Xcode 7 GM missing iOS 7 simulators

Question

I've upgraded my Xcode 7 beta version to Xcode 7 GM but I am missing iOS 7.1 simulators. I still have Xcode 6 and I can use 7.1 simulators there. I tried to look in Preferences -> Downloads but there are only 8.x simulators.

I have Deployment Target set to 7.0. I can get app working with 7.1 simulator in Xcode 7 beta 6.

So where is the problem? Before final release Apple remove 7.x simulators but I'll find them with production release? Is it possible to enable these simulators now? Thanks

Edit: I was looking at directory with Xcode 6

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs

and I have there only iPhoneSimulator.sdk and iPhoneSimulator8.4.sdk which reference to first one. In Xcode 7 I have same situation with two folders iPhoneSimulator.sdk and iPhoneSimulator9.0.sdk. So where is 7.1 Simulator folder? Is it possible that it is somewhere else? Because as I wrote I have 7.1 as options for simulators and when I go to Preferences -> Downloads in Xcode 6 I have 7.1 simulators downloaded.

If Xcode 7 don't get 7.x simulators then how can I test my apps to 7.x iOS when I want to use Xcode 7 Swift 2.0 for development? And when I don't have any device with iOS 7.x

Answer 1

I don't think you will find iOS 7.x simulator in the newer version of Xcode as Apple tends to only keep the most recent one with their newer Xcode version. I think you will have to install an older version of Xcode that supports this older version of iOS/simulator, which is available from Apple's developer website. You can install Xcode (old) in /Applications by renaming it so it doesn't conflict with your current version. Yes it is possible to have more than one version of Xcode on your machine if they do not have the same name! Then, look in

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs

using the console and simply do a copy/paste of the simulator from the old Xcode to the new one. I have no idea if this will work with the newest version, but it used to in the past. Be careful though as Mac App Store has issues detecting which Xcode is the new one and might overwrite the version you don't want if you decide to upgrade.

EDIT: How about here?

/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes

Hope this helps!