Simulator is not available error (Xcode 6.1)

Question

I am about to upload the latest version of my app to the App Store, however up until this point I haven't done a whole lot of testing on iOS 7.

When I go to use the simulator, I am getting the error:

iPhone 4S is not available: Please select a different device and try again.

My deployment target is set correctly to 7.0.

Has anyone experienced this error? Any solutions?

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score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '14 at 00:34

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Make sure you have the iOS 7 simulators installed. Navigate to Xcode -> Preferences -> Downloads -> Components and make sure the 7.0 and/or 7.1 simulators are downloaded. If there are check boxes next to each simulator, click "Check and install now" to see if any simulators need to be re-downloaded.

answered Nov 07 '14 at 00:34

JAL

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I have the 7.0 simulators installed and it still doesn't seem to work. I'll try downloading the 7.1 simulators to see if they work. – user3746428 Nov 07 '14 at 00:44
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I updated Xcode and apparently it erased my previously downloaded simulators. After installing it again everything worked. – Oren Dec 03 '14 at 06:05

Luke · Answer 2 · 2015-01-27T23:14:15.667

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For those running Yosemite

The earliest simulator runtime supported on Yosemite is 7.1.

edited Jan 27 '15 at 23:14

answered Jan 27 '15 at 03:12

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '15 at 02:20

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In XCode, from the menu, select: Xcode -> Open Developer Tool -> iOS Simulator

When sim is open from the menu, select: Hardware -> Device -> Manage Devices...

Click the + button, bottom left and add the devices/OSes you need.

answered Feb 04 '15 at 02:20

MikeNatty

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Nope, the device/iOS combination is already there. I still get the error. – jameshfisher Feb 25 '15 at 15:56

Simulator is not available error (Xcode 6.1)

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