Test iOS apps in the simulator changeddesktop-ios-simulator
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6868A device Claude boots also appears in Apple's Simulator app, or in Device Hub on Xcode 27. Claude can install the app on a device you already have booted.
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70You can also open the simulator pane yourself. Once the session has a simulator attached or has edited Swift files, the **Views** menu in the session toolbar shows an **iOS Simulator** entry. If the pane isn't showing a device yet, click **Attach simulator**, or pick a specific device from the device menu next to it; picking a shut-down device boots it. If Xcode or its simulators are missing, the pane shows the setup steps instead and checks them off as you complete them.
70You can also open the simulator pane yourself. Once the session has a simulator attached or Claude Code detects iOS app work, an **iOS Simulator** button appears in the session's title bar. If the pane isn't showing a device yet, click **Attach simulator**, or pick a specific device from the device menu next to it; picking a shut-down device boots it. If Xcode or its simulators are missing, the pane shows the setup steps instead and checks them off as you complete them.
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7272## Control the simulator yourself
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