xcode 9 simulator error unable to boot the simulator launchd failed to respond mac os sierra

ios, ios-simulator, xcode

Solution

In this case, `launchd` is crashing when trying to launch.

This could be as a result of deleting the `/private/tmp` folder.

To resolve this, I typed the following commands on my terminal:

sudo mkdir /private/tmp 
sudo chmod 1777 /private/tmp

Problem

xcode 9 simulator error unable to boot the simulator launchd failed to respond mac os sierra I ave tried deleting contents from derived data, restarting Xcode , Uninstall and install of xcode etc.

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