Run Xcode iOS application from command-line

Question

OK, so this is all I need:

• I've got an Xcode 4.3 project, all set up
• I want to run in the simulator, given its path, via the terminal

Is this doable? And how?

Answer 1

Best thing to do, if it doesn't have much of a UI, is to create a Mac-targeted version. Create a side-directory within your project, and create a new Mac project in that, complete with separate main, et al. Then "add existing files" to that project to add the files you want from the original project.

There's also a way to do this within a single Xcode 4 (not Xcode 3) project, vs creating a separate one, but that's a little flaky and this approach is simpler.

If you want to preserve the UI, though, probably the best approach is to just run the app in the emulator.