How to install iOS 7.0 and iOS 8.0 Simulators in Xcode 6.1?

by

Only iOS 7.0 and later simulators are supported on Xcode 6.0.x and 6.1.x. Only iOS 7.1 and later simulators are supported on Xcode 6.2 and greater.

The older simulators runtimes are not compatible with the new CoreSimulator architecture. You need to install Xcode 5.1.x if you want to run iOS 6.x simulators.

The iOS 7.0 simulator does not work on OSX Yosemite, so you need to be on OS X Mavericks if you want to run the iOS 7.0 simulator.

The iOS 8.0 simulator is not available as DLC. It is only supported in Xcode 6.0. If you really want to use it with newer versions of Xcode, you can try copying the iPhoenSimulator8.0.sdk and iOS 8.0.simruntime from Xcode 6.0 into Xcode 6.1, but as stated, this is not supported.

See:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Library/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 8.0.simruntime

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator8.0.sdk

More Related Contents:

  1. Xcode 6 – Launch simulator from command line
  2. How to enable native resolution for apps on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus?
  3. What is “Constrain to margin” in Storyboard in Xcode 6
  4. Submit to App Store issues: Unsupported Architecture x86
  5. An error was encountered while running (Domain = LaunchServicesError, Code = 0) [duplicate]
  6. Why isn’t ProjectName-Prefix.pch created automatically in Xcode 6?
  7. Error when testing on iOS simulator: Couldn’t register with the bootstrap server
  8. iOS 8.1 Simulator always uses US keyboard layout despite german hardware keyboard
  9. The iOS Simulator deployment targets is set to 7.0, but the range of supported deployment target version for this platform is 8.0 to 12.1
  10. How to create IPA in Xcode 6?
  11. How to resize the iPhone/iPad Simulator?
  12. Launch iOS simulator from Xcode and getting a black screen, followed by Xcode hanging and unable to stop tasks
  13. How to fix Xcode “DTAssetProviderService could not start..” error?
  14. Xcode beta 6 iOS 8: Simulator not working
  15. How to create an Empty Application in Xcode without Storyboard
  16. Install Simulator SDK 4.3 to Xcode 4.4 on Mountain Lion
  17. didReceiveRemoteNotification not working in the background
  18. NSUserDefaults not cleared after app uninstall on simulator
  19. Xcode Simulator: how to remove older unneeded devices?
  20. How to Install Older iOS Simulators in XCode 4.2.1 (SDK5.0)
  21. Xcode 6 iPhone Simulator Application Support location
  22. Take screenshots in the iOS simulator
  23. Simulator slow-motion animations are now on?
  24. WatchKit SDK not retrieving data from NSUserDefaults
  25. Xcode Version 6.1 (6A1030) – Apple Mach O-Linker Error – Building
  26. Invalid Device State – Xcode/iOS Simulator error
  27. Couldn’t register […] with the bootstrap server
  28. Remove println() for release version iOS Swift
  29. Xcode6: Run two instances of the simulator
  30. iOS Designated Initializers : Using NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER

Leave a Comment