iOS simulator: double click home button does not work sometimes

Question

With the iOS simulator version 10, double clicking the home button to bring up multitasking (running apps) sometimes does not respond. Even hitting (cmd + shift + h)x2 to simulate home button double click also works sometimes. I have verified this with a work mate and they have the same issue. I am not sure if this is a bug in the simulator or if there is a setting somewhere on for example the delay between the clicks? The answer from here did not make a difference.

Answer 1

I have this problem too when I want to close my app. So, I use command line instead:

xcrun simctl list | grep Booted

then copy simulator ID, and run this command to close app

xcrun simctl terminate <simulator ID> <your app bundle ID>

... or if you have only one simulator running, just type booted:

xcrun simctl terminate booted <your app bundle ID>

Answer 2

Enable this setting in the simulator hardware settings.

Hardware > Keyboard > Send Keyboard Shortcuts to Device

Command + Shift + H + H will no longer do anything BUT double tapping the home button on the simulator will start working as expected.