How to change the default Xcode iphone simulator when testing in the terminal?

Question

I know there is a simular question here: (How to change the default Xcode iphone simulator when testing) But it still doesn't answer the question of how to do it in the terminal.

Meaning: I'm working on a React Native project now & when I run it in the terminal (react-native run-ios) it opens iPhone 6. Now I would like to change this default to a iPhone 7 as it works better on my screen. How can I change this. (I've tried changing it in Xcode, but It keeps changing back.)

I have looked through All similar questions, and haven't found a straight forward answer. Does anyone know?

Shubhnik Singh · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-02 14:10:39Z

9

You can provide your preferred simulator in the command as:

react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone5"

You can check the available simulators by running this command from the terminal:

xcrun simctl list devices

answered Nov 2, 2017 at 14:10

Shubhnik Singh

1,32911 silver badges13 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

TheCodeTalker · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-02 15:12:12Z

2

you set in Package.json in the terminal runtime you Hit these like yarn ios-max

"scripts": {
    "reinstall": "rm -rf node_modules; yarn cache clean; yarn install",
    "ios": "react-native run-ios",
    "ios-min": "react-native run-ios --simulator 'iPhone 5s'",
    "ios-mid": "react-native run-ios --simulator 'iPhone 8 Plus'",
    "ios-max": "react-native run-ios --simulator 'iPhone X'",
    "ipad": "react-native run-ios --simulator 'iPad Air'",
    "ios-device": "react-native run-ios --device",
    "android-min": "react-native run-android",
    "android-max": "react-native run-android",
    "android-release": "react-native run-android --variant=release",
}

answered Nov 2, 2017 at 15:12

TheCodeTalker

7036 silver badges14 bronze badges

Comments

Grzegorz R. Kulesza · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-23 09:43:23Z

2

Simulator -> Hardware -> Device iOS 11.1 -> click one as default

answered Nov 23, 2017 at 9:43

Grzegorz R. Kulesza

1,46217 silver badges11 bronze badges

Comments

eslam elameen · Accepted Answer · 2023-09-18 11:47:56Z

0

the best and the easiest way to change iOS device is : 1- open simulator 2- choose file > open simulator > then choose the device you want

answered Sep 18, 2023 at 11:47

eslam elameen

6437 silver badges7 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to change the default Xcode iphone simulator when testing in the terminal?

4 Answers 4

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

4 Answers 4

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related