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with the recent updates appstore is not available in simulator. I want to download apps such as twitter, facebook etc... to implement some UITests. How can I achieve that?

SwiftyQA
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  • I don’t think the App Store has ever been available in the simulator. It’s why universal links that take you to the App Store will fail on the simulator. Anyway, I don’t think you can install apps to the simulator. You just use it to build to from Xcode. – Fogmeister Apr 29 '22 at 14:43
  • Hmm I see.. Thanks for you response. In some tutorials I saw that instructors navigate to appstore and download apps from the simulator. Thats why I asked but thanks! – SwiftyQA Apr 29 '22 at 14:45
  • Was it definitely the simulator and not a screen share of their actual device? – Fogmeister Apr 29 '22 at 14:55
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    I am a total idiot. Yes I checked now its the actual device with screen share. Thanks! – SwiftyQA Apr 29 '22 at 14:57
  • no worries. Glad we got it sorted. – Fogmeister Apr 29 '22 at 18:10
  • If you are using Mac M1 or M2, you can download the direct app from App Store on MacOS. Not working with CPU intel. – Quốc Bảo May 12 '23 at 09:49

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This is only possible using a physical device. The App Store has never (as far as I know) been available in the simulator.

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