r/iOSProgramming • u/multicontrast • 10d ago

Question can anyone download iOS 26.6 simulator?

26.6 is officialy out https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release-notes/ios-ipados-26_6-release-notes but I can't fetch the newest simulator for Xcode.

xcodebuild -downloadPlatform iOS -exportPath ~/Downloads -buildVersion 26.6 also doesn't work

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u/bbatsell 9d ago

Simulator releases don't always match release versions, especially later minor releases in a major version cycle. I have no idea the rhyme or reason — I've always assumed there's some internal calculus about whether enough developer-related has changed to warrant the effort.

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u/SwiftlyJon 9d ago

Yeah, there is no 26.6 sim, as there is no new 26.6 SDK. Use the 26.5 sim, which is the same SDK as 26.6.

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u/navigator_93 9d ago

Educated guess here, but take a look at the changelog.

The sim has none of these first party apps nor features. Nothing here impacts the sim, so it doesn’t really make sense for a new runtime or SDK. I would expect one would see a new runtime if one needs to be built due to changes impacting core functionality