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I build app for iPad and sent to my client, and gave me feedback that it runs on every iPad devices which we supported(compatible with iOS5+ iPad 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, mini, mini 2, Air) except iPad Mini Retina, he said that App install fine but doesn't. I don't have iPad Mini Retina but I want to check this on my side. I install latest Xcode 6 but still I am not able to see iPad Mini Simulator which you can see attached image. So kindly any one give me suggestion how to accomplish this task. Thanks in advance. enter image description here

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Although an iPad mini isn’t an option for a simulated device in iOS Simulator, you can still test apps for the iPad mini in the simulator. To do this, run your app on the simulated iPad without Retina display.

via Testing for the iPad mini

So, the scoop is that you have to build apps for iPad 2 resolution. The iPad Mini is non-retina with a resolution of 1024x768 which means apps that already worked on an iPad 2 automatically work on iPad Mini. This is another useful thread.

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You can test it on iPad Mini in Xcode by choosing Resizable iPad from the iOS simulators and then you can configure the pixel resolution in the simulator. The resolution in landscape is 1024x768 but on iPad Mini 2 and 3 it's 2048×1536. More info here.

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For Xcode 7 one should use Ipad 2 and iPad Air. See the Reply from apple-staff-user "jeremyhu" on

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/12567

i don't think thats an adequate solution although.

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    It is not, since iPad 2 didn't support multitasking, and iPad Mini 4 does; so, there's no way (at least, that I found) to test a multitasking app on an iPad Mini 4 in the Simulator. – cdf1982 Aug 09 '16 at 19:37
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    @cdf1982 Just came to the same conclusion, which is how I found your comment. Did you file a bug on this? – matt Aug 31 '16 at 17:41
  • @matt no, I didn't think about it, but I definitely should. I'll do it asap, thanks for the suggestion! – cdf1982 Aug 31 '16 at 17:42
  • @cdf1982 Hang on a sec. Explain to me why iPad Air 2 simulator doesn't solve it? I think it's the same screen size as the mini 4... – matt Aug 31 '16 at 17:44
  • @matt I don't see it as a resolution problem, my issue is that iPad Mini 4 app "size" when in multitasking is smaller that Air's – cdf1982 Aug 31 '16 at 17:47
  • @cdf1982 Is it? In what sense? They are the same size screen, so 1/2 width or 2/3 width is the same on both. And the Air does full multitasking, so we can test. – matt Aug 31 '16 at 17:52
  • Yes, you're absolutely right and I was wrong in my assumption that it would display differently! Thanks! – cdf1982 Aug 31 '16 at 18:36