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kill iOS Simulator from terminal

I'm trying to terminate the iOS Simulator from the terminal console (needed for integrating automatic UI Testing in Jenkins),but every time I try the command:

killall SimulatorBridge

a prompt waiting for action gets displayed: enter image description here

The problem is that the simulator doesn't get dismissed until an action on the prompt is taken. How to get rid of it?

Solution

  • Use killall "iPhone Simulator"

    With XCode 6, use killall "iOS Simulator" (thanks @gempewsaw)

    With XCode 7, use killall "Simulator" (thanks @Stanislaw)

    With XCode 8, killing the Simulator process is sometimes not enough, also need to kill process com.apple.CoreSimulator.CoreSimulatorService (thanks @bensnider)