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I need to install .ipa file on iPhone simulator.
I tried to change the extension .ipa to .zip and extracted it.
And I got the Payload folder and moved the application inside to my iPhone simulators applications folder at:
/Library/Application\ Support/iPhone Simulator/6.1/Applications/
Application appears on iPhone Simulator, But the application did't running. How to solve the problem then how to run the app.
The IPA archive (downloaded from iTunes, or generated with Project->Archive) contains the code compiled for the iOS device, which has an ARM processor.
The iOS Simulator, on the other hand, uses the Intel processor on the Mac.
So there is no chance to run the app from the ipa file in the Simulator.