Xcode project not showing list of simulators

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I open my project in Xcode 6 1  When I try to run the project  the button is grayed out  When I try to go to Product  gt  Clean  the option is grayed out  When I look at the list of simulators  all I get is My Mac instead of the usually iOS Device  How do I get my simulators to come back

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In my case I thought I created a new project using the iOS Framework template  but I inadvertently selected the macOS Framework template instead  This was preventing me from building the project for iPhone simulators  Deleting the project and recreating it  this time selecting the iOS Framework template  fixed the problem

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I just needed a good  old fashioned restart the computer  When uninstalling and reinstalling XCode didn t do the job  I restarted out of pure frustration    lo and behold  After a restart  everything was as it should be

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Small but a effective solution  In my case i updated to my xcode to 9 2 version and simulators disappeared   I found this solution and it worked for me and for others also          Just quit your xcode and restart again  You will have simulators

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In my case I had created a static library target for tvOS in Xcode 8 3 3  and the tvOS simulator was not showing up in the list  Eventually found out that TARGETED DEVICE FAMILY in the Build Settings was set to 1 2 instead of 3  Leaving this here incase anyone else encounters the same problem

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If you just updated Xcode  you may need to restart your computer before simulators become available again

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I had the same issue  generated from an imported project  the project had 10 3 as deployment target and I only had 10 0 installed  changing the deployment target to 10 0 solved my issues

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I simply Renamed my Xcode file in Application folder to something else and renamed it back to Xcode     Worked

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Make sure that the project you are trying to run has deployment target equal to or less then the SDK version of your Xcode  In my case I tried to run a project which was built using iOS8 4 but I have Xcode6 1 with SDK version 8 1  I changed the deployment target to 8 1 and it start showing me simulators   P S before doing this  make sure that your code and external libraries are compatible with your new deployment target  else you have to update your Xcode

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Nothing helped me so I downloaded the simulators for my deployment Target    Beside play button and target name where simulator is chosen   Click the simulator to see the simulator list window  Click on the last button is  Download Simulators  Download the simulators for your deployment Target   You can check Deployment target   Below play button 1st tab i e  Project navigator  Click it and click on Project name Select your target   General tab   Deployment Info   Deployment target    Hope it helps

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Check if in the app store under xcode it says GET instead of installed  delete your current version and get the new one

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Click on the project name  Right to the Run button   Three options will appear    Edit scheme New scheme Manage scheme   You can click on  New scheme  and then click on  OK  in popup window   You will have simulators list back

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check in your project s build settings   make certain you select Latest iOS  iOS 8 1

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Deployment Target version change to a lower one helped for me  Window - gt  Devices and Simulators - gt  Simulators  Check what are the latest versions of existing simulators   Then go to your project s Target  Under Deployment Info  change Target to the version you saw the latest within your simulators  Mine was set to iOS 13 6 when the simulator was iOS 13 5 only

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For those coming from Unity  even if you manage to make them show up  by changing Build Settings  gt  Supported Platforms to iOS it would not run in the simulator   Instead  you need to select this Simulator SDK      And make sure something other than Metal exist     Then the simulator device list will be there from start

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If Your problem is due to multiple  versions of  xcode   Then follow following steps  1  Cleaning Derived Data Go to Xcode preferences -  Select location tab -  select little gray arrow on  Users apple Library Developer Xcode DerivedData  You will be redirect to folder From there select Derived Data folder and Delete    2  Completely Quite The Xcode and reopen  This will solve your problem  Happy coding

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Try This  It worked like a charm  for me   Follow below step  1  Clean Derived Data as show below    rm -rf   Library Developer Xcode DerivedData   OR   Xcode--- gt  Preferences--- gt Location--- gt Derived Data     2  In Deployment Info change Deployment Target  It s equal to or less then the SDK version of Xcode    3  Quit Xcode     4  Reopen Xcode you will see list of simulators    Hope this answer will help for someone

