react-native/docs/RunningOnSimulatorIOS.md
Héctor Ramos 72369ee4d2 Consolidate Running on Device (Android|iOS) Guides into one
Summary:
The RunningOnDeviceAndroid doc had some Linux-specific instructions that are not relevant to macOS/Windows users.
Closes https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/10726

Differential Revision: D4139089

Pulled By: JoelMarcey

fbshipit-source-id: cc57c1d7e3c9dec94e123c3597ac78b3efb15dd0
2016-11-06 21:13:32 -08:00

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---
id: running-on-simulator-ios
title: Running On Simulator
layout: docs
category: Guides (iOS)
permalink: docs/running-on-simulator-ios.html
next: communication-ios
previous: linking-libraries-ios
---
## Starting the simulator
Once you have your React Native project initialized, you can run `react-native run-ios` inside the newly created project directory. If everything is set up correctly, you should see your new app running in the iOS Simulator shortly.
## Specifying a device
You can specify the device the simulator should run with the `--simulator` flag, followed by the device name as a string. The default is `"iPhone 6"`. If you wish to run your app on an iPhone 4s, just run `react-native run-ios --simulator "iPhone 4s"`.
The device names correspond to the list of devices available in Xcode. You can check your available devices by running `xcrun simctl list devices` from the console.