There used to be a button called "stay in front" in older versions of ios simulater. I used this often, but in recent updates it seems to be removed. Is there a any way to activate this feature ?
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3We removed this intentionally. – russbishop Oct 05 '17 at 05:19
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5Will it come back? – Kaan Erkol Oct 05 '17 at 06:56
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4Apple policy is not to comment on future releases. If this feature is important to you please do file a request at https://bugreport.apple.com. – russbishop Oct 05 '17 at 18:16
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22Thanks for removing this useful feature Apple, now every time I run the app I must find simulator and bring it to front manually – Alejandro Luengo Oct 17 '17 at 15:29
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1@AlexMcG I kill the occasional spider and read my kids a bedtime story so "absolutely useless" is a bit of an overstatement. – russbishop Nov 14 '17 at 07:01
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8hehe killing spiders leads to more bugs – jcpennypincher Dec 07 '17 at 23:40
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Dont' u guys know? You are suppose to put this simulator at touchbar. so it is always there. yes, my comment does not make sense at all. just like apple's decision. – GeneCode Oct 28 '18 at 03:50
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this feature is sadly still missing in Xcode 12 – tadija Sep 16 '20 at 08:11
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The option "Stay In Front" for simulator staying on top of all windows is removed from Xcode9 update. Many developers will heartbreak with this including me, but we all know apple has no mercy on developers, and this is not the new thing, we all experience this kind of many things from years. Sorry mates its truth to digest.
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1Did you file a bug report requesting this feature be brought back? Number of bug reports is an important factor in prioritization. So far I don't think anyone has bothered so it can't be that important. You can work around it with Command+Tab or arranging windows on-screen. – russbishop Nov 14 '17 at 07:03
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10@russbishop Any idea on why removing such a unobtrusive feature became a priority in the first place? – Jose Browne Dec 05 '17 at 05:55
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@JoseBrowne from Xcode 9 it support multiple simulators at a time, so i believe the feature removed because of multiple simulators lie on the mac screen hiding the bottom windows, but as developers we need the feature on first priority – BharathBob Dec 05 '17 at 07:39
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I will file a bug report to bring this feature back as it is quite useful in minimizing clickety clickety window management – jcpennypincher Dec 07 '17 at 23:42
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2@jcpennypincher please do it, i already filed one. Lets see atleast someone form apple would respond. All we have to do is, just wait! thanks. – BharathBob Dec 13 '17 at 09:53
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4It may be that because XCode 9 can support multiple simulators and devices at the same time, that they removed it because they would have to enable all simulators on top at once, or have a separate always on top for each simulator. Maybe this will be in XCode 13 or 15... :( – jcpennypincher Dec 22 '17 at 00:25
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Made a report. Please support it, as we all need this functionality
Update 11.01.2018: Apple closed it as duplicate with no further info. Thank you, Apple.
Update 26.09.2020 They brought it back in Xcode Version 12.0.1 (12A7300)
Thank you, Apple!
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Update your Xcode to : v12.0.1
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interesting: why they don't put this option near to "Bring All to Front" – muescha Sep 06 '22 at 11:59