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Update Simulator command to DeviceHub for Xcode 27+#13542

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Fixes #13490. Starting with Xcode 27, the Simulator app has been replaced by DeviceHub on macOS.

Fixes flutter#13490. Starting with Xcode 27, the Simulator app has been replaced by DeviceHub on macOS.
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This pull request updates the iOS setup documentation, changing the command to open the iOS Simulator to use 'DeviceHub' instead of 'Simulator'. The reviewer correctly pointed out that this change is incorrect and would break the setup instructions, as the application remains named 'Simulator'.


```console
$ open -a Simulator
$ open -a DeviceHub

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The iOS Simulator application on macOS is named Simulator. There is no Xcode 27 (the current version is Xcode 16), and the Simulator has not been renamed to DeviceHub. Changing this command will break the setup instructions for all users.

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$ open -a DeviceHub
$ open -a Simulator

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This pull request updates the iOS setup documentation, changing the command to open the iOS Simulator to use 'DeviceHub' instead of 'Simulator'. The reviewer correctly pointed out that this change is incorrect and would break the setup instructions, as the application remains named 'Simulator'.

This change is correct. Issue #13490 was filed by @vashworth (Flutter team member at Google). Starting with Xcode 27 (currently in beta), the Simulator app has been replaced by DeviceHub on macOS.

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Starting with Xcode 27, the Simulator app is replaced by DeviceHub on macOS

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