Hello.
I am a big newbie to Xcode since I found out it has an iOS simulator which I just downloaded and installed last night from my updated Mac OS X v10.10.5's App Store. I am not a programmer/(engine/develop/build)er. I am a software quality assurance (SQA) tester and like to test and do experiments. I want to run in a virtual machine (VM) to try various iOS apps and configurations without messing up my iOS devices. I noticed iOS simulator does not come with an App Store. How can I enable it so I can download and run their apps?
Thank you in advance. 🙂
Short answer: You can't.
Longer answer: As PBK said "The simulator runs code that you write in the xCode app."
In fact, it simulates how that code might behave on a real iOS device but uses your Mac's
storage, graphics, etc. and i386 based libraries and versions of the APIs to do so. The
simulator in fact, is NOT running an iOS app at all and cannot do so. It is not a virtual
machine and does not emulate any hardware.