Some simulators (e.g., BlackThunder) make use of the simulator in the iOS SDK to run a few chosen iOS apps that are recompiled for x86. Unlike its direct competitor, Android, there are practically no usable emulators, as the official iOS SDK (macOS-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. The second half, named iPadOS, is a fork of iOS for iPads that makes use of their larger screens, hence its name. Then, the iOS brand was split into two parts in 2019, with iOS now being the OS exclusively used in the iPhone and the now-defunct iPod Touch. IOS 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.įormerly, iOS was used for both Apple's phones and tablets. IOS and iPadOS are operating systems created by Apple. For emulators that run on IOS, see Emulators on iOS. This page is about software that emulates iOS on other hardware, like desktops.
