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iOS

Posted by Latif Benzzine
Latif Benzzine
655 Points

iOS simulator not showing an iPhone 6 real size, how do I get the simulator to display as an iPhone6 size?

When I run my app on the simulator it displays a large screen and I have to do a lot of scrolling to see the elements in the view and create the vents I'm testing like a touch ....it's annoying ! I'm using Xcode 6.3 and ios 8.3. Thanks, Latif

3 Answers

Latif Benzzine
Latif Benzzine
655 Points

The answer is actually to go to the window tab in the Simulator -> window -> scale (and chose %50) or whatever size you prefer to scale to.

Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
16,773 Points
Max Hirsh
Max Hirsh
16,773 Points

Hm, I'm not sure how to solve that issue. I think the reason that the iphone 6/6 plus simulations are so large is because those phones have a retina display. Retina displays are very sharp and small pixels. Simulating this display accurately on normal computer monitor requires a much larger screen size since computer pixels are much larger.

Rodolfo Ocampo
Rodolfo Ocampo
2,663 Points
Rodolfo Ocampo
Rodolfo Ocampo
2,663 Points

Make sure you have the IOS simulator deleites the go to the top bar... Click on view... Click on zoom And select 50% . Noe you should see the sim in a better size ;)