Run .app file in iOS 8 simulator

Question

I have a .app file shared from a developer which i would like to run in iOS 8 simulator. I have seen similar questions which has solutions for older versions of iOS which is no

Answer 1

For developers looking to provide a simulator build to theirs testers, these are the steps that I followed to create and test a build -

1. Add i386 in valid architectures section of build settings.

2. Open terminal and navigate to your project folder. Then execute the command -

   xcodebuild -arch i386 -sdk iphonesimulator8.1

(This will build the application)

3. To install the application on simulator, run the command mentioned in the above answer i.e -

   xcrun simctl install booted /path/to/Your.app

Now you should be able to run the app by clicking on the installed application in the simulator.