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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift Views and View Controllers Designing Our App With Interface Builder

Matt George
Matt George
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Posted by Matt George
Matt George
2,507 Points

(Xcode) Huge black screen and the simulator size is ginormous

Building the first app leaves me with a black screen, which I found to disappear after half a minute or so but the simulator is a lot larger than that of an iphone5s screen. Everything is so huge.

How to I rescale everything?

1 Answer

Thomas Miele
Thomas Miele
18,388 Points
Thomas Miele
Thomas Miele
18,388 Points

You probably have an older apple device which is pre-retina, you'll need to scale the simulators.

When you have the simulator open, go to "Window" --> "Scale" from the menu bar at the top.