xCode upgrade missing simulators. How can I use locally stored simulators?

Question

I've faces this problem a lot of times that whenever I do an upgrade to xCode. It deletes my old Simulators and I've to download them again. Can any one let any other process. That probably to copy old simulator folders and paste them to xCode contents/Developer/Platform/.....

Or is there any process to add simulators in xCode stored locally rather than downloading them again n again.

Answer 1

Open Finder> Goto following path

Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs

Here, you can see all your simulator SDK's.

Now, here is the trick which I follow.

• Goto the above path of your older version Xcode(say, Xcode 5.0.2) where you've all the downloaded simulator SDKs.
• Copy the SDK folder(s) of required simulator.
• Now, goto the above path of upgraded version Xcode(say, Xcode 5.1) & Paste the SDKs.
• Relaunch simulator.

Hardware>Device>iPad/iPhone should be showing what you are looking for. Also, relaunch Xcode to update simulator list.

Answer 2

There's an interesting answer on the Apple developer forums:

In Xcode the Window menu, select "Devices", also includes a list of Simulators. You can Add "+" ones that are not there.

That fixed things for my Xcode 7.1 beta (7B60)

Answer 3

Just closing the projects, quitting Xcode and restarting Xcode worked for me