Unable to show full iPhone 6 Plus Simulator window on non-retina display

Question

I'm developing an app using a MacBook with screen resolution of 1280x800.

When I tried to debug with the iPhone 6 Plus Simulator, my screen was unable to show the full simulator window even if I tried command+3 to scale it to 50%.

Is there any way to solve this problem other than buying a new screen with higher resolution?

Answer 1

No. The simulator uses the actual resolution of the phone to make it as close as possible to having the actual device for testing.

You can, however, see the rest of the screen by scrolling up and down like this:

(iPhone 6 Plus on a 13" Retina MacBook Pro)

Answer 2

This issue is fixed in Xcode 6.3.1. You can scale down to 25% of actual resolution.

1. Run you app on Simulator
2. Select Window -> Scale (choose percent to be scaled)

Shortcut keys :

Command Key + 1 : 100%
Command Key + 2 : 75%
Command Key + 3 : 50%
Command Key + 4 : 33%
Command Key + 5 : 25%