Can't run UITest on iphone 4s simulator with xcode 9

Question

Project can build properly on iphone 4s simulator but trying to run UITest on it gives me the error :

The bundle “MyappUITests” couldn’t be loaded because it doesn’t contain a version for the current architecture. Try installing a universal version of the bundle.

Can't seem to figure out the root cause for this, tests are running properly on every other simulator.

Any thoughts?

Did you have pod dependencies ? And what is your project minimum target ? (ios version) — Lory Huz, Oct 26 '17 at 17:03
I do have dependencies, project is ios 9. Like i said i can build and run the app on 4s simulator but i cannot test it — thibaut noah, Oct 27 '17 at 08:26
I have the exact same issue. Runs fine in simulator, but tests do not. — dvkch, Oct 31 '17 at 13:29
Might be worth it to download the 9.3 iphone 4s simulator instead of using the one provided by xcode9, i'll give it a try — thibaut noah, Oct 31 '17 at 13:45

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '17 at 10:25

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I have solved this problem setting "iOS Deployment Target" of the UITest target to iOS 9.0. It was created with 11.1 value by Xcode.

answered Nov 18 '17 at 10:25

widemos

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Damn, didn't know it was possible to set a different deployment target on the uitest, thanks mate – thibaut noah Nov 20 '17 at 08:58

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '21 at 13:59

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I experienced this error while trying to get a new M1 Macbook Pro to run XCUITests.

I had set Excluded Architectures (in the Build Settings) for Simulator SDK to be arm64 for both the main target and the XCUITests target. Removing this exclusion from the XCUITests target fixed this error.

Hope this helps some others who are having a nightmare like me with the new M1 Macbooks... wish I'd never upgraded.

answered Feb 08 '21 at 13:59

Charlie S

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Can you please elaborate more about your solution? I'm having similar problem on my M1 simulators (xCode 12.4) – Dragisa Dragisic Apr 19 '21 at 10:47

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 18 '21 at 06:09

Following up on the above answer by Charlie Seligman, I also had an issue running XCUITests. Was able to solve it by setting all options under "Build Active Architecture only" to "no", in XCode build settings. Details: https://github.com/appium/java-client/issues/1444#issuecomment-781078298

Can't run UITest on iphone 4s simulator with xcode 9

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