Once u are done copy pasting, restart ur XCode5 and u can see 6.0/6.1 simulator as an option :)

Click on your project root.
Then Go to the Build settings.
Then set iOS deployment target 5.0
Then select iphone6 on top left of your project.
See this image

Solved restoring an older version of the xcodeproj file.

Related

Downloaded ios simulator doesn't appear at xcode

I downloaded ios 10.3.1 version in xcode 9.4
But I only can select the ios 11 version I already have.
I rebooted OS and restarted Xcode already. I also can see ios 10 simulator when I select "add additional simulators"
There are ios10, 11 simulator both of them. I don't know how to use ios 10 simulators in xcode that I already downloaded.
Change Deployment Target from iOS 11.x to iOS 10.x
(Xcode shows simulator in a device list with iOS version >= Deployment Target.)
If I understand your problem correctly, changing Deployment target should help. It can be found in General section of settings shown when you first launch the app.
To use that the project compatibility should be lesser. That means the Deployment target in your app should be from iOS 10.
Go to project target settings. Deployment target --> 10.x
As the previous answers didn't help me, I'll describe my solution.
The deployment target doesn't always solve the problem, as well as creating a new scheme. The simulators don't appear automatically.
Press Add Additional Simulators
Choose Simulators tab
Create a new device simulator. Choose Device Type and OS Version whichever available
Your simulator should appear

Xcode 5 issue with simulator versions

I have Installed Xcode 5. It was just working fine. Now it doesn't show version menu against each simulator.
Before it was displaying all supported iOS versions next to simulator menu.
I want to test my app on different iOS version, how can I change the simulator version.
Just to add, you can actually download old versions of the simulator with Xcode5 itself - just go to preferences and you'll find them under Downloads:.......
No need to download the zip if you only wanted to change the deployment target.
Here are some screenshots.
In Xcode 5, Preferences -> Downloads -> Components to install additional simulators (if you have not done so already).
Possible issues:
Set the deployment target. If the target is set to iOS 7.0 then you cannot choose
between different simulators. If the target is set to iOS 6 then you should be able
to choose between the simulators.
Check in the Download preferences if iOS 6 Simulator is installed (you may have to
re-install it after upgrading to Xcode 5).
Xcode on Mavericks does not support the iOS 5 Simulator anymore.
Go to xcode click show package content and see if simulator sdk's are there at path "/Applications/Xcode_5.0.1.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs" if not either download them or copy paste from previous xCode from same path of old xcode
Restart xCode.
Check your Base SDK setting in project setting. Set to lower version and you should be able to see all possible simulator configuration.

how to run ios6 simulator in xcode5?

I upgraded my xcode to xcode5,In the directory
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs
I got iPhoneOS6.1.sdk/ and iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/
In the directory /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs
I got iPhoneSimulator6.0.sdk/和iPhoneSimulator7.0.sdk/
Every time when I ran my app, I can't select the version of the iOS, nor can I select I resolution other than retina. The Xcode5 always use a retina resolution with iOS7:
But what I want to use is the low resolution with iOS6, how could I do?
ps:
I have set the following settings to iOS6.1
General -> Deployment Target
Build Setting -> Base SDK
I did have downloaded the iOS 6.0 simulator, but I do not have option to use that.
Initially go to more simulators
Then A window will open up
Now Download And Install 6.0 /6.1 as you want
After successfully Installation it will show up like that
Hope this will help you !!!
Download Xcode 4.6 dmg file from the apple dev center.
Double click dmg file.
Mount it.
After then you can automatically use the simulator 6.
Alternatively you can also add the simulator 6 from the Xcode 5 also.
But the base SDK will remain 7.0 for Xcode 5.
With iOS 6.0 and iOS 6.1 simulator both installed, the problem got solved!
Go to Xcode preference and install the simulators
Go to Xcode5 preference and install the simulators

Xcode 5 not showing Scheme option to run Simulator on iOS 6

Xcode 5 is behaving just fine, and I'm able to build and run apps on my iOS 7 device and in the iOS 7 simulator.
However, I do want to support iOS 6.1, but I don't see any way to build and run the apps for an iOS 6 simulator.
Things wot I've done:
Set Deployment Target to 6.1 for both Project and Target
Downloaded iOS 6 Simulator
Copied the iOS 6 SDK into Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/
Reset Content and Settings for the simulator
Originally, I was trying to see the app in the iOS 6 simulator by switching from iOS 7 to iOS 6 in the Hardware > Device menu in the iOS Simulator application, but there aren't any apps in the iOS 6 simulator.
I'm gathering from answers like this one that there should be something I can select before I click Build/Run.
I'd love to be able to see my apps in both iOS 6 and 7 simulators. Any ideas what I'm missing? Here's a LINK to what I see when I click on the simulator dropdown.
Turns out the solution was changing the deployment target for the project from iOS 6.1 to iOS 6.0, upon which the simulator scheme selection immediately showed the option to choose iOS 6 or 7 simulators. Basically the deployment target should match a simulator version that you have installed.
Thanks to random commenters in questions like this one who mentioned that that worked for them.
All you have to do is go to Xcode -> Preferences -> Choose the "Downloads" tab and install the iOS 6.0 Simulator.
Once you're done downloading it, it should show up as an option in your schemes.
Just a little caveat....I tried what you said but it didn't work for me...
Changed Deployment Target on "Project" from 7.1 to 6.0
Then I realised that Deployment Target was still set to 7.1 on the "Target" - once I changed that it worked!
Click to target or project > Build Settings > Achitecture > Supported Plateforms : change to iOS
What I did to get mine working was click on the scheme to the left of where the Simulators usually appear in the dropdown, then choose edit scheme.
A new window will display, make sure that Run is highlighted on the left and then click on the Info tab. Choose the .app file for Executable.
If you are still looking for a solution here's what worked for me:
From the xcode beta's pull down menus, Xcode > Open Developer Tool >
iOS Simulator (if you get a pop up error just dismiss it)
Once in the Simulator go to Hardware > Device > Manage Devices.
Delete everything listed under simulator.
Reboot your machine.
After that navigate back to Manage Devices in the simulator and click the plus to add back
your simulators. Then the iOS 8 simulators will show up.
This might help u out better..you have to copy paste iPhoneOS6.1sdk folder. This is for SDK, similarly instead of iPhoneOS.platform select iPhoneSimulator.platform and then the same path.
Please check whether your "Deployment Target" is higher than the ones available on your simulators.
Xcode5 neither has 6.0 SDK or 6.0 simulator. But what you can do is u can copy both 6.0SDK and 6.0 simulator from your previous Xcodes (xcode4.5 for 6.0 and XCode4.6 for ios6.1) You can find the simulator at /applications/xcode.app/contents/developer/platforms/iphonesimulator.platform/developer/applications/iphone simulator.app
And SDK at /applications/xcode.app/contents/developer/platforms/iphoneos.platform/devicesupport/6.0
Copy the entire folders for simulator and SDK in the exact same path of XCode5.
Note: to go the the Contents of Xcode.app just do a right click on the .app file and you will get an option"Show Contents".
Once u are done copy pasting, restart ur XCode5 and u can see 6.0/6.1 simulator as an option :)
Click on your project root.
Then Go to the Build settings.
Then set iOS deployment target 5.0
Then select iphone6 on top left of your project.
See this image
Solved restoring an older version of the xcodeproj file.

