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iPhone devices started the smartphone craze which would go on to replace conventional mobile phones in both Japan (which had its own subset of cell phones) and the rest of the world, with more advanced touch-controlled devices{{Infobox console|title = iOS|logo = IOS.png|developer = [[Apple Inc.]]|release = 2007|emulated = {{✗}}}}

Unlike their direct competitor:''This page is about software that emulates IOS on other hardware, [[Android like desktops.''{{for|emulatorsthat run on IOS|Android-based smartphones]], they have currently Emulators on iOS}} '''no working emulatorsiOS''', as devices started the official iOS SDK smartphone craze which would go on to replace conventional mobile phones in both Japan (macOS-onlywhich had its own subset of cell phones) only allows for running your own projectsand the rest of the world, i.e. they run code generated for an x86 target rather than ARM code as used by iOSwith more advanced touch-controlled devices.

==History of Failed iOS Emulation Attempts==Many of the Unlike their direct competitor, [[Android emulators|Android-based smartphones]], they currently available have '''"simulators"no usable emulators''' only try recreating popular , as the official iOS apps SDK (like browsersmacOS-only) only allows for running your own projects, i.e. they run code generated for an x86 target rather than ARM code as used by iOS. However some simulators e.g. [[BlackThunder]], make use of the simulator in the iOS SDK to run a PC application with no real few chosen iOS apps that are recompiled for x86. Unlike previous emulation involved. Some notable scams in such fashion are called '''iPadian''' or variations on the nametrails, BlackThunder firstly loads a highly trimmed Hackintosh image via VirtualBox, which loads Xcode and an iOS simulator into it, then runs iOS apps that are often '''adwares'''decompiled and recompiled for the x86 architecture.

* A project to emulate various smartphones ==Emulators=={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Platform(iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Apple TV 2Gs) called '''iEmu''', started in 2011 but got mysteriously abandoned two years later before anything usable surfaced. All pages related to the project were removed. It's speculated Apple had a hand in this.* Nowadays, a malicious APK file going by the '''iEmu''' moniker is also being circulated on blogs run by script kiddies claiming to offer a way to run iOS apps on Android. More often than not they're uploaded with the intention of generating revenue from unsuspecting users (through pay! scope="col"|Latest version! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]|-per|macOS Big Sur and up|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}|?|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-click URL shorteners) who fall easily for those types of scams.* There has been recently a project to provide a runtime for iOS apps to run on '''Android''' called |ipasim|aligh=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[httphttps://systemsgithub.cscom/ipasimulator/ipasim PatchV1.columbia0.edu/projects/cycada/ '''Cycada'''1] |{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}|-|Corellium (formerly known as '''Cider'''Virtualization), but not much progress has been made as of recently, and the original author was accused by some of being a sellout for leaving the project to work as a kernel programmer for Apple. * There was also a project based on |Web|[[QEMU]] that usually went around by the name QEMU-s5l89xx (based on the part number of the original iPhone), or iVMhttps://www. The last known commits to this project were in 2013, and it is unclear if this project will ever come to fruitioncorellium.com/ Website]|{{✗}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|}

Your best bet, until a new emulation effort is ever started, is to hope for whatever iOS app you are interested in, to have an Android port. Which is often sadly not the case (until very recently) for the vast majority ;macOS Big SurThe 17th major operating system of the older game apps, especially Japanese ones - as the Android is perceived often to be the more piracy-friendly platformmacOS line. That appears to be gradually changing lately It has support for iOS and isn't as much concern iPadOS applications for non-gaming appsApple M1 based Macs, but the older however some apps are unlikely not installed due to get ported for the most partApple DRM.

==History of failed iOS emulation attempts==Many of the currently available '''"simulators"''' only try recreating popular iOS apps (like browsers) in a PC application with no real emulation involved. Some notable [[Emulator scams|scams]] in such fashion are distributed in called '''iPadian''' or variations on the IPA format. Like its Android counterpart, APK filesname, they can be opened as a regular 7z file most of the time and their contents dissected this wayare often '''malware'''.

==* A project to emulate various smartphones (iPhone models==, iPod Touch, iPad, Apple TV 2G) called '''iEmu''', started in 2011 but got mysteriously abandoned two years later before anything usable surfaced. All pages related to the project were removed. It's speculated Apple had a hand in this.* Nowadays, a malicious APK file going by the '''iEmu''' moniker is also being circulated on blogs run by script kiddies claiming to offer a way to run iOS apps on Android. More often than not they're uploaded with the intention of generating revenue from impressionable users (through pay-per-click URL shorteners) who fall easily for those types of scams.====[* There has been recently a project to provide a runtime for iOS apps to run on '''Android''' called [wikipediahttp:IPhone_//systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/cycada/ '''Cycada'''] (1st_generationformerly known as '''Cider''')|iPhone]]====The iPhone was released on June 29, 2007but not much progress has been made as of recently, and the original author was accused by some of being a sellout for leaving the project to work as a kernel programmer for <abbr title=Apple.(NOTE: If you will try searching "$601.70 in 2018 moneyCider apk">$499</abbr> and completely revolutionized you will get an iphone 12 launcher adware, even on uptodown or malavida) * There was also a project based on [[QEMU]] that usually went around by the cellphone market. It had a Samsung 32name QEMU-bit RISC ARM 1176JZs5l89xx (Fbased on the part number of the original iPhone)-S v1, or iVM.0 at 620 MHz, PowerVR MBX Lite 3D GPUThe last known commits to this project were in 2013, and 128MB of RAMit is unclear if this project will ever come to fruition.

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