As a (poor) workaround you can use these commands (in a the terminal) to activate an external display: xcrun simctl io booted screenConfig --display=2 power on xcrun simctl io booted screenConfig --display=2 geometry 1920x1080 (Make sure only one device is booted, or replace "booted" with the simulator ID). Then whenever you need to see what is on the external display: xcrun simctl io booted screenshot --display=2 screenshot.png