Stage Manager on iPadOS Xcode Simulator

I am using simulator version ipad16 beta and it does not support.

I was able to force this on the simulator by modifying the .GlobalPreferences.plist file

If you navigate to your simulator directory

~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/<SIMULATORID>/data/Library/Preferences/

There is a hidden file named .GlobalPreferences.plist

Make a backup of this file and convert it to XML

$ cd ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/<SIMULATORID>/data/Library/Preferences/
$ cp ./.GlobalPreferences.plist ./.GlobalPreferences.plist.orig
$ plutil -convert xml1 ./.GlobalPreferences.plist

The file should look something like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>AppleLanguages</key>
    <array>
        <string>en</string>
    </array>
    <key>AppleLocale</key>
    <string>en_US</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Add the following inside the <dict></dict> section

    <key>SBChamoisWindowingEnabled</key>
    <true/>

Then convert back to binary

$ plutil -convert binary1 ./.GlobalPreferences.plist

Now start your simulator and Stage Manager should be enabled

Worked for me on Beta 3 iPad 11 3rd gen sim

Credit goes to

• https://twitter.com/KhaosT/status/1533928828753481729
• https://itnext.io/you-dont-need-gui-or-how-to-control-ios-simulator-from-command-line-bf5cfa60aed2

Guys, I like this approach better:

xcrun simctl spawn booted defaults write -g SBChamoisWindowingEnabled -bool true

😉

This worked for me:

xcrun simctl spawn booted defaults write -g SBChamoisWindowingEnabled -bool YES

I want it

I want it too

I don't think this works anymore.

I'd like to share it if you're still looking for it

You can find it in iOS 16.4 Simulator :)