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Gowtham Pendyala
Gowtham Pendyala

Reputation: 175

Xcode's iOS Simulator cannot be opened

Error message:

Check with the developer to make sure Simulator works with this version of OS X. You may need to reinstall the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and OS X.

I have installed Xcode version 7.3.1 and OSX -10.11.5 and there are no available updates.

Upvotes: 16

Views: 7885

Answers (4)

Erich Meissner
Erich Meissner

Reputation: 265

Open XCode and let it install/update any necessary components.

I tried opening the Simulator directly from the applications folder within finder and got this error. I then opened up XCode and installed necessary components. Once these necessary components installed, I was able to open up the simulator fine.

Upvotes: 1

Scotty
Scotty

Reputation: 41

You may need to open Xcode and follow any applicable prompts.

Sometimes, when there's an Xcode update, some pieces of functionality quit working until you go back in and click through a few windows and such.

Upvotes: 4

edmofro
edmofro

Reputation: 312

I faced the same error, and found that the Simulator app I was trying to open directly in my Applications folder was an old version, but the newer version was sitting inside /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/

Upvotes: 2

daniels
daniels

Reputation: 5250

I got the same error message on macOS 10.12.6 with Xcode 9.0 when trying to run the Simulator directly without opening Xcode, i.e, clicking on a Simulator icon that was dragged to the dock. simulator dock icon

The solution was to open Xcode from the launchpad. It then presented a dialog announcing that additional components need to be installed. Once the install finished the Simulator app could be run without errors again.

Upvotes: 49

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