Revert Xcode Simulator to the default setting

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newwbee OP

Created Apr ’20

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What I had done:

I enabled full screen mode on the simulator so I executed the following command:

defaults write com.apple.iphonesimulator AllowFullscreenMode -bool YES

Question:

How can I remove this rectangular bar shown in the image (so that it is like the default setting when xcode is installed)?

I have tried the following without any success:

Executed the above command with a NO

Deleted

/Users/<Username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iphonesimulator.plist

Created a new Mac User
Deleted Xcode and installed it again

Answered by Developer Tools Engineer in 613784022

Yes, as of Xcode 11.4 there is now a titlebar above the simulator windows. There is currently not an option to turn it off.

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Answer 1

newwbee OP

Jun ’20

My bad, newer simulators now have a rectangular bar on top of them, this had nothing to do with execution of the command with the terminal. The bar existed even before I executed the command.

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Answer 2

Developer Tools Engineer OP

Apple

Jun ’20

Accepted Answer

Yes, as of Xcode 11.4 there is now a titlebar above the simulator windows. There is currently not an option to turn it off.

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Answer 3

Developer Tools Engineer OP

Apple

Jun ’20

It's better to use the defaults command to modify preferences since cfprefsd may not notice changes to the backing plist if it has a hot cache of it already, eg:

Code Block defaults delete com.apple.iphonesimulator

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