How to install iPhone application in iPhone Simulator

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I have a mySample app file - an iPhone application developed by xcode   How do I run this  only mySample app file  application using my xcode

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This worked for me on iOS 5 0 simulator    Run the app on the simulator  Go to the path where you can see something like this    Users arshad Library Application  Support iPhone  Simulator 5 0 Applications 34BC3FDC-7398-42D4-9114-D5FEFC737512      Copy all the package contents including the app  lib  temp and Documents   Clear all the applications installed on the simulator so that it is easier to see what is happening  Run a pre-existing app you have on your simulator  Look for the same package content for that application as in step 3 and delete all  Paste the package contents that you have previously copied  Close the simulator and start it again  The new app icon of the intended app will replace the old one

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From Xcode v4 3  it is being installed as application   The simulator is available at      Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneSimulator platform Developer Applications iOS    Simulator app

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You can install apps in simulator from Xcode 8 2 From Xcode 8 2 You can install an app    app  by dragging any previously built app bundle into the simulator window  Note  You cannot install apps from the App Store in simulation environments

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I see you have a problem  Try building your app as Release and then check out your source codes build folder  It may be called Release-iphonesimulator  Inside here will be the app  Then go to  home folder  Library Application Support iPhone Simulator  if you can t find it  try pressing Command - J and choosing arrange by name   Go to an OS that has apps in it in the iPhone sim  like 4 1  In that folder there should be an Applications folder  Open that  and there should be folders with random lettering  Pick any one  and replace it with the app you have  Make sure to delete anything in the little folders   If it doesn t work  then I m dumbfounded

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Enter the following in the terminal     Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneSimulator platform Developer Applications iPhone  Simulator app Contents MacOS iPhone  Simulator -SimulateApplication path to your file projectname app projectname

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This thread discusses how to install the binary on the simulator  I ve done it and it works  http   forums macrumors com showthread php t 547557  From the thread      Look inside your     Library Application Support iPhone Simulator User Applications    directory and see what happens inside this directory when you install and run apps using XCode  and also when you delete apps using the Simulator       You can run the Simulator by itself  without starting XCode        If you start the Simulator  delete an app  quit the Simulator  put back copies of the files that were deleted from the support directory  and restart the Simulator  the app will reappear in the Simulator  Email those files with instructions about how to copy them into the appropriate support directory

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Please note  this answer is obsolete  the functionality was removed from iOS simulator   I have just found that you don t need to copy the mobile application bundle to the iPhone Simulator s folder to start it on the simulator  as described in the forum  That way you need to click on the app to get it started  not confortable when you want to do testing and start the app numerous times   There are undocumented command line parameters for the iOS Simulator  which can be used for such purposes  The one you are looking for is  -SimulateApplication  An example command line starting up YourFavouriteApp    Developer Platforms iPhoneSimulator platform Developer Applications iPhone  Simulator app Contents MacOS iPhone  Simulator -SimulateApplication path to your app YourFavouriteApp app YourFavouriteApp   This will start up your application without any installation and works with iOS Simulator 4 2 at least  You cannot reach the home menu  though   There are other unpublished command line parameters  like switching the SDK  Happy hunting for those

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Select the platform to be iPhone Simulator then click Build and Go   If it builds correctly then it will launch the simulator and run   If it does not build ok then it will indicate errors at the bottom of the window on the right hand side   If you only have the app file then you would need to manually install that into the simulator   The simulator was not designed to be used this way  but I m sure it would be possible  even if it was incredibly difficult   If you have the source code   proj  m  h etc  files then it should be a simple case of build and go

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If you re looking to do this XCode 5   I found this is the easiest method   Install ios-sim      npm install -g ios-sim   Then simply execute      ios-sim launch   mySample app --devicetypeid com apple CoreSimulator SimDeviceType iPhone-6   In which you can switch up your device type  Simple  fast  and it actually works

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