How to Resize the Iphone/iPad Simulator

How to resize the iPhone/iPad Simulator?

⌘+1 for 100%

⌘+2 for 75%

⌘+3 for 50%

Adjusting the Xcode iPhone simulator scale and size

You can't have 1:1 ratio.

However you can scale it from the iOS Simulator > Window > Scale menu.

Reduce the size of the iPhone Simulator window?

You should try cmd 2 or cmd 3 on your keyboard to scale down.

And cmd 1 to get back to the original scale.

Making the ipad simulator smaller

The iOS Simulator for both iPad and Retina have Scale options under Window. 50% and 100%. I believe the newest versions of the Simulator introduce 75% as well. This is all the options you have as far as "making it smaller". I too have a 13" Macbook Pro, and this is as good as it is going to get for this screen size.

iOS - changing Xcode simulator screen size

If simulator is 'zoomed in' you can scale it by 'window -> scale' to 75%, 50% or lower. You can also use command+1,command+2,...command+4 shortcut in your keyboard while simulator selected. If you already done this,
You can change size of view controller in Attribute Inspector. To do this, you need to select view controller in storyboard file -> select Attribute Inspector in Utilities -> In Simulated Metrics, change 'Size' from 'Inferred' to 'iPad full screen' or 'iPhone 5.5-inch' (In your case, use 'iPhone 4.7-inch' for iPhone 6). This will display view controller to same size as your simulator/device. You can also change the orientation right below size.
Yes, By doing this you will set interface for specific orientation/sizes. You need to learn Auto Layout to set objects at right locations in different devices/screen size.

Xcode 9.1 iOS simulator Window > Physical Size disabled

Just resize up the simulator window dragging until the size reaches a size greater than or equal the original size, this worked for me.

App screen size is too small for the ios simulator

You have to specify it in Xcode. If you don't the ipad is getting a scaled up version of ui for iPhone 4. Open Xcode and specify it "General" project settings.

Allow resize on Designed for iPad App for Apple Silicon Mac

Ok, I figured it out on my own. If you want to enable the screen resizing, you have to disable "Requires full screen" on the project settings and enable all the orientations. That, unfortunately, let the App on iPad be able to be splitted (1/3, 1/2, 2/3) so you have to adapt the interface.

I don't think it's possibile to keep these two features separated, but it makes sense because if you want your App to be resizable, you have to do all the interfaces adjustments that you would need as well on the iPad for all the size classes.

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