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In my case i d accidentally deleted ios devices in system Finder -  Library- Devices- Core simulator  So  the simulators are not listed in the Xcode project except ios device   I solved this by adding ios simuulators from Xcode- Window- Devices- Add simulators    Hope it ll help someone

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Just go to Xcode -  Window -  Devices  Click   at the bottom left  Add your new Simulator

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Also check the iOS Deployment Target under build settings  I was using Xcode 6 3 while the deployment target was set to iOS 8 4  I got the list of simulators as soon as I set it to iOS 8 3

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Install iOS Simulator if you re missing one

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Just check your Deployment Target where XCode support it or not

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I still had my iOS Device  but all my simulators were gone    I tried every suggested solution I could find on stackoverflow    Eventually  I deleted the Xcode app and downloaded it again from the App Store  After installation  the simulators were back

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If you renamed Xcode app since first launch  the iOS Simulator becomes unavailable   This is mentioned in the Xcode 6 1 Release Notes      Renaming Xcode app after running any of the Xcode tools in that bundle   may cause iOS Simulator to be no longer be available  Either rename   Xcode app back to what it was when first launched or restart your Mac     16646772

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I had this happen to me after an update to a new Xcode  Running  xcode-select --install   fixed it for me

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Looks like Xcode hides that menu when the window is a certain size  You have to make your window quite large before it comes back

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Quite Xcode and Open it again  it will show  For me it s worked

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Solution  Build Settings -  Architectures -  Supported Platforms  changed from iphoneos to iOS  Confirmed works in Xcode Version 9 0  9A235

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Nothing worked for me  except  gem install snapshot  fastlane snapshot reset simulators

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I encountered this problem when I update my xcode to 8 2beta  with the app name xcode-beta app   I found the answer above by Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia and tried to rename xcode-beta app to xcode app  it worked  I guess the name should be xcode app to use the simulators  even if you didn t changed the name by yourself when you download the beta one

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Same Problem happened with me   When I updated from Xcode 8 Beta 3 to Xcode 8 Beta 4  But I resolved it by this way     Go to Window -  Devices   you can see all Devices and Simulators here   Just right click on any device or simulator Tick on Show in Destination Menu  Even it is already checked  then click it twice  It may be refresh things    If above does not work   as if you do not see any simulators  then     Change degrade  the minimum deployment target of app to 8 3 not necessary  restart xcode   It worked for me   Hope will be helpful for someone later

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Cmd below solved my problem     sudo xcode-select --switch  Applications Xcode app Contents Developer     In my case  I upgraded to Xcode 8 and downloaded another version 7 3 1 later  renamed it to  Xcode 7 3 1    then cannot get the simulator list in Xcode 8

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I ran into another situation where this can occur  I work with a team we use Xcode server for continuous integration  The server wasn t seeing any simulators  but only for one project  I eventually determined that this was due to the fact that the version of Xcode on our server was one release earlier  and the Xcode project was set to build to the newest version available  Simply updating Xcode solved the issue for us

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Lower the Deployment Target version  For example you have set the target as iOS 13 4 but your Xcode version is lower and there is no iOS 13 4 installed simulator

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For anyone struggling with this  I tried the mentioned options without success  Turns out all I needed to do was just quit and relaunch Xcode  Simple things can be annoying sometimes

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After upgrading to Xcode 10 3  the list of simulators was empty   I rebooted and it was resolved     This doesn t necessarily answer the OP s specific question  but this was the first place I ended up in researching my Xcode 10 3 upgrade issue

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I could not find any solution that would fix my issue  All simulators were there for all projects but the one that I needed them   Solution   Build Settings -  Architectures -  Supported Platforms      changed from iphoneos to iOS

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If you updated Xcode to 12 1  Completely quit Xcode and it will install components

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Sometimes the simulator you have might not be the simulator specified in Build Settings  Make sure that simulator package is downloaded for your IOS Deployment Target

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Go to Window then Devices and press the plus button at the bottom left to add a device and select the simulator which are required This worked for me

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