ios simulator: how to close an app

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When you "run" the simulator from xCode, the app automatically launches, and then you can click the home button to suspend the app. What I want to do is close the app from within the simulator. So, how can this be done?

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Please anyone share any automated process, some settings tweak which will kill the app in simulator when stop switch pressed for xcode 7.1 or later. I'm tierd of killing my app from double home tap & swipe up :( – Ratul Sharker
@RatulSharker: Have you found the solution? I am on the same page, too tired to of trying the double home tap and swiping up. But all efforts in vain. Help! – Archit Kapoor
@RatulSharker: Finally found one...!! After enormous amount of Brute Force..! Press: Shift+Command+Swipe up using the Touchpad. – Archit Kapoor
:P i work on mac mini, no touchpad, i was intended to solution like change some preference in xcode or simulator :( – Ratul Sharker
@RatulSharker as long as it is your own app, you can kill it from the IDE – lucidbrot

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You can also do it with the keyboard shortcut shown under the simulator menu bar (Hardware-> Home).

The shortcut is ⌘+⇧+H, but you need to hit H twice in a row for it to simulate the double press that shows the apps.

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For iOS 7 & above:

  • shift+command+H twice to simulate the double tap of home button
  • swipe your app's screenshot upward to close it

You'll see screenshots representing the apps suspended on your device - those screenshots respond to touch events. Swiping is the gesture you'll make to "fling" the screenshot off of the screen. Note that on machines where your mouse is intended to represent your finger, you'll click and swipe as if it is your finger tapping and making the gesture.

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On the new iPhone X, the simulator was having issues with the mouse/finger gesture.

You can do a long press with the mouse and a close icon will appear. You can use the swipe up gesture as well to close the app.

close app on simulator

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I had a difficult time in finding a way in XCode 7.2, but finally I had found one. First press Shift+Command+ H twice. This will open up all the apps that are currently open.

Swipe left/right to the app you actually want to close. Just Swipe Up using the Touchpad while Holding the App would close the app.

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Window / Show Device Bezels

And now you can see the real device, so double tap on HOME button and kill you app

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For closing (not quit) the running application in Simulator the keyboard shortcut is "shift+command+h".

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Command + shift +h Press H 2 times

Note :- Press H 2 times

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Double click on the home button and then click and hold the icon like a normal phone and then click close I believe.

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You can use this command to quit an app in iOS Simulator

xcrun simctl terminate booted com.apple.mobilesafari

You will need to know the bundle id of the app you have installed in the simulator. You can refer to this link

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Easy way, just click on "Device" menu then select "App Switcher".

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You can also kill the app by process id

ps -cx -o pid,command | awk '$2 == "YourAppNameCaseSensitive" { print $1 }' | xargs kill -9