Is it possible to install iOS6 SDK on Xcode 6-beta?

Question

I noticed that there are no preview or simulator for iOS6 in Xcode 6-beta, so I was wondering is there any way that I could add it manually ?

Answer 1

iOS6 simulator is available in Xcode5

Answer 2

No.

Apple only support iOS7 and iOS8, and they're strict with that. As a result, only iOS7/8 simulators are available in Xcode 6.

If you want to run on an older simulator, you need to develop on an older version of XCode.

Answer 3

No, the earliest SDK you can get for Xcode 6 is 7.1. By default, the iOS 7 simulator is not installed but you can install it by going to preferences, then to downloads and installing it from there.

To run iOS 6 applications, try googling around for an earlier Xcode version (late versions of 4) and these should have the simulator!

Hope that helps!

Answer 4

Not possible. But: you can still test on a iOS 6 device from Xcode 6. I keep an old iPhone 4 for this (look at eBay).

EDIT: there is another way - install Xcode 5 on a virtual machine (e.g. VMWare Fusion) running Mavericks.