XCode 6 Simulator ignores hosts file changes

Question

I have a client-server App, in order to test it with Simulator I have a server on a virtual machine and I change mac\'s hosts file (/etc/hosts) so I can get there.

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Answer 1

Have you tried flushing the DNS cache with the command

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

before quitting and relaunching the iOS Simulator ?