Go to
~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/
You will
find directories with alphanumeric names
then click on the one of the directories and make following selection
Data/Containers/Bundle/Application/
Again you will find directories with alphanumeric names if you click on that you will find
Simulator build over there
You can copy this
.app over and and install it using following command on a running simulator
xcrun simctl install booted *.app
Note:
Installing iOS device build on simulator will not work out.
- iPhone simulator uses i386 architecture
- iPad simulator builds uses x86_34 architecture
- iOS device build uses ARM based architecture
iOS simulator has so many drawbacks
Simulator uses lower level OSx frameworks not actual iOS frameworks so results can be different sometimes
GPU based UI rendering is different etc..
iOS simulator is good for functional testing and general and UI based alignment verifications
