Can the iOS 7 Simulator work with Xcode 4.6.3?

Question

Tried copying over the iOS 7.0 Simulator to the Xcode 4.6.3 bundle in the correct location. It does show up in the Device List, and the simulator starts, but then pinwheels.

I had to hard stop the simulator and Xcode. I'm mainly just curious, but wanted to know if this should work or can work.

Answer 1

Here is how to run the IOS 7.0 Simulator under the Xcode 4.6.3 version.

0) Make a backup point for the Mac

1) Download and install the Xcode 5 Beta X

2) Make sure that the IOS 7 simulator is working for Xcode 5 with IOS 7 Simulator

3) Stop all simulators and Xcodes

3.5) Make duplicate of the current Xcode 4 and do 4) to the duplicate app bundle

4) Copy

/Applications/Xcode5-DP3.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator7.0.sdk/

to

/Applications/Xcode copy.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator7.0.sdk/

5) Start the proper simulator in 7.0 mode using Xcode 5 and a sample app, etc.

6) Stop Xcode 5

7) Start Xcode 4 COPY and choose the same 7.0 simulator and run your app (Xcode 4 is not "smart" enough to start the 7.0 simulator).

8) Should show up in the 7.0 simulator