How to Add New Simulators to Xcode
4 min readNov 29, 2023
I would see this error repeatedly when trying to add the ios simulator to Xcode-beta 15.2
Here’s the full error message after clicking the show details button:
Failed with HTTP status 400: bad request
Domain: DataGatheringNSURLSessionDelegate
Code: 1
User Info: {
DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2023-11-29 18:58:34 +0000";
}
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System Information
macOS Version 14.1.1 (Build 23B81)
Xcode 15.1 (22501) (Build 15C5042i)
Timestamp: 2023-11-29T12:58:34-06:00
Go to this site: https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=Simulator%20Runtime
Download the simulator you want,
on the command line run this command:
xcrun simctl runtime add ~/Downloads/iOS_17.2_beta_3_Simulator_Runtime.dmg
Use the name of your own .dmg file,
here’s my output:
D: 8AC08B71-E9BF-41B0-A002-6419CB0F0CF0 iOS (17.2 - 21C5046b) (Ready)
However, I’m still having issues trying to use this simulator from the Xcode IDE.
As you can see it says ios 17.2 is not installed.
Here’s the instructions page by the way on installing and managing Simulator Runtimes: