I have installed Xcode 11 GM and can't find iOS 12.4.1 simulator anymore. iOS 12.4.1 was installed in Xcode 10.3, but it is not available in Xcode 11 for some reason (not only iOS 12.4 - other simulators are also missing). Moreover, I can't download it via "Add Additional Simulators..." - the latest one available is 12.2. Any ideas why so and how to fix? Thanks!
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4I have the same issue with the final Xcode 11.0 release, too. – balazs630 Sep 22 '19 at 10:07
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@balazs630 did you resolve the issue? – tyegah123 Oct 13 '19 at 18:00
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@ tyegah123 No.. I'd rather use the iOS 12.2 simulator for now. However the copy paste magic (the accapted answer) seems to work for others. I don't like the idea of changing Xcode.app files, who knows.. it may cause strange behaviour, evil bugs later. – balazs630 Oct 14 '19 at 10:37
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iOS 12.4 simulator files can be found in the Xcode 10.3 app bundle. While you can't download it from within Xcode (at the moment), you can simply copy them to the folder where additional simulators are usually installed. Go to the following subfolder, it is located inside Xcode.app (10.3):
Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/Library/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes
and copy the iOS.simruntime package to here:
/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes
Rename iOS.simruntime to iOS 12.4.simruntime.
Restart Xcode 11.
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you said "at the moment". Is this a know issue from Apple? is this intended? – Andrei Matei Sep 23 '19 at 08:41
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@AndreiMatei I don't know. I only said it because things may change in the future – deej Sep 23 '19 at 08:45
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At first it didn't work. I was getting "The operation couldn’t be completed. Invalid argument" when trying to create the simulator, although I had restarted my XCode. I had to restart my mac for it to work :) – karlingen Oct 03 '19 at 08:40
