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Restarting the CoreSimulatorService solved the issue on my machine.

sudo killall -9 com.apple.CoreSimulator.CoreSimulatorService


I had the same problem after I upgrade my Xcode to version 10.3.

I just restart my Mac and problem solved!


Hope this would work with you too :)


Mine happened when updating to Xcode 10.3

X-code helper didn't get the permission to control the computer.

This is what i did to solve the problem

System Preference > Security&Privacy > privacy tab > accessibility

give permission for 'Xcode Helper'

Restart X-code and kill all simulators like @riik stated

sudo killall -9 com.apple.CoreSimulator.CoreSimulatorService