Most answers on SO seem to want to know how to detect if the simulator is running.
I know that it is.

I want to determine what device the simulator is simulating?
I want to read something like "I am simulating an iPhone 15 Pro Max (for example)"

How do I do this? Where can I find this data?

Most answers on SO seem to want to know how to detect if the simulator is running.
I know that it is.

I want to determine what device the simulator is simulating?
I want to read something like "I am simulating an iPhone 15 Pro Max (for example)"

How do I do this? Where can I find this data?

• ios
• xcode
• ios-simulator

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• Is this something you want from your running app or just by looking at the simulator? Simply look at the simulator window title to see the device and iOS version. – HangarRash Commented Feb 23 at 18:06

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You can use this:

let str = ProcessInfo().environment["SIMULATOR_MODEL_IDENTIFIER"]

to get the model string in this format:

"iPhone14,6"
...
"iPhone16,1"
...
"iPad13,8"
...
etc

and so on... and you'd commonly use a Model lookup table to get the "friendly" name.

You can also use this:

let str = ProcessInfo().environment["SIMULATOR_DEVICE_NAME"]

which returns:

"iPhone SE (3rd generation)"
...
"iPhone 15 Pro"
...
"iPad Pro (11-inch) (4th generation)"
...
etc

without the need for the lookup table.