Random (lldb) crashes in iOS Simulator on Mac OS X 10.8.4

Question

I\'ve been struggling with an weird issue for some time now. When running my app with the iOS Simulator initially closed it launches correctly. But if I then run it again wi

Answer 1

There's an issue with OS X 10.8.4 that causes random simulator crashes.

https://devforums.apple.com/message/817179#817179

A couple of workarounds have been suggested, including switching to GDB. See here:

We have found the issue. It is a process killing race condition in "debugserver" when it is killing the application it is debugging which causes this problem to occur.

The work around that should work for all folks is to kill the app first, wait for it to go away, then hit CMD+R. The quick turn around of just pressing CMD+R is now showing this thread race condition more often in 10.8.4.