Unity Game won't run on iPad OS: Failed to find matching arch for input file

I’m having trouble getting an iOS game I built with unity to run on any of my simulators. I’ve spent hours looking for answers but I keep going in circles. I tried this but it didn’t work.

I need the iPad screenshots to submit my game, but currently it only runs on the iPhone 6 that I have.

Here’s the error I’m getting after I build:

Failed to find matching arch for input file: /[file path]

Simulator iOS version: 15.2
Xcode version: 13.2.1
Unity version: 2018.4

Architectures:

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Unity builds cannot run on the simulator. The simulator itself is a different build target in XCode, it can only run apps that were built for it, and Unity does not support building for the simulator.

I’m not sure about M1 Macs, since they do use the same CPU architecture as iPhones and iPads.

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I see. Thanks for the answer! I’ll look for another way to get the screenshots I need.

Unity support building to Simulator. You just have to select the targeting SDK in Player Settings.

BTW for screenshots you don’t need to run on actual devices. You just have to make the screenshot the same dimensions of the device screen resolution.

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