Launch iOS simulator from Xcode and getting a black screen, followed by Xcode hanging and unable to stop tasks

Question

I\'m having trouble running my basic iPhone application (while going through the Stanford iTunes CS193p lectures) in the iOS simulator.

I\'ve been searching for a wh

Answer 1

I am a newbie to the iOS app development. I was practising to develop iOS apps from the very beginning and while running a very basic Hello World app, I also faced same issue that only a black blank screen appears after building and running the app in iOS simulator. Somehow while struggling to find out a solution to the problem I accidentally clicked Window-->Scale-->50% in iOS simulator and it did solve my problem. I could then see the Home page with my app and clicking on app icon I was able to run my app successfully. App versions: Xcode 5.1 iOS Simulator: 7.1 OSX: 10.9.3