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The IOS simulator in my computer doesn't have app store. I want to use the app store to test a program I wrote on my simulator.
Is it possible to install the app store in my simulator?
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Install Apps on Simulators To install an app on a connected simulator, follow these steps. Go to Apps > Install Application. Find and open the app you want to install from your Mac. The app appears in the list of installed apps on the right side of the iOS Gateway window.
No. The iOS Simulator does not have an App Store.
Just like an APK (Android Application Package) file can be installed on Android devices, an IPA file can be used for testing iOS applications.
To run your app in Simulator, choose an iOS simulator—for example, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, or iPhone 6 + Apple Watch - 38mm—from the Xcode scheme pop-up menu, and click Run. Xcode builds your project and then launches the most recent version of your app running in Simulator on your Mac screen, as shown in Figure 1-1.
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.
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No, according to Apple here:
Note: You cannot install apps from the App Store in simulation environments.
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