Mac OS X Lion - Xcode components simulator location

Question

When we downloaded Xcode 4.5.1, to test applications in older simulators we installed it from Settings->Downloads->Components

Now there is Xcode 4.5.2 available. Again we need to download simulators for that Xcode ? or is there any location where those simulators stored similar to Documentation.

In 2nd image below we can see location for documentation but in 1st image selecting simulator doesn't show any location of installation.

Any idea ?

EDIT

Now there is Xcode 5 available. Again we need to download simulators for that Xcode ? or is there any location where those simulators stored similar to Documentation.

Answer 1

In XCode5 the simulators are downloaded in a temporary folder download-and-install-cache-dstroot:

/private/var/folders/mb/yf1qy9bx7wg5dl01lzkvbytm0000gp/T/download-D39FB382-2540-4F2E-B8EC-6940A468CEAE-7723-000031655DACE7B0/download-and-install-cache-dstroot/Xcode.SDK.iPhoneSimulator.6.1-6.1.dmg

And I bet the simulator is linked to the compiler in a way that you need a new iOS6 simulator even if you had one for XCode 4.5.1.

Use Munki and Reposado to roll your own if you want to save downloading for each Mac.

Answer 2

The download location changes every time you start the download.

find /private/var -name Xcode.SDK.iPhoneSim*

will reveal the download directory.

The download is restarted every time you click "Install", that is, any previous download is discarded (what a waste with 600 MB+ file size).

Although the downloaded file is a DMG, I still don't know how to copy from one machine to another to prevent downloading.

Answer 3

The location of dmg file downloaded by Xcode is placed here.

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode/Downloads