Xcode/Simulator: How to run older iOS version?

I'm thinking of upgrading to iOS SDK 4.2. But what I'm wondering is if I'll still be able to run the simulator as iOS 3.2. This is because I'm creating iAds for iPad but I still want to check if my program will run with iOS 3.2.
Note: I have seen a similar post to this in the past, but they weren't really helpful in giving the exact steps in how this could be done.
To anyone else who finds this older question, you can now download all old versions.
Xcode -> Preferences -> Components (Click on Simulators tab).
Install all the versions you want/need.
To show all installed simulators:
Target -> In dropdown "deployment target" choose the installed version with lowest version nr.
You should now see all your available simulators in the dropdown.
XCODE 10.1
1. Goto Xcode -> Preferences (Shortcut CMD,)
2. Select Components
3. Download Simulator version
4. XCode -> Open Developer Tool -> Simulator This will launch Simulator as stand alone application
5 Hardware -> Device -> Manage Devices...
6. Click on + iCon to create new simulator version.
7. Specify Simulator Name, Device Type and Choose OS version from drop down.
8. Click Create.
9. Hardware -> Device -> iOS 11.0 -> iPhone 6
Thats it run enjoy coding!
If you have iAds in your binary you will not be able to run it on anything before iOS 4.0 and it will be rejected if you try and submit a binary like this.
You can still run the simulator from 3.2 onwards after upgrading.
In the iPhone Simulator try selecting Hardware -> Version -> 3.2
Xcode 14:
Xcode -> Preferences -> Platforms
Then click the + button
Open xcode and in the top menu go to xcode > Preferences > Downloads and you will be given the option to download old sdks to use with xcode. You can also download command line tools and Device Debugging Support.
In XCode under Targets, right-click on your project and Get Info. Under the Build tab look for iOS Deployment Target. By changing this you should be able to test different iOS version.
I was searching for how to do this on a much newer version of xcode than the original question and while the answers here got me where I needed to go, they aren't quite accurate for location anymore. Xcode 11.3.1, you need to go into Preferences -> Components, then select the desired Simulators. You can also select tvOS and watchOS similators from the same window.
To add previous iOS simulator to Xcode 4.2, you need old xcode_3.2.6_and_ios_sdk_4.3.dmg (or similar version) installer file and do as following:
Mount the xcode_3.2.6_and_ios_sdk_4.3.dmg file
Open mounting disk image and choose menu: Go->Go to Folder...
Type /Volumes/Xcode and iOS SDK/Packages/ then click Go. There are many packages and find to iPhoneSimulatorSDK(version).pkg
Double click to install package you want to add and wait for installer displays.
In Installer click Continue and choose destination, Choose folder...
Explorer shows and select Developer folder and click Choose
Install and repeat with other simulator as you need.
Restart Xcode.
Now there are a list of your installed simulator.
Choosing older simulator versions is not obvious in Xcode 3.2.5. Older Xcodes had separate lists of "iOS Device SDKs" and "iOS Simulator SDKs" in the "Base SDK" build setting popup menu, but in Xcode 3.2.5 these have been replaced with a single "iOS SDKs" list that only offers 4.2 and "latest".
If you create a new default iOS project, it defaults to 4.2 for both Base SDK and Deployment Target, and in the "Overview" popup in the project's top-left corner, only the 4.2 Simulator is available.
To run an older iOS simulator, you must choose an older iOS version in the "iOS Deployment Target" build setting popup. Only then will the "Overview" popup offer older Simulators: back to 4.0 for iPhone and to 3.2 for iPad.
Xcode (14.1v) -> Settings -> Platforms -> + Icon
The simulator CANNOT be downloaded from:
Xcode -> Preferences -> Downloads
Only the iOS devices symbols. As this option says:
This package includes information and symbols that Xcode needs for
debugging your app on iOS devices running versions of iOS prior to iOS
4.2. If you intend to debug your app on a device running one of these versions of iOS you should install this package.
That is, you need an iOS 4.2 device to test an iOS 4.2 application

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