Does not work with xCode 4.3 and newer

[dodikk]

Since xCode 4.3 Apple has changed its location to /Applications/Xcode.app
Due to those changes I'm unable to use the "iphonesim" tool (see the log below).

Please update your code base to keep up with the latest xCode.

Oleksandrs-Mac-mini:Release-iphonesimulator dodikk$ ls
CoreDataBooks.app CoreDataBooks.app.dSYM

Oleksandrs-Mac-mini:Release-iphonesimulator dodikk$ iphonesim launch "/Users/dodikk/projects/research/zucchini/CoreDataBooks/build/Release-iphonesimulator/CoreDataBooks.app" 5.0 iphone
dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/DevToolsFoundation.framework/Versions/A/DevToolsFoundation
Referenced from: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhoneSimulatorRemoteClient.framework/Versions/A/iPhoneSimulatorRemoteClient
Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap: 5

[sgadhvi]

dodikk : have you find any solution for this???

[dodikk]

Take a look at UIAutomation based approach here :
https://github.com/farcaller/ios-tdd/tree/master/Tests/Jasmine

It works with gh-unit just fine.
Consider using OCUnit instead. At the moment it's capable of of being debugged and handling bundles.

[dodikk]

Anyway, last commit in this repo is 2 years old.
The project looks abandoned.

In my opinion, there is no point to bring "iphonesim" back to life as approaches, mentioned above are good enough for most users ( including myself ).

[haemi]

how did you solve this? I would like to try iphonesim, as I don't have success with ios-sim...

[dodikk]

I have not solved this.
I used the other approach based on apple's UIAutomation. (consider the link above)

iphonesim does not work with "xCode 4.3" and newer.
And I don't think it will ever get fixed.

[oylbin]

hi, I got a idea from http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/132298/an-ios-sdk-is-missing and solved the problem on xcode 4.3 by setting the correct rpath in project settings.

1. open iphonesim.xcodeproj in Xcode 4.3

2. go to the project settings, select target "iphonesim"

3. in "build phases", add the following framework to "Link Binary With Libraries"

   /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhoneSimulatorRemoteClient.framework

4. in "build settings", remove all original setting in "Other Linker Flag" and set it as follow:

   -Wl,-rpath
   -Wl,$(DEVELOPER_DIR)/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks
   -Wl,-rpath
   -Wl,$(DEVELOPER_DIR)/../OtherFrameworks

5. build the project, it should be ok now.

[oylbin]

hi guys , i find a fork of this repo at https://github.com/Fingertips/ios-sim , it has additional features and support Xcode 4.3

[haemi]

both doesn't work for me, unfortunately; ios-sim give a session-timeout (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10408389/ios-sim-doesnt-start-app-correctly-in-simulator) and iphonesim can't build with the changes:

ld: in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks, can't map file, errno=22 for architecture i386
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

[dodikk]

oylbin, do you have a fork/pull request with your idea implementation?

P.S. When I fixed path to the iPhoneSimulatorRemoteClient.framework I was still getting a runtime crash.

[Ryandev]

Was in the same boat as you guys.

Abit more digging shows
https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TISTUD-1196

Retrying with pegli's branch works:
https://github.com/pegli/ios-sim

git clone https://github.com/pegli/ios-sim.git

Good luck :D

[dodikk]

I've finally got it working. https://github.com/EmbeddedSources/iphonesim/
The solution has been based on "moredip/iphonesim" work.

By default it does not wait for tests completion. I've fixed that in "EmbeddedSources/iphonesim" fork, which now has both "iphonesim launch" and "iphonesim launch-async" capabilities.

[dodikk]

Summarizing the discussion above, we have the following working ways to launch an app in the simulator :

1. "pegli/ios-sim" - checked by @mcCuppaT
2. "moredip/iphonesim" --> "EmbeddedSources/iphonesim" - checked by @dodikk
3. UIAutomation approach by @farcaller -- https://github.com/farcaller/ios-tdd/tree/master/Tests/Jasmine
4. www.zucchiniframework.org

Thanks everyone.