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Alex Chesters
Alex Chesters

Reputation: 3710

How can I launch the iOS Simulator from Terminal?

I can build using the Xcode command line tools, is there any way I can actually run the application using them? (E.g. the equivalent to pressing Cmd+R in Xcode)

Upvotes: 192

Views: 215835

Answers (13)

Umer Waqas - nextjs python
Umer Waqas - nextjs python

Reputation: 5293

open terminal on your mac and run this command

 open -a simulator

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Upvotes: 1

Ajmal Hasan
Ajmal Hasan

Reputation: 1569

You can Replace version:

npx react-native run-ios --simulator='iPhone 13'

Upvotes: -1

pythoninthegrass
pythoninthegrass

Reputation: 81

As promised, wrote a tiny shell script to launch the XCode Simulator from the command line. Takes the advice from this thread and builds a user prompt around xcrun simctl list and xcrun simctl boot.

Quickstart

位 run-ios-sim
Enter phone model (e.g., iPhone 13 mini):
iphone 13
Choose a device type:
1 iPhone 13 Pro
2 iPhone 13 Pro Max
3 iPhone 13 mini
4 iPhone 13

Pass argument directly

位 run-ios-sim iphone 13 mini
Choose a device type:
1 iPhone 13 mini
1
iPhone 13 mini already booted

General usage

位 run-ios-sim -h
Run iOS simulator from the command line.

USAGE
./run-ios-sim [device_type] (e.g., "iPhone 13 mini")
OPTIONS
    -h --help     Show this help message.
    -l --list     List available device types.
    -i            Install script to ~/.local/bin (then call as `run-ios-sim`).

Happy to turn into a proper repo if there's enough interest 馃

Upvotes: 0

Mathioli Ramalingam
Mathioli Ramalingam

Reputation: 3569

Type this in terminal:

open -a Simulator.app

Upvotes: 346

Benjith Kizhisseri
Benjith Kizhisseri

Reputation: 2668

This worked for me:

open -a simulator

Upvotes: 166

Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker

Reputation: 31

Here is a handy command to build the project and then run it in the terminal:

xcodebuild -scheme <scheme_name> -destination <destination_name> build && xcrun simctl launch booted <bundle_identifier>

<scheme_name> - the name of the specific schema, e.g. "MyApp (Dev Environment)"

<destination_name> - the name of the simulator on which to run. For example "name=iPhone 14 Pro"

<bundle_identifier> - bundle of your project. Example: com.johnne.myapp

Execution result:

  1. The project will be built first;
  2. If the build was successful, your project will run on the selected simulator.

The final command with the data above will look like this:

xcodebuild -scheme "MyApp (Dev Environment)" -destination "name=iPhone 14 Pro" build && xcrun simctl launch booted com.johnne.myapp

Upvotes: 3

nParshyn
nParshyn

Reputation: 81

summing-up

open -a Simulator && xcrun simctl boot 'iPhone 8 Plus'

Upvotes: 7

Narendra Chandratre
Narendra Chandratre

Reputation: 921

One of the best solution :

  • Launch iOS simulator from Terminal by providing name of the device

xcrun simctl boot $(xcrun simctl list devices | grep -m 1 'iPhone 12 Pro' |grep -E -o -i '([0-9a-f]{8}-([0-9a-f]{4}-){3}[0-9a-f]{12})')

  • This cmd will seamlessly launch the ios simulator for 'iPhone 12 Pro' device

Upvotes: 6

Adrian Jimenez
Adrian Jimenez

Reputation: 1157

This is the answer you are looking for:

  1. Open terminal

  2. xcrun simctl list

  3. Get udid of the device you want to launch

  4. Paste this in the terminal

  5. open -a Simulator --args -CurrentDeviceUDID 0566AC33-9B91-2DR2-B5BB-C916D3BA8MD3

Upvotes: 74

Aulig
Aulig

Reputation: 314

Use xcrun simctl list to get a list of simulators and their UDIDs. Then open a specific simulator using xcrun simctl boot <UDIDs>

Upvotes: 21

dmaclach
dmaclach

Reputation: 3690

First decide what device you want to use:

xcrun simctl list

This will give you a list of devices:

-- iOS 9.0 --
    iPhone 4s (56632E02-650E-4C24-AAF4-5557FB1B8EB2) (Shutdown)
    iPhone 5 (ACD4DB7B-9FC9-49D5-B06B-BA5D5E2F5165) (Shutdown)
    iPhone 5s (A8358B76-AD67-4571-9EB7-FFF4D0AC029E) (Shutdown)
    iPhone 6 (1D46E980-C127-4814-A1E2-5BE47F6A15ED) (Shutdown)
    iPhone 6 Plus (FD9F726E-453A-4A4C-9460-A6C332AB140B) (Shutdown)

Choose the ID (eg. FD9F726E-453A-4A4C-9460-A6C332AB140B) you want (you can create your own device using xcrun simctl create if you want).

Boot the simulator with that device (replacing YOUR-DEVICE-ID with the ID)

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/Simulator -CurrentDeviceUDID <YOUR-DEVICE-ID>

Now you should be able to use simctl to install and launch commands.

xcrun simctl install <YOUR-DEVICE-ID> <PATH-TO-APPLICATION-BUNDLE>
xcrun simctl launch <YOUR-DEVICE-ID> <BUNDLE-ID-OF-APP-BUNDLE>

xcrun simctl help for more details. Note that booting a device using simctl does not currently (Xcode 7.2) allow you to do anything else with that device such as launch or install applications. You need to launch the device in the simulator to actually do anything interesting. Also, you cannot delete a device that is in use by the simulator, so you will have to quit/kill the simulator before attempting to delete anything.

Upvotes: 232

Julian
Julian

Reputation: 451

Open your terminal and paste this code:

open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app

iOS Simulator Folder Path

Upvotes: 34

Llogari Casas
Llogari Casas

Reputation: 962

open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/iOS\ Simulator.app/

Upvotes: 9

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