SimStudio — iOS & Android Simulator Manager

Launch and manage iOS simulators and Android emulators from one premium panel inside VS Code. No more digging through Xcode menus or terminal commands.

How to use it (30 seconds)

1. Open the panel — click 📱 Simulators in the status bar, or run “SimStudio: Open Simulator Studio” from the Command Palette (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+P).
2. Pick a device — your installed iOS simulators and Android emulators are listed, grouped by platform, with live status.
3. Hit Boot — one click boots the device and opens the simulator window. Click Boot on another device to switch.
4. Run your app — with a device booted, launch your app the way you normally do (Flutter, React Native, xcrun, Android run config…). It targets the booted simulator.

Use Stop to shut a device down, and ↻ Refresh after creating new devices in Xcode / Android Studio.

Free vs Pro

The latest iOS runtime's simulators are gated behind Pro; everything else is free.

Requirements

• iOS simulators: macOS with Xcode installed (xcode-select --install).
• Android emulators: Android Studio / Android SDK. Set simstudio.androidSdkPath if it isn't auto-detected from ANDROID_HOME.

SimStudio drives the official simctl, emulator, and adb tools — it never bundles or replaces them.

Get Pro at marketplace.dashovia.com/extensions/sim-studio.