Xcode 9.1 simulator stay in front button missing?

Question

There used to be a button called "stay in front" in older versions of ios simulater. I used this often, but in recent updates it seems to be removed. Is there a any way to activate this feature ?

new window menu

old window menu

Ellary

We removed this intentionally. – Cleptomania

Will it come back? – Ellary

Apple policy is not to comment on future releases. If this feature is important to you please do file a request at bugreport.apple.com. – Cleptomania

Thanks for removing this useful feature Apple, now every time I run the app I must find simulator and bring it to front manually – Damle

@AlexMcG I kill the occasional spider and read my kids a bedtime story so "absolutely useless" is a bit of an overstatement. – Cleptomania

hehe killing spiders leads to more bugs – Chewink

Dont' u guys know? You are suppose to put this simulator at touchbar. so it is always there. yes, my comment does not make sense at all. just like apple's decision. – Eyespot

this feature is sadly still missing in Xcode 12 – Bjork

Answer 1

The option "Stay In Front" for simulator staying on top of all windows is removed from Xcode9 update. Many developers will heartbreak with this including me, but we all know apple has no mercy on developers, and this is not the new thing, we all experience this kind of many things from years. Sorry mates its truth to digest.

Piacular

Did you file a bug report requesting this feature be brought back? Number of bug reports is an important factor in prioritization. So far I don't think anyone has bothered so it can't be that important. You can work around it with Command+Tab or arranging windows on-screen. – Cleptomania

@Cleptomania Any idea on why removing such a unobtrusive feature became a priority in the first place? – Went

@JoseBrowne from Xcode 9 it support multiple simulators at a time, so i believe the feature removed because of multiple simulators lie on the mac screen hiding the bottom windows, but as developers we need the feature on first priority – Piacular

I will file a bug report to bring this feature back as it is quite useful in minimizing clickety clickety window management – Chewink

@Chewink please do it, i already filed one. Lets see atleast someone form apple would respond. All we have to do is, just wait! thanks. – Piacular

It may be that because XCode 9 can support multiple simulators and devices at the same time, that they removed it because they would have to enable all simulators on top at once, or have a separate always on top for each simulator. Maybe this will be in XCode 13 or 15... :( – Chewink

Answer 2

Made a report. Please support it, as we all need this functionality

Update 11.01.2018: Apple closed it as duplicate with no further info. Thank you, Apple.

Update 26.09.2020 They brought it back in Xcode Version 12.0.1 (12A7300)

Thank you, Apple!

Crystalloid

Answer 3

Update your Xcode to : v12.0.1

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Burkley

interesting: why they don't put this option near to "Bring All to Front" – Drachma