How do i download ipa file to simulator for testing the app

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Created Oct ’17

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I am a tester and I only have access to one physical devices.

To check the compatibility of my app withi different devices. I want to test my app on different iPhone and iOs version in simulators to see if there are any bugs within different versions and also to check if it is compatible with the versions and devices or not.

I tried downloading ipa file to simulator but while I try to open the app on simulator the app crashes.

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Oct ’17

I tried downloading ipa file to simulator …

Which

.ipa

?

The simulator is not an emulator. It can only run code that was specifically built for the simulator (not least because the simulator runs

x86_64

code, whereas real devices are

arm64

). It’s very rare to package simulator code in a

.ipa

, so I suspect your

.ipa

contains device code and that’s never going to work in the simulator.

You can install apps in the simulator without Xcode. Check out

install

subcommand of

simctl

.

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