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Asked: 2026-06-02T00:59:37+00:00

I am attempting to run the iOS simulator from the command line. I have

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I am attempting to run the iOS simulator from the command line. I have found the location where the iPhone Simulator can be run from. My question is whether or not it can receive parameters to specify which device should be launched and what app it should run.

$ ./Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone\ Simulator

Does anyone know if there are tricks to this. Knowing more about this would really help with our Continuous Integration process.

We now use WaxSim to automate our iOS applications during CI Builds

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use the -SimulateApplication argument to run your executable in the simulator (executable inside the .app bundle)

    (you could also compile the project from the command-line like this:)
    xcodebuild -project Test.xcodeproj -arch i386 -sdk iphonesimulator

    Then for example:

    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone\ Simulator -SimulateApplication Test.app/Test

    or

    ./Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone\ Simulator -SimulateApplication Test.app/Test

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