React Native Change Default iOS Simulator Device

React Native Change Default iOS Simulator Device

Specify a simulator using the --simulator flag.

These are the available devices for iOS 14.0 onwards:

npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 8"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 8 Plus"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 11"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 11 Pro"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 11 Pro Max"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone SE (2nd generation)"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 12 mini"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 12"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 12 Pro"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 12 Pro Max"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 13 Pro"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 13 Pro Max"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 13 mini"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 13"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPod touch (7th generation)"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPad Pro (9.7-inch)"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPad (9th generation)"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPad Air (4th generation)"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation)"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation)"
npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPad mini (6th generation)"

List all available iOS devices:

xcrun simctl list devices

There is currently no way to set a default.

React Native Docs: Running On Simulator

Change default iOS simulator device in react-native

You can add --simulator flag to change your device model. For example:

react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 13"

Run xcrun simctl list devices to get a list of available devices

React Native set default iPhone simulator

There is currently no official way besides --simulator to set device for run-ios as doc

You can try to edit in ./node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/build/commands/runIOS/index.js the default in end of file:

var _default = {
...
options: [{
    ...
    default: 'iPhone 8'
  },
...
}

"react-native": "0.63.4"

React Native: Default iOS device inside simulator

It is possible to set default value by changing this file:

node_modules/react-native/local-cli/runIOS/runIOS.js

This block is useful for setting iOS simulator, Xcode scheme and root project location:

const args = parseCommandLine([
    {
      command: 'simulator',
      description: 'Explicitly set simulator to use',
      type: 'string',
      required: false,
      default: 'iPhone 6',
    }, {
      command: 'scheme',
      description: 'Explicitly set Xcode scheme to use',
      type: 'string',
      required: false,
    }, {
      command: 'project-path',
      description: 'Path relative to project root where the Xcode project (.xcodeproj) lives. The default is \'ios\'.',
      type: 'string',
      required: false,
      default: 'ios',
    }
  ], argv);

How to change the default Xcode iphone simulator when testing in the terminal?

You can provide your preferred simulator in the command as:

react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone5"

You can check the available simulators by running this command from the terminal:

xcrun simctl list devices

React Native: Default iOS device inside simulator

It is possible to set default value by changing this file:

node_modules/react-native/local-cli/runIOS/runIOS.js

This block is useful for setting iOS simulator, Xcode scheme and root project location:

const args = parseCommandLine([
    {
      command: 'simulator',
      description: 'Explicitly set simulator to use',
      type: 'string',
      required: false,
      default: 'iPhone 6',
    }, {
      command: 'scheme',
      description: 'Explicitly set Xcode scheme to use',
      type: 'string',
      required: false,
    }, {
      command: 'project-path',
      description: 'Path relative to project root where the Xcode project (.xcodeproj) lives. The default is \'ios\'.',
      type: 'string',
      required: false,
      default: 'ios',
    }
  ], argv);

Change iOS simulator device in launch.js for react native project

Add the lines below into your .vscode/settings.json file (create if now exist)

{
    "react-native.ios.runArguments.simulator": [
        "--simulator", "iPhone 6"
    ]
}

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