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Just type this command in Terminal: open -a Simulator. app to launch the most recent simulator. Type this command in Terminal to run the Simulator rigth from the its folder.
Run the iOS Simulator. On the Xcode menu bar, select "Xcode". Navigate to the "Open Developer Tool" menu option. Click "iOS Simulator".
You can access the developer menu by shaking your device or by selecting "Shake Gesture" inside the Hardware menu in the iOS Simulator. You can also use the ⌘D keyboard shortcut when your app is running in the iOS Simulator, or ⌘M when running in an Android emulator on macOS and Ctrl+M on Windows and Linux.
Type this in terminal:
open -a Simulator.app
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.
open -a simulator
it worked for me
As of this date (2021) it will work:
open -a simulator
it is the easiest way.
Open your terminal and paste this code:
open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Applications/Simulator.app
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