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Adding the iOS6.1 simulator to Xcode 6


I have tried to add the iOS6.1 simulator from the Xcode 4.6.3 package to Xcode 6, but it doesn't show up.

I followed the instructions on this post: How to Install Older iOS Simulators in XCode 4.2.1 (SDK5.0) to set it up and copied the "iPhoneSimulator6.1.sdk" to /Applications/Xcode/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDK. However it doesn't show up when trying to create a device.

Are there any extra steps I need to take?

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Solution

  • You can install Xcode 5.1 side by side with Xcode 6 to run the iOS 6 simulators. It seems you can't link all the simulators into the same version of Xcode any more.

    You can however move apps compiled for one simulator to the other. Just be careful which are i386 and which are 64 bit. See Install iOS 6 simulator on Xcode 6