Install iOS 13.2 Simulator in Xcode 11.3 Image?

Build Environment
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We’re as of yet unable to use the Xcode 11.3 image due to a known issue that prevents XCTest from automating webview text fields, hence breaking our UI test suite. This has been reported by others and is a known issue, although it’s unclear if it’s one Apple is addressing.

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/127246

A reliable workaround for this issue is to use iOS 13.2 simulators instead of iOS 13.3. The problem being: 13.2 isn’t presently installed in the Xcode 11.3 image. Any chance it could be, at least until we’re able to confirm the issue has been addressed by Apple (likely in a future Xcode release)?

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The xcode-install gem is installed on the images for the system Ruby. You should be able to install 13.2 with the following:

xcversion simulators --install='iOS 13.2'

I’ve not tried this out, so you might been to play around with the command to get it to work.

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Aha - I had tried adding xcode-install to my project’s bundle and running that command via bundle exec but it asked for machine credentials to complete the install. I will try using the non-bundled version and see if that makes a difference.

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Here is the result when I do that:

static:~ distiller$ xcversion simulators --install='iOS 13.2'
Installing iOS 13.2 Simulator for Xcode 11.3.0...
100 3106M  100 3106M    0     0  82.4M      0  0:00:37  0:00:37 --:--:--  103M%
%Mounting DMG
Expanding pkg
Expanded pkg into /Users/distiller/Library/Caches/XcodeInstall/com.apple.pkg.iPhoneSimulatorSDK13_2
Unmounting DMG
Setting package installation location
Rebuilding package
Please authenticate to install iOS 13.2 Simulator...
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Ok I’m wrong…it does throw up the “Please authenticate” and appears to hang…but it does eventually succeed with the install. I’ll move forward with that workaround and see if it helps unblock.