Commands.md

Run on specific device

react-native run-ios

react-native run-ios --device "John's iPhone"

In package.json add the following script

"run-ios-on-device": "react-native run-ios --device"

and call it like so

yarn run run-ios-on-device "John’s iPhone"

Running on simulator

You can specify the device the simulator should run with the --simulator flag, followed by the device name as a string. The default is "iPhone X".

npx react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone SE"
npx react-native run-ios --udid XXXX

xcrun simctl --list
run react-native run-ios --simulator="iPhone 4s"

https://www.iosdev.recipes/simctl/

If simctl isn't found do the following xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app

List devices

To list all the devices run the following

xcrun xctrace list devices or

xcrun simctl list devices or

xcrun instruments -s devices

Deploying on real device

brew install ios-deploy or  npm install -g ios-deploy
react-native run-ios --device "John’s iPhone"
react-native run-ios --udid XXXX --configuration Release

iOS see device logs

brew install libimobiledevice
idevice_id --list // list available device UDIDs
idevicesyslog -u <device udid>

libimobiledevice

A cross-platform FOSS library written in C to communicate with iOS devices natively.

For Windows and Android libimobiledevice-win32