How to open the iOS Simulator via the terminal

The simulator can be super useful, but equally super hard to find. Here is the path and how to open it.

To open the iOS Simulator via the terminal on OS X, type the following.

$ open /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/Applications/iPhone\ Simulator.app/

Note: You must have Xcode installed on your machine.

Published Sep 29, 2013 iOS Development iOS Simulator iOS OS X