Xcode 26.2 / iOS 26.2 Simulator not downloading

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Hey all, I recently updated to Xcode 26.2 and I'm having the hardest time trying to download the corresponding iOS simulator. I installed Xcode from developer downloads and the app did not come loaded with an iOS simulator. When trying to download from Components in Settings, I only get the following message:

Download failed due to a bad URL. (Catalog download for com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime) Domain: com.apple.MobileAssetError.Download Code: 49 User Info: { checkConfiguration = 1; }

I also tried downloading via Terminal but also get a download failed message. I am on the latest macOS and have over 600 GB of disk space available. In previous versions, I was able to download the iOS simulator directly from Developer Downloads, but anything after 26 is not there. Any suggestions?

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fanbondi OP

2w

I am having the same problem here. It seems this is something new. Did you manage to resolve this issue?

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Answer 2

tansch OP

2w

@fanbondi Not sure why but Developer Forums isn't allowing me to respond directly to your comment. But no changes or fixes so far. I've done everything in various guides, restarted my computer countless times, and still nothing. I'll be coming up on a week with no work soon and this is getting very frustrating

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jcchoate OP

2w

I’ve had this same issue for over 2 weeks now and it’s extremely frustrating. I haven’t been able to do any work all this time. Same issue when I was on 26.1. I was forced to update everything and it seems fairly new so nobody has posted anything about it (you’re the first I’ve seen online to bring it up). I’ve done reboots, fresh installs, downgrades of Xcode, downgrades of Simulator (none of which work, but I was able to manually install the iOS18.2 Simulator for nothing because Xcode still wants me to use iOS 26).

At this point I think opening an issue might be the best course of action because I can’t keep going on without any progress.

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Answer 4

fanbondi OP

2w

In my case, I am using Ionic and Capacitor for app development. I couldn’t download the simulator from Xcode.

What I ended up doing was downloading the Runtime manually from https://developer.apple.com/download/all/ and installing it. I realized that sometimes your Xcode version might not have a compatible Runtime available on that page because apple expect you to do this through Xcode or throught the CLI, so I downgraded my Xcode to match a version listed there. My current setup is Xcode 16 with Runtime 18. This works so I wouldn't bother upgrading for now.

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tansch OP

1w

It seems like everything that can go wrong right now is going wrong, even with replies on this thread. @fanbondi I can't downgrade below Xcode 26 because unfortunately I also upgraded my Mac so that is the earliest version I can run. We may have to join with @jcchoate and open an issue because this is just getting ridiculous

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