Understanding iOS Technology

What is bundle id?

• The bundle ID is a unique identifier given to each app by its developer. In the case of Apple apps, their bundle IDs start with com.apple.

What is simctl?

• The simctl command controls iOS simulator instances from command line. It’s very similar to the adb for Android.
• It can be run via xcrun simctl. You can see help for simctl from command line by running xcrun simctl help
• What you can do using simctl:
  • Listing all available simulators

  xcrun simctl list

  • Creating new simulator
  • Erasing simulator
  • Installing app inside simulator
  • Add photo/video to simulator and may more

Open URLs on Simulator

xcrun simctl openurl booted <URL>
xcrun simctl openurl booted "https://google.ca"

Please check out Article: Control iOS Simulators from Command Line for more commands.