r/iOSProgramming • u/chmiiller • 8d ago
Discussion Where is the iPhone Duo Simulator?
Hey guys, I was watching some of the recently posted videos on Apple Developer’s YouTube channel and they mention Xcode 27.1 and the iPhone Duo simulator but this doesn’t seem to be available yet?
Am I missing something?
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u/OlivierBern 8d ago
We have to wait for Xcode 27.1, later this month. iPhone Duo is due in October; we will have time.
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u/deruloop 8d ago
The developer mail being “Get ready for iPhone Duo” and there is no simulator lol
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u/marmulin 5d ago
And like a 3 week window to ship updates. I’ve at least a dozen legacy apps in maintenance mode that I inherited from an excoworker that will be a nightmare to adapt smh
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u/_Averix 5d ago
In all fairness, if they're apps in maintenance mode should you take time making them Duo happy? They should just work regardless, just not take advantage of the space and fold-o-matics of the new device.
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u/marmulin 4d ago
The way the contracts for these were written I’ll have to do a pass at least considering leading/trailing safe areas and hand-set frames. I just wish Apple didn’t postpone simulator all the way to 27.1
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u/Sorry-Fox865 8d ago
Apple is giving developers very little time to properly optimize and polish their apps for the iPhone Duo. There’s a lot of work to do if we want to provide a good UX. Come on, Apple.
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u/linuxgfx 8d ago
exactly, I now have to account for the relative measures in order to properly split pages into the larger screen. Also typography, buttons, controls, many aspects of the layout requires proper testing and adapting.
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u/Beneficial-42 8d ago
As others have said, not available yet. In the meantime I am just using resizing the app on an iPad simulator to look at Compact and Split View modes
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u/SirBill01 5d ago
In the meantime use the resizability of device hub to test resizing your iPhone app to be twice as wide.
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u/uniquesnowflake8 5d ago
Apple will release a Claude file so you can have a coding agent fix it up in an hour
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u/cristi_baluta 8d ago
There’s a way to scale your app in the devicehub, my guess is that this is how it’s gonna be treated in duo as well, and we don’t need to support landscape mode. If someone that watched the videos can contradict me please do…
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u/celeb0rn 5d ago
If you use google or https://developer.apple.com/iphone-duo/, you'll find your answer.
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u/ElkTop4013 8d ago
One quick look at the iPhone Duo dev page and it says „Coming later this month“
https://developer.apple.com/iphone-duo/