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I have a .app file shared from a developer which i would like to run in iOS 8 simulator. I have seen similar questions which has solutions for older versions of iOS which is no longer working for iOS 8. Can someone point out what needs to be done to run the .app file in an iOS 8 simulator without using xcode.
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drag the app file into iTunes and then select your device in the iTunes . After that you can find the apps tab on the iTunes. Then you will see the dragged app file . CLick on the install and sync your phone .
Open your testing project in Xcode. Click build and then run the current scheme button. Once your build runs successfully, click Show in Finder to open the . app file.
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.
The basic way to open a list of simulators is to use Xcode -> Window -> Devices and Simulators. Here you can create and manage all available simulators. But you cannot run them directly. You need to build your application on the simulator, and then you can run it.
If the application crashes after installing in the simulator using the command,
xcrun simctl install booted /path/to/Your.app
It's probably because the architecture issues, since we used the device build instead of simulator build.
The basic architecture difference between the iphone simulator and iphone device is
iPhone simulator uses the architecture i386 or x86_x64
whereas,
iPhone device uses the architecture arm64 or armv7 or armv7s
We can find each device architectures in this link. So to over come this problem we need to get the simulator build by changing the xcode build location settings.
SOLUTION :
To change the build location settings, Open your xcode and follow the below steps.
Copy that and run the above command answered by @jeremy.
xcrun simctl install booted /path/to/Your.app
After running this command, note that your simulator is installed with the build you specified. There you go, run the application in simulator by clicking the corresponding app and use it.
I deliberately write this solution to help the needy, those who are clueless about the architecture issues specified above.
Happy Coding :)
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Boot the simulator you want to install it to in the iOS Simulator and then do the following:
xcrun simctl install booted /path/to/Your.app
xcrun simctl launch booted com.yourcompany.yourapp
The "booted" token was not supported on older versions of simctl in Xcode 6.0. If you get an error, please use the full device UDID instead of "booted". You can determine the UDID by running xcrun simctl list
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iOS Simulator also supports dragging and dropping for installing .app files
XCode > Open Developer Tool > Simulator
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