Download Xcode simulator directly
Clicking on Download in Xcode didn't do anything - the progress bar did not progress (does that make it a regress bar?).
This is what worked for me:
Open Xcode, open preferences, go to the Components section.
Open the Console App, clear the console.
Go back to the Xcode preferences. Start the simulator download, then cancel it.
Now in the Console, you will see something about the cancellation with the download URL.
Copy the URL from the Console. Then in Terminal in some suitable scratch folder, download it:
curl [the url you copied] -O(the letter O, not a zero)Finally, copy this file to ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode/Downloads
Remove all *.dvtdownloadableindex files (maybe it doesn't matter, but I removed them).In Xcode, in the Downloads section, start the Simulator download again, it should find the file you downloaded and install it.
How easy was that! Only 7 steps, hah!
To add iOS Simulator in XCode perform below steps:
Download iOS Simulator from Below Link:
After download completes, copy this file to ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode/DownloadsIn some cases, we have to remove all *.dvtdownloadableindex files (maybe it doesn't matter, I didn't remove them).
In case directory ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode don't have download folder then, just click
Show package contentcreate Downloads folder, before moving the dmg file.In Xcode, in the Downloads section, start the Simulator download again, it should find the file you downloaded and install it.
(Newest on top. only the latest revision is kept in the list.)
- Simulator Link:
iOS 14.3
iOS 14.2
iOS 14.1
iOS 14.0
iOS 13.7
iOS 13.6
iOS 13.5
iOS 13.4
iOS 13.3
iOS 13.2
iOS 13.1
iOS 13.0
iOS 12.4
iOS 12.2
iOS 12.1
iOS 12.0
iOS 11.4
iOS 11.3
iOS 11.2
iOS 11.1
iOS 11.0
iOS 10.3.1
Follow these steps to add a (new) simulator (Xcode 9 onwards)
- Click on Simulator icon and open simulator list.
- At the end of list, there is an option to add new simulator "Add Additional Simulator". That will open 'Device & Simulator' window.
- Switch to 'Simulator' tab.
- There are three field in simulator tab.
- Click on '+' icon, on left bottom corner of window.
- Simulator Name: Enter simulator name here
- Device Type: Select iPad from this dropdown list
- OS Version: Select OS version from this dropdown list
- Click on 'Create'
A new simulator will be added in your Simulator option list.
Look at this snapshot to understand flow of above steps:
And if there is no simulator/OS version in simulator list, you're looking for,
- Click on Simulator icon and open simulator list.
- At the end of list, there is an option to add new simulator "Download Simulator". That will open 'Component' window (from Xcode >> Preferences).
- Select/click simulator from list, which you need to download.
Look at this snapshot: