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I just started development in IOS I want to check app on simulator (app which is app store ). How to check this app on IOS simulator ?

Secondly If I am in window is it possible to check app which is app store ? mean is there any online simulator available on net ?

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    Step 0: spell the name of the operating system correctly (iOS is not IOS). Step 1: click the "build and run" button in Xcode. –  Sep 27 '13 at 18:12
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    Is it just me or is this very confusing on what is being asked? "is it possible to check app which is app store"? – Walls Sep 27 '13 at 18:13
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    Please clarify the phrase "app which is app store." You've used it twice, and frankly it doesn't make sense. Is this an app that you hope to submit to the app store? Are you talking about an app that you've downloaded from the app store? An app from the app store is by definition built for an iOS device and cannot run on the simulator; you have to build specifically for the simulator if you want to run the app there. – Caleb Sep 27 '13 at 18:14
  • @Walls, i think you are right and he wants to know how to run an app from the app store on the simulator, which is of course not possible – jonas vermeulen Sep 27 '13 at 18:14
  • sorry all https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pontefy/id660611525?mt=8# – Rohit Sep 27 '13 at 18:15
  • I want to check this app on simulator – Rohit Sep 27 '13 at 18:16
  • I don't have source code and device ..Only simulator available .Actually I am blackberry developer in which .cod file will run on simulator – Rohit Sep 27 '13 at 18:17
  • why guys you give me negative band ..!! – Rohit Sep 27 '13 at 18:18
  • I am just asking some basic question ? is it true ? – Rohit Sep 27 '13 at 18:19
  • Why you give negative band ? – Rohit Sep 27 '13 at 18:23
  • The negative votes are explained in the arrow that is clicked: "This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful)." There are people that think the question is unclear and doesn't make much sense. It is poorly formatted and the grammar makes it very difficult to figure out what exactly is being asked. – Walls Sep 27 '13 at 18:34
  • now i am not able to ask question as i am blackberry deveopler .. – Rohit Sep 27 '13 at 18:39

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You cannot run apps from the app store on the iOS simulator. The reason for that is that the iOS simulator is not an emulator. The simulator runs on the Intel CPU in your Mac, while apps built for the app store (and for iOS devices in general) are compiled to run on the ARM processor that's in every iOS device. Put another way, the simulator is not binary compatible with iOS hardware.

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