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I want to test my app on both iOS 7.0 and iOS 8.0. I upgraded my iPhone5 to iOS 8.1. Now the only way to test my app in these OS' are using Simulator. But after upgrading my Xcode to 6.1. I'm unable to see iOS 7.0 and 8.0 Simulators. I need to install these simulators in Xcode 6.1. Is there any way to install these Simulators in Xcode 6.1?
NOTE:
1) I copy pasted these simulator SDKs from old Xcode to the Xcode 6.1's contents but it didn't work.
2) I tried installing these from Xcode > Preferences > Downloads but these doesn't show up in the list.
3) I removed all the Devices from Xcode's Window > Devices and then restarted the Xcode and re-added them but these simulators doesn't show up.
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If you require a different version of the iOS simulator than is provided by your Xcode installation, you can download additional simulators in Xcode. Open Xcode and click Menu > Xcode > Preferences > Select Components, and then choose the simulator version you want to download.
To download a simulator In Xcode, choose Xcode > Preferences. In the Preferences window, click Downloads. In Components, find the legacy simulator version you want to add, and click the Install button.
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.
The Simulator app requires several other large directories from the Xcode distribution in order to work at all. The only official way to install all of those properly is to install the entire SDK from the dmg.
Only iOS 7.0 and later simulators are supported on Xcode 6.0.x and 6.1.x. Only iOS 7.1 and later simulators are supported on Xcode 6.2 and greater.
The older simulators runtimes are not compatible with the new CoreSimulator architecture. You need to install Xcode 5.1.x if you want to run iOS 6.x simulators.
The iOS 7.0 simulator does not work on OSX Yosemite, so you need to be on OS X Mavericks if you want to run the iOS 7.0 simulator.
The iOS 8.0 simulator is not available as DLC. It is only supported in Xcode 6.0. If you really want to use it with newer versions of Xcode, you can try copying the iPhoenSimulator8.0.sdk and iOS 8.0.simruntime from Xcode 6.0 into Xcode 6.1, but as stated, this is not supported.
See:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Library/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 8.0.simruntime
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator8.0.sdk
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