Script to compile, install and launch your iOS app on multiple simulators. Interactive simulator chooser, universal links and command line interface supported.

Multisim.sh

#!/bin/bash

#color codes
red=`tput setaf 1`
green=`tput setaf 2`
white_bg=`tput setab 7`
reset=`tput sgr0`

#check dependencies
command -v xcpretty >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "${red}xcpretty is required but it's not installed. Install via [sudo] gem install xcpretty. Aborting.${reset}"; exit 1; }
command -v fbsimctl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "${red}fbsimctl is required but it's not installed. Install via brew tap facebook/fb && brew install fbsimctl --HEAD. Aborting.${reset}"; exit 1; }

#build variables
BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER="com.mycompany.myapp"
BUILD_DIR="$HOME/Desktop/multisim-build"
WORKSPACE="MyApp"
SCHEME="MyApp"

# only set when building xcodeproj instead of xcworkspace
# optionally set via command line interface if you need to build a project
PROJECT=""
TARGET=""

#f.e bash multisim.sh --deeplink "http://myapp.com/somepath"
DEEPLINK=""

# help
SHOW_HELP=false
display_help() {
    echo "${green}${white_bg}Usage: $0 [options]${reset}" >&2
    echo
    echo "${green}${white_bg}If you don't want to specify all build variables via the script arguments you can set your default values directly in the code.${reset}"
    echo "${green}${white_bg}Therefore all the given options are not mandatory and only will override the specified build variables in code if they are explicitly set.${reset}"
    echo ""
    echo "${green}${white_bg}   -i, --identifier           bundle identifier of the app to start${reset}"
    echo "${green}${white_bg}   -d, --dir                  directory of the build output${reset}"
    echo "${green}${white_bg}   -w, --workspace            name of the workspace to compile${reset}"
    echo "${green}${white_bg}   -s, --scheme               name of the xcode scheme to compile, used when building workspaces${reset}"
    echo "${green}${white_bg}   -p, --project              name of the xcode project to compile, takes precedence over workspace${reset}"
    echo "${green}${white_bg}   -t, --target               name of the xcode target to compile, used when building projects${reset}"
    echo "${green}${white_bg}   -l, --deeplink             open a deeplink in safari${reset}"
    echo "${green}${white_bg}   -h, --help                 show this help information${reset}"
    echo
    exit 1
}

# if cli arguments are given override the default build values
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
do
key="$1"
case $key in
	-h|--help)
    SHOW_HELP=true
    shift
    ;;
    -i|--identifier)
    BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER="$2"
    echo "${red}${white_bg}Overriding default bundle identifier to: $BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER${reset}"
    shift
    ;;
    -d|--dir)
    BUILD_DIR="$2"
    echo "${red}${white_bg}Overriding default bundle directory to: $BUILD_DIR${reset}"
    shift
    ;;
    -w|--workspace)
    WORKSPACE="$2"
    echo "${red}${white_bg}Overriding default workspace to: $WORKSPACE${reset}"
    shift
    ;;
    -s|--scheme)
    SCHEME="$2"
    echo "${red}${white_bg}Overriding default scheme to: $SCHEME${reset}"
    shift
    ;;
    -p|--project)
    PROJECT="$2"
    echo "${red}${white_bg}Building project instead of workspace: $PROJECT${reset}"
    shift
    ;;
    -t|--target)
    TARGET="$2"
    echo "${red}${white_bg}Building target: $TARGET${reset}"
    shift
    ;;
    -l|--deeplink)
    DEEPLINK="$2"
    echo "${red}${white_bg}Set deeplink to: $DEEPLINK${reset}"
    shift
    ;;
    *)
	SHOW_HELP=true
	display_help
    ;;
esac
shift
done

if [ "$SHOW_HELP" = true ] ; then
    display_help
    exit 1;
fi


if [[ -z $BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER || -z $BUILD_DIR ]]; then
  echo "${red}${white_bg}Build variables are not set. Aborting.${reset}"
  exit 1;
fi

if [[ -z $WORKSPACE && -z $PROJECT ]]; then
  echo "${red}${white_bg}No project and no workspace configured. Aborting.${reset}"
  exit 1;
fi

if [[ -z $SCHEME && -z $TARGET ]]; then
  echo "${red}${white_bg}Neither a scheme nor a target was configured. Aborting.${reset}"
  exit 1;
fi

# remove previous builds and create a fresh build directory
rm -r $BUILD_DIR 2> /dev/null || echo > /dev/null; mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
echo "${red}${white_bg}Compiling app. Output in: $BUILD_DIR.${reset}"

# compile the app
if [ -z $PROJECT ]; then
	xcodebuild -arch i386 -sdk iphonesimulator -workspace "$WORKSPACE.xcworkspace" -scheme "$SCHEME" CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR="$BUILD_DIR" | xcpretty
else
	if [ -z $TARGET ]; then
		echo "${red}${white_bg}When building a project instead of a workspace a target is needed, set in code or via -t|--target option.${reset}"
		exit 1;
	else 
		xcodebuild -arch i386 -sdk iphonesimulator -project "$PROJECT.xcodeproj" -target "$TARGET" CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR="$BUILD_DIR" | xcpretty
	fi
fi
#choose which simulators to boot up
echo "${red}${white_bg}Type the numbers of the simulators you want to use comma-separated f.e: [1,2,4], followed by [ENTER]:${reset}"
fbsimctl list | awk '{printf("%01d | %s\n", NR, $0)}'
read SIMULATORS
if [ -z "${SIMULATORS}" ]; then
    echo "${red}${white_bg}No simulator selected. Aborting.${reset}"
    exit 1;
fi
SELECTED_SIMULATORS=`echo "$SIMULATORS" | sed -e "s/,/p;/g"`
SELECTED_SIMULATORS=`echo "$SELECTED_SIMULATORS" | awk '{printf("%sp", $0)}'`

#boot up simulators
PHONES=$(fbsimctl list | sed -n "$SELECTED_SIMULATORS" | cut -d '|' -f1 | tr -d '\n')
PHONE_NAMES=$(fbsimctl list | sed -n "$SELECTED_SIMULATORS" | cut -d '|' -f2)
echo -e "${red}${white_bg}Booting up Simulators for:\n$PHONE_NAMES${reset}"
fbsimctl $PHONES boot

#install app on simulators
echo "${red}${white_bg}Installing app on all the booted simulators.${reset}"
shopt -s extglob
SUFFIX='@(app)'
fbsimctl install "$BUILD_DIR/"*.$SUFFIX

#launch app on simulators or open via deeplink
if [ -z $DEEPLINK ]; then
    echo "${red}${white_bg}Launching app.${reset}"
    $(fbsimctl launch $BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)
else
    echo "${red}${white_bg}Launching app with specified deeplink: $DEEPLINK.${reset}"
    $(fbsimctl open "$DEEPLINK")
fi