Swiftgram/docs/Guide-Installation-Setup-Advanced-template.md

Version 3.5.1

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Introduction

This article describes how to integrate HockeyApp into your iOS apps using a Git submodule and Xcode sub-projects. The SDK allows testers to update your app to another beta version right from within the application. It will notify the tester if a new update is available. The SDK also allows to send crash reports. If a crash has happened, it will ask the tester on the next start whether he wants to send information about the crash to the server.

This document contains the following sections:

• Requirements
• Set up Git submodule
• Set up Xcode
• Modify Code
• Additional Options

Requirements

The SDK runs on devices with iOS 5.0 or higher.

Set up Git submodule

1. Open a Terminal window

2. Change to your projects directory `cd /path/to/MyProject'

3. If this is a new project, initialize Git: git init

4. Add the submodule: git submodule add git://github.com/bitstadium/HockeySDK-iOS.git Vendor/HockeySDK. This would add the submodule into the Vendor/HockeySDK subfolder. Change this to the folder you prefer.

5. Releases are always in the master branch while the develop branch provides the latest in development source code (Using the git flow branching concept). We recommend using the master branch!

Set up Xcode

1. Find the HockeySDK.xcodeproj file inside of the cloned HockeySDK-iOS project directory.

2. Drag & Drop it into the Project Navigator (⌘+1).

3. Select your project in the Project Navigator (⌘+1).

4. Select your app target.

5. Select the tab Build Phases.

6. Expand Link Binary With Libraries.

7. Add libHockeySDK.a

   

8. Select Add Other....

9. Select CrashReporter.framework from the Vendor/HockeySDK/Vendor folder

   

10. Add the following system frameworks, if they are missing:

    • CoreText
    • CoreGraphics
    • Foundation
    • QuartzCore
    • Security
    • SystemConfiguration
    • UIKit

11. Expand Copy Bundle Resource.

12. Drag HockeySDKResources.bundle from the HockeySDK sