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[iOS 26] [Xcode 26] No iOS simulators in flutter devices #175410
Description
Steps to reproduce
- Install Xcode 26 from apple developer website
- Install flutter if not installed
- Start iOS simulator.
- Run
flutter devices
Expected results:
flutter devices list iOS 26 simulators.
Actual results
flutter devices doesn't list iOS 26 simulators.
Devices with iOS 18.6 simulators are listed
Logs
Logs
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Flutter Doctor output
Doctor output
radoslavpenev@Radoslavs-MacBook-Pro integration_test_app % flutter doctor -v
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.35.3, on macOS 26.0 25A354 darwin-arm64, locale en-BG) [356ms]
• Flutter version 3.35.3 on channel stable at /Users/xx/Development/flutter-sdk/flutter
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision a402d9a437 (12 days ago), 2025-09-03 14:54:31 -0700
• Engine revision ddf47dd3ff
• Dart version 3.9.2
• DevTools version 2.48.0
• Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations,
enable-swift-package-manager, enable-lldb-debugging
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.1) [1,028ms]
• Android SDK at /Users/xx/Library/Android/sdk
• Emulator version 35.4.9.0 (build_id 13025442) (CL:N/A)
• Platform android-35, build-tools 35.0.1
• Java binary at: /Users/radoslavpenev/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jbr-17.0.14/Contents/Home/bin/java
This JDK is specified in your Flutter configuration.
To change the current JDK, run: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment JBR-17.0.14+1-1367.22-nomod (build 17.0.14+1-b1367.22)
• All Android licenses accepted.
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 26.0) [750ms]
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
• Build 17A324
• CocoaPods version 1.16.2
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [5ms]
• Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
[✓] Android Studio (version 2024.3) [5ms]
• Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
• Flutter plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
• Dart plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.5+-13047016-b750.29)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.104.0) [4ms]
• VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
• Flutter extension version 3.118.0
[✓] Connected device (5 available) [5.9s]
• Radoslav's iPhone (mobile) • xx • ios • iOS 26.0 23A341
• MIRACL (mobile) • xx • ios • iOS 26.0 23A341
• iPhone 16 (mobile) • 241958B5-DF40-4FC5-90B6-0866BA83F307 • ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-5 (simulator)
• macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-arm64 • macOS 26.0 25A354 darwin-arm64
• Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 140.0.7339.133
[✓] Network resources [810ms]
• All expected network resources are available.
Activity
[-][iOS 26] [Xcode 26] No simulators in `flutter devices`[/-][+][iOS 26] [Xcode 26] No iOS simulators in `flutter devices`[/+]Albert221 commentedon Sep 16, 2025
Foriger commentedon Sep 16, 2025
Yes.
P.S: Here is my full `flutter devices -v` output:
tirth-patel-nc commentedon Sep 16, 2025
@Albert221 thanks for the report. I can't seem to replicate this on latest master on macOS 26. Please let me know if I'm missing something. Could you please try this on latest master?
banzaez commentedon Sep 16, 2025
I have the same problem. Doesn't see simulator.
After updating
xcode command line tools
and the latest release of Xcode (Apple Silicon) 26.0 Release 17A324
mac@MacBook-Pro ustabor-master-app % flutter doctor -v
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.35.3, on macOS 26.0 25A353 darwin-arm64, locale ru-UA) [323ms]
• Flutter version 3.35.3 on channel stable at /Users/mac/Documents/sdk/flutter/flutter_last
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision a402d9a (13 days ago), 2025-09-03 14:54:31 -0700
• Engine revision ddf47dd
• Dart version 3.9.2
• DevTools version 2.48.0
• Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-lldb-debugging
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 36.0.0) [1 240ms]
• Android SDK at /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk
• Emulator version 36.1.9.0 (build_id 13823996) (CL:N/A)
• Platform android-36, build-tools 36.0.0
• Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home/bin/java
This is the JDK bundled with the latest Android Studio installation on this machine.
To manually set the JDK path, use:
flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk".• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.7+-13880790-b1038.58)
• All Android licenses accepted.
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 26.0) [835ms]
• Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
• Build 17A324
• CocoaPods version 1.16.2
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [25ms]
• CHROME_EXECUTABLE = /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
[✓] Android Studio (version 2025.1) [24ms]
• Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
• Flutter plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
• Dart plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.7+-13880790-b1038.58)
[✓] IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition (version 2025.2.1) [23ms]
• IntelliJ at /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app
• Flutter plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
• Dart plugin can be installed from:
🔨 https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
[✓] Connected device (3 available) [6,0s]
• iPhone (banzaez) (wireless) (mobile) • 00008101-00040D983E50001E • ios • iOS 26.0 23A341
• macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-arm64 • macOS 26.0 25A353 darwin-arm64
• Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 140.0.7339.133
! Error: Browsing on the local area network for iPhone MAC. Ensure the device is unlocked and attached with a cable or associated with the same local area network as this Mac.
The device must be opted into Developer Mode to connect wirelessly. (code -27)
[✓] Network resources [813ms]
• All expected network resources are available.
alihassan143 commentedon Sep 16, 2025
banzaez commentedon Sep 16, 2025
alihassan143 commentedon Sep 16, 2025
tirth-patel-nc commentedon Sep 17, 2025
@Albert221 @Foriger @alihassan143 @banzaez could you please try on the latest master and check if the issue persists?
alihassan143 commentedon Sep 17, 2025
Foriger commentedon Sep 17, 2025
Issue is still there:
[✓] Flutter (Channel master, 3.37.0-1.0.pre-157, on macOS 26.0 25A354 darwin-arm64, locale en-BG) [782ms] • Flutter version 3.37.0-1.0.pre-157 on channel master at /Users/xx/Development/flutter_main/flutter • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git • Framework revision ea906b5dc9 (87 minutes ago), 2025-09-17 03:39:34 -0400 • Engine revision ea906b5dc9 • Dart version 3.10.0 (build 3.10.0-213.0.dev) • DevTools version 2.50.0 • Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets, enable-swift-package-manager, omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging [!] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.1) [694ms] • Android SDK at /Users/xx/Library/Android/sdk • Emulator version 35.4.9.0 (build_id 13025442) (CL:N/A) ✗ Flutter requires Android SDK 36 and the Android BuildTools 28.0.3 To update the Android SDK visit https://flutter.dev/to/macos-android-setup for detailed instructions. • All Android licenses accepted. [✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 26.0) [401ms] • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer • Build 17A324 • CocoaPods version 1.16.2 [✓] Chrome - develop for the web [4ms] • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome [✓] Connected device (5 available) [5.7s] • 1 iPhone (wireless) (mobile) • 00008130-0008599E3CC0001C • ios • iOS 26.0 23A341 • 2 (mobile) • 00008120-000E79313AD1A01E • ios • iOS 26.0 23A341 • iPhone 16 (mobile) • 241958B5-DF40-4FC5-90B6-0866BA83F307 • ios • com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-5 (simulator) • macOS (desktop) • macos • darwin-arm64 • macOS 26.0 25A354 darwin-arm64 • Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 140.0.7339.133 [✓] Network resources [232ms] • All expected network resources are available. ! Doctor found issues in 1 category.alihassan143 commentedon Sep 17, 2025
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lukaszciastko commentedon Sep 19, 2025
What do you mean by "Deep Clean"?
lukaszciastko commentedon Sep 19, 2025
I checked this on my side, and I had 2 iOS 26.0 runtimes:
I opened Settings in Xcode -> Components and removed iOS 26 Simulator from Other Installed Platforms. This has now resolved the issue, and I'm able to launch Flutter.
Foriger commentedon Sep 23, 2025
Tried the fix @lukaszciastko suggested and it now it is ok.
P.S Sorry for delayed response, was on vacation
radvansky-tomas commentedon Oct 2, 2025
Is this really resolved ? I tried beta/master and I still cant connect to emulator
Foriger commentedon Oct 2, 2025
At least for me yes. If you have installed Xcode betas, you need to do this:
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