How to run/test iOS-AUv3 plugin (simulator vs. device)

iOS
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Hi all! I’m new here, and going to be getting into iOS AUv3 development a lot now, but since i’m just getting started, i may ask a lot of stupid questions.

First of all, I’m attempting to make an auv3 plugin for iOS, and so I followed getting_started_mac_ios guide, and got the standalone app running, but at the bottom of the guide, it says compiling for AUv3 is much the same, which it is, but i have no idea how to run it so far. Is it not possible to run the plugin on a simulator, and only on a real device with some kind of DAW installed?
Many thanks

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If you want to debug your AUv3 on the iOS simulator, you need to have a host on the simulator. Since you can’t get e.g. Garageband or AUM on the simulator, your best bet is to build the Apple AUv3 hosting example and use that.

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Ah ha… thanks for the super quick answer! I’ll try that. You should put exactly what you wrote here in the getting started guide too! :slight_smile:

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Wow, that worked right out of the box! I didn’t expect that. thanks!