Simulator is not opening

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Created Sep ’23

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Hi, I am trying to open my simulator so I can simulate Flutter apps. However, I am having trouble with my simulator. When I try to open it (which I do using open -a Simulator), the simulator never opens up. When I try to create a new simulator in the menu bar, clicking next on the New Simulator tab does not do anything. Also, I am not sure if this is related but in the New Simulator tab where there is simulator name, device type, and os version, I cannot select an OS version and its just blank with no other selections.

I have tried restarting my computer, updating my computer, and reinstalling xcode. Also installed/reinstalled command line tools

Here is some more info:

MacOS version: MacOS 14.0 (23A344)

XCode version: Xcode 15.0 Build version 15A240d

Simulator version: Version 15.0 (1015.2) SimulatorKit 935.1 CoreSimulator 920.6

Does anyone know what could possibly be causing this problem? Thank you.

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Answer 1

Madmannix OP

Oct ’23

I am having the same problem. Was working fine and today just doesn't open. No error message. Did you ever get this resolved?

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Answer 2

marcinj OP

Nov ’23

Answer is here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77199500/ios-simulator-is-not-running

Open Xcode.

On the menu bar, click on "Window"

Click "Devices and Simulators"

In the Devices and Simulators Window click on the "Simulators" tab. At this point, you won't see anything in the tab.

At the bottom left corner press the + icon. This will open a window to create a new simulator

in the window, click the dropdown menu next to "OS Version". Then, select the option "Download more simulator runtimes...".

From here, you can download which platforms you want to simulate (Which in my case is IOS).

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