Launch an app in iOS 6 Simulator in Xcode 6

Question

My application supports iOS 6.1. How to find and install this simulator in Xcode 6?

Answer 1

In Xcode 6 beta 3, the iOS simulator for iOS version 6.x seems outdated.

Apple is very aggressively abandoning old technologies. Officially, you should refuse to support an older version of the OS, for example 6.x.

In any case, in practice, we have a situation where we cannot do this. If Xcode does not provide an older version of the simulator, then the only usual way to do this is to install an older version of Xcode.

Install Xcode 5 and run its simulator manually. ([Xcode] → [Open Developer Tools] → [iOS Simulator])

Each version of Xcode can be installed and run side by side. See here for how to get older versions of Xcode.

• Where to download old versions of Xcode?

For now, you can simply use Xcode 5.x.