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How to always use the latest Simulator with Xcodebuild

Does your script running xcodebuild break every time you update Xcode because the Simulator version you were pointing at is not there anymore? No worries, there is a simple keyword you can use in the destination option to always run the most recent Simulator version.

xcrun xcodebuild \
  -workspace Bench.xcworkspace \
  -scheme BenchUITests \
  -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 6,OS=latest' \
  -sdk iphonesimulator \
  test

OS=latest does the trick 👍.

Happy coding, and leave the codebase better than you found it.

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