Xcode project not showing simulator list

Question

I open my project in Xcode 6.1. When I try to start a project, the button is inactive. When I try to go to Product > Clean , the option is inactive. When I look at the list of simulators, all I get is My Mac instead of the usual iOS Device . How to make my simulators come back?

Answer 1

Click on the name of the project (on the right to the "Run" button). Three options will appear.

• Change Scheme
• New scheme
• Schema Management

You can click "New Schema" and then click "OK" in the pop-up window.

You will have a list of simulators.

Answer 2

Make sure that the project you are trying to run has a deployment target equal to or less than the version of your Xcode SDK. In my case, I tried to launch a project that was created using iOS8.4 , but I have Xcode6.1 with SDK version 8.1

I changed the deployment target to 8.1 and started showing simulators.

PS, before doing this, make sure that your code and external libraries are compatible with your new deployment target, otherwise you need to update Xcode.

Answer 3

Try it, it works like a charm! for me,

Follow below step

1) Pure derived data, as shown below,

  rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ OR Xcode---> Preferences--->Location--->Derived Data 

2) In the Deployment Information section, change the deployment target.

This is equal to or less than the Xcode SDK version

3) Exit Xcode

4) Open Xcode again , you will see a list of simulators.

Hope this helps for someone.

Answer 4

I could not find a solution that would fix my problem. All simulators were there for all projects, except for those that I needed.

Decision:

Build Settings → Architectures → Supported Platforms:

changed from iphoneos to iOS

Answer 5

Also check the iOS Deployment Target settings in the build settings. I used Xcode 6.3, while the deployment target was set in iOS 8.4. I got a list of simulators as soon as I installed it in iOS 8.3

Answer 6

The cmd below solved my problem:

 $ sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer 

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In my case, I upgraded to Xcode 8 and later downloaded another version 7.3.1 (renamed it "Xcode 7.3.1"), and then could not get the list of simulators in Xcode 8.

Answer 7

In my case, I accidentally deleted ios devices in the system Finder -> Library-> Devices-> Core simulator

So, the simulators are not listed in the Xcode project, except for the ios device.

I solved this by adding ios simulators from Xcode-> Window-> Devices-> Add simulators

Hope this helps someone.

Answer 8

If you renamed Xcode.app since the first launch, iOS Simulator becomes unavailable. This is mentioned in Xcode 6.1 Release Notes :

Renaming Xcode.app after starting any of the Xcode tools in this bundle may cause iOS Simulator to no longer be available. Rename Xcode.app will return to what it was when you first started or rebooted your Mac. (16646772)

Answer 9

Go to "Window" then "Devices" and click the plus button in the lower left corner to add a device and select the desired simulator. It helped me.

Answer 10

Solution: Build Settings → Architectures → Supported Platforms: changed from iphoneos to iOS

Confirmed work in Xcode version 9.0 (9A235)

Answer 11

Sometimes the simulator that you have may not be the simulator that is specified in the build settings . Make sure the sim package is downloaded for your iOS deployment goal

Answer 12

If your problem is related to several (versions) of xcode

Then follow these steps

1. Clearing derived data Go to Xcode settings → Select tab → select the small gray arrow on / Users / apple / Library / Developer / Xcode / DerivedData. You will be redirected to the folder. Select the Derivative Data and Delete folders.

2. Completely complete Xcode and reopen

This will solve your problem. Good coding :)

Answer 13

check the project build settings, make sure you select the latest version of iOS (iOS 8.1).

Answer 14

I still had my iOS Device , but all my simulators disappeared.

I tried every suggested solution that I could find on stackoverflow.

In the end, I uninstalled the Xcode application and downloaded it again from the App Store. After installation, the simulators returned.

Answer 15

Xcode seems to hide this menu when the window is a certain size. You must make your window large enough before it comes back.

Answer 16

The same thing happened to me. When I upgraded from Xcode 8 Beta 3 to Xcode 8 Beta 4, but I solved it this way.

• Go to Window → Devices

you can see all devices and simulators here

2. Just right click on any device or simulator
3. Check Show in destination menu (Even it is already checked, then double click it, it can be updated)

If the above does not work .. as if you are not seeing any simulators, then ..

• Change (degrade) the minimum application deployment target to 8.3 (optional)
• restart xcode

It worked for me .. I hope this helps someone.

Answer 17

A small but effective solution. In my case, I upgraded to xcode to version 9.2, and the simulators disappeared.

I found this solution, and it worked for me as well as for others.

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Just close your xcode and restart again. You will have simulators.

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Answer 18

For those who come from Unity, even if you manage to get them to appear (changing Build Settings > Supported Platforms on iOS it will not start in the simulator.

Instead, you need to select this Simulator SDK:

And make sure that there is something other than Metal.

Then the list of simulator devices will be there from the very beginning.

Answer 19

I came across a different situation when this can happen. I work with a team in which we use an Xcode server for continuous integration. The server did not see any simulators, but only for one project. In the end, I decided that this was due to the fact that the version of Xcode on our server was one version earlier, and the Xcode project was set up to create a new available version. Just updating Xcode solved the problem for us.

Answer 20

It happened to me after updating the new Xcode. Launch

 xcode-select --install 

fixed it for me.

Answer 21

Just go to Xcode -> Window -> Devices

Click + in the lower left

Add your new simulator

Answer 22

Enough Xcode and open it again, it will show. It worked for me.

Answer 23

If you have just updated Xcode, you may need to restart your computer before the simulators become available again.

Answer 24

After upgrading to Xcode 10.3, the list of simulators was empty. I rebooted and this was resolved.

This does not necessarily answer a specific OP question, but this was the first place I focused on researching the problem with the Xcode 10.3 update.

Answer 25

I had the same problem that arose from an imported project, the project had 10.3 as the deployment target, and I only had 10.0, changing the deployment target to 10.0 solved my problems.

Answer 26

For those struggling with this, I have tried the above options without success. Turns out all I had to do was just exit and restart Xcode. Simple things can be annoying sometimes.

Answer 27

In my case, I created the target static library for tvOS in Xcode 8.3.3, and the tvOS simulator did not appear in the list. In the end, it turned out that TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY in the build settings was set to 1,2 instead of 3 . If you leave this here, then someone else will run into the same problem.

Answer 28

I just needed a good old reboot computer. When uninstalling and reinstalling Xcode did not do this job, I restarted out of sheer frustration .... and lo! After the reboot, everything was in order.

Answer 29

I just renamed my Xcode file in the application folder to something else and renamed it back to Xcode.

Worked

Answer 30

Check if the application store in xcode has a GET instead of the installed one, delete the current version and get a new one.