Installing app from TestFlight into Simulator

Have you tried it?

It looks like it is not possible.

But there is a possible workaround here:
https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2016/how-to-transfer-your-app-to-an-ios-simulator-on-another-machine-using-app-file-and-xcrun/

Is that any help?

Is not possible. But i found it here, you can try https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2016/how-to-transfer-your-app-to-an-ios-simulator-on-another-machine-using-app-file-and-xcrun/

How to transfer your App to an iOS simulator on another machine (using .app file and xcrun) Here is another quick tip, we had to search around quite a bit to get this to work. I hope this helps someone in the future. There are quite a few ways to share apps with other people while you are developing the App. TestFlight is popular these days this is a huge improvement to the old method of sending .ipa files with provisioning files, etc. If another person wants to run the App you are developing on their Xcode Simulator, you will have to hand over the project files (including code) and get the other person to go through a complex build process. All of this can be avoided by using xcrun and sending over the .app file. Advantage of using xcrun and .app files: No build process on the person you are sending the app to You don’t have to handover any code files Here are the steps to get this to work. On Xcode (On Xcode 8 for this example), build and run the app on the simulator. Then open “Activity Monitor” and find the name of the App you are running. Not Xcode, the actual App you are building. If you double click on the App Name, you should get a popup with the tab “Open Files and Ports”. Once you are on the tab you should get a long path for example /Users/webdigi/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/A334134-2343-234A-234C-ASD1234EA3/Webdigi.app The above is the location to the .app file that you need. Copy the .app file from that folder and send it across to the person who wants to run the app on their Simulator. Now the other person should place the .app file to a location like Desktop They have to then open Xcode and open a Simulator On the command line type this command

xcrun simctl install booted $LOCATION/FILENAME.app

replace $LOCATION with the path and the FILENAME should be the name The App should appear on the Simulator, just click on the App to Launch it. That’s it!

Using xcrun to install an application bundle on a simulator is a supported method, as indicated above, and sounds like it would work for your use case!

Thanks for the detailed answer, LeonardoCalazans.

You can also run your tests from the command line using xcodebuild.

Here is an example that runs a unit test suite from the command line:

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2339/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40014588-CH1-UNIT

What if I'd like to get rid of "send it across" part of the process? Isn't that what TestFlight was designed for?