After installing xcode ios SDK I can now run iPhone Simulator. Now is it possible to install and run third party free iPhone apps such as Paper Glider just as you would on real iPhone and how to do that?
Nope, you cannot do that. The apps in the App Store are compiled for ARM; the simulator is for Intel CPUs. Oh, and also, note that it's a simulator, not an emulator.
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I only have an iPad, but I'm working on an iPhone site and I need to test for its dimensions. Anyone know an app made for this?
If you do not have a Mac, you could download a iPhone app which has a browser in built.
Try installing Dolphin iPhone App on the iPad
Or on a Mac, you may test it on the iPhone Simulator.
Open iOS simulator,
Select iPhone in Hardware > Device
Open Safari on the simulator and type in your URL.
The iOS development tools, incl. Xcode, Interface Builder etc. have an iOS device simulator. You can download these tools from Apple if you're a registered (free) Apple developer.
(These run only on Mac OS X)
Would an online simulator do?
http://iphone4simulator.com/ or http://transmog.net maybe?
I want to do testing on an app which is provided free through iTunes. I do not have the source code of the app, i only have the .ipa file downloaded through iTunes and i do not have an iPhone or an iPad to install it and start my testing on the app . I want to test the app see how it works, write down scenarios and etc without using an iPhone or an iPad. I tried searching for iPhone simulators but i came to know that i cant install any apps on it, installed Xcode but i cannot simulate it until i have the source code which i do not have.
So can anyone suggest me where i can simulate an app which is provided through iTunes without having the source code ? I just want to see the app, what it provides etc without using an iPhone or iPad device
Many Thanks for your suggestions
The app will not run on your Mac. It’s been compiled for the processors in iOS devices, which makes it incompatible with the Intel processor in your Mac. I’d suggest finding a cheap iPhone 3GS or iPod Touch on eBay.
I wonder if it's possible to run a purchased and downloaded application in iOS Simulator? I am building a website and it's far to easy and quick testing in the simulator but has some disadvantages.
The app I want to run in the simulator is the Atomic Web Browser. It's got a pretty good source viewer (and I need it because my ajax scripts).
So my question is: how could I run my purchased apps in the iOS Simulator?
Thank you!
Apparently not.
Simulator apps are compiled for i386 architecture, whereas iPhone apps are compiled for ARM. The simulator can't run apps compiled for ARM, so you can't run purchased apps, or any apps from the store, in the simulator.
No there is no way, since the app purchased and downloaded from the App Store are ARM CPU based apps and the simulator is i386 CPU based.
I have to convert an iPhone app which is published at the AppStore. However, I do not have iPhone.
Is there any way to test the functionality of this app without a real phone? Would the emulator be of any help? Or maybe some web application?
If you don't have the source code for the app, you can't run it without an iPhone or iPod touch.
The iPhone Simulator (included with the SDK) won't be of any help, because it only runs apps that are compiled for Intel (your Mac). It's not an emulator and cannot run apps that are compiled for actual devices (ARM processors). Without the source code, you can't recompile the app.
iOS Simulator is NOT an emulator. It's a simulator. It doesn't emulate iOS hardware, it is running your app compiled as 64bit Intel app for Mac and displays it inside the iPhone-like window that looks and feels like iPhone, but doesn't have all features and some things don't work the same way.
For example, iOS has a case-sensitive file system, Mac doesn't, so iOS Simulator doesn't either. Also, there's no camera, sms, compass, accelerometer, magnetometer, or any other iPhone-specific feature.
So, yes, you can test some apps using iOS Simulator, but no, you shouldn't test them only using iOS Simulator.
You can of course test the app just with the simulator. However, the simulator lacks some capabilities like accelerometer data, so if you plan on using anything like this, you should consider getting at least the cheapest iPod Touch for testing.
If you do any operations that use lots of rescources (memory, processing power) you need to consider that the iPhone is not as fast as your Mac either.
I need to play around with a free iPhopne app that I downloaded via iTunes, but I don't have an iPhone. Maybe anybody knows of a good iPhone emulator for Windows that can run *.ipa apps?
Thanks!
No you can't run Appstore app in the simulator.
There is no way of doing it.
Since the Simulator use the i386 architecture and Appstore apps the arm architecture.