How to get iPod Touch simulator in Xcode 6.1

Question

My game app works on all iPhone's and all iPad's. I also want it to work on all iPod Touches. There is no iPod Touch simulator in Xcode 6.1. So how do I work on it?

Oralee

Answer 1

You have to keep in mind, that the iPhone simulator is just a simulator. It is not the real device.

The reason why there is no iPod Touch simulator is, because there would be no difference between the iPhone 5 and the current iPod Touch, since both have the same screen size and both have a 32 Bit architecture. They may have different hardware, but that doesn't matter

You can however, if you want to, make a new simulator based on the iPhone 5 simulator, which is named iPod Touch. This can be done in Xcode > Window > Devices. There you have to click on the little plus-button in the bottom left corner. Choose the device type, set a name and you are good to go.

For older iPod Touches choose the iPhone 4s simulator, since they had the screen size of the iPhone 4s.

Tack

So all iPod touches are same size in width and height as iPhone 5? So need to worry to test on iPod touch? – Oralee

Argh, forgot about the older iPod Touches. The current one has the same screen size as the iPhone 5. The older ones have the screen size of the iPhone 4s. – Tack

As I mentioned in my answer, you have to keep in mind that this is just a simulator. To be sure that everything works, you have to test your app on a real device. – Tack

Xcode 6.1 doesn't provide any devices so I didn't mention devices. – Oralee

You need to download XCode 5 in order to test your apps on iOS 6 based simulators. – Ludwigg

i'm having a crash in ipod devices and can't replicate it in any other device, probably in simulator are the same but in real device have something of difference running apps. – Serriform

iPod touch simulator would also be useful for testing degradation of features that are available on iPhone but not iPod touch (e.g. HealthKit) without having to use a screen as large as the iPad to do it. – Exude