Devices
iOS simulator
An Apple iOS simulator provisioned on a Mac, device type and iOS runtime. macOS only.
An iOS simulator profile provisions an Apple simulator.
macOS only
Apple ships the simulator exclusively with Xcode on a Mac. On Windows this kind is greyed out in the Add-profile dialog, running AskUI Desktop on Windows cannot drive an iOS simulator, not even a remote one.
Preconditions: a Mac running AskUI Desktop, Xcode command-line tools
(simctl), and idb, the profile card lists anything missing with the
exact install commands.
Create it
- Add device → iOS simulator.
- Fill in the fields:
- Device type: the iPhone / iPad model to simulate (select, default
iPhone 15) - Runtime: the iOS version; empty picks the newest installed (select, optional)
- Lifecycle: same semantics as the Android emulator (select, default
Persistent)
- Device type: the iPhone / iPad model to simulate (select, default
- Add device.
Run it
- Start: the simulator is created on first use and booted; later Starts reuse it.
- Pick the profile in the test's Run on dropdown and press Run.