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user1151738
user1151738

Reputation:

AppStore in iPhone Simulator Xcode

Is it possible to download and run apps from the iPhone AppStore in Xcode iPhone simulator ? I would download Xcode for my Mac and use it as a iPhone then ;)

Upvotes: 6

Views: 6633

Answers (2)

Ramdhas
Ramdhas

Reputation: 1765

This is NOT possible

The Simulator does not run ARM code, ONLY x86 code. Unless you have the raw source code from Apple, you won't see the App Store on the Simulator.

The app you write you will be able to test in the Simulator by running it directly from Xcode even if you don't have a developer account. To test your app on an actual device, you will need to be apart of the Apple Developer program.

Upvotes: 0

rckoenes
rckoenes

Reputation: 69499

No, the simulator runs i386 binaries and iPhone appstore apps are ARM binaries apps.

iOS apps are compiled to machine code, Android apps are run in a Virtual Machine using byte code and are translated to machine code at the time they are run.

Upvotes: 15

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