How to Run your React Native App on Specific iOS Simulator

ByMohammed Rashid Posted on

Most of the time, you may want to test your react native app on different iOS simulators to ensure that your app works well with all iOS devices. When you run react-native run-ios command it opens up your default iOS simulator.

In this blog post, let’s check how to run your app on a specific iOS simulator using commands.

First of all, list all available simulators using the following command.

xcrun simctl list
command to list iphone simulators

In order to run your app on a specific iOS simulator you need to specify it in the react native command as given below.

npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 14 Pro"

This will open iPhone 14 pro simulator and run your react native project on it.

That’s how you run react native app on specific iOS simulator using command line.


About Me

I'm Mohammed Rashid from the beautiful state of Kerala in southern India, with a journey seasoned in software engineering and mobile app development.

In a tech world that's always changing, I keep myself updated with the latest like SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose for crafting native apps on iOS and Android. I have also experience in React Native and Flutter.

Through this space, I share my learnings and insights hoping to assist anyone diving into the native mobile app development.

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