iOS simulator detection

import 'package:is_ios_simulator/is_ios_simulator.dart';

final result = await isIosSimulator();
print(result);

Alternative API (used internally by the top-level isIosSimulator function):

final detection = IosSimulatorDetection();
final result = await detection.isIosSimulator();

print(result);

Uses conditional imports to avoid breaking web builds and returns false on non-iOS platforms.

Motivation

Existing packages such as device_info_plus provide broad device info, introducing additional transitive dependencies (e.g., win32, win32_registry) when only iOS simulator detection is required.

Unused dependencies and/or code introduce additional surface area and maintenance overhead in the long term.

Useful for published pub.dev packages that may want to detect an iOS simulator while adding a single, tiny transitive dependency.

Swift Implementation

#if targetEnvironment(simulator)
    return true
#else
    return false
#endif

Libraries

is_ios_simulator

Detects whether the application is running on an iOS Simulator.