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I want to run the simulator from the command line. Is there any way to find the simulator path through command line. Apple frequently changes the simulator location like

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

/Applications ........ / IOS simulato....

Is there any way to find the simulator path from terminal. ?

Flexo
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Muthu
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  • Use "NSTemporaryDirectory ()". Look this- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1108076/where-does-the-iphone-simulator-store-its-data/32087374#32087374 – Shubhendu Aug 19 '15 at 05:46
  • @Shubhendu the OP question was "from the terminal", not "from code" ;-) – AliSoftware Aug 19 '15 at 09:54

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Here are two suggestions:

  • You can use xcode-select to print the path to Xcode:

    # This returns sthg like "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer"
XCODEPATH=$(xcode-select --print-path)
# Then build the rest of the path to the simulator SDK
SIMSDKPATH=${XCODEPATH}/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer
# And add the rest of the path to the Simulator app
SIMULATORPATH=$(SIMSDK}/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone Simulator

  • You can use xcrun to find the path of a xcodebuild tool in the iphonesimulator SDK, then deducting the path from here:

    # This returns sthg like "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc"
GCCPATH=$(xcrun -sdk iphonesimulator -find gcc)
# Then go up 3 directories
SIMSDKPATH=$(dirname $(dirname $(dirname ${GCCPATH})))
# And down to the Simulator app
SIMULATORPATH=${SIMSDKPATH}/Applications/iPhone Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhone Simulator
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  • Use "NSTemporaryDirectory ()". Look this- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1108076/where-does-the-iphone-simulator-store-its-data/32087374#32087374 – Shubhendu Aug 19 '15 at 05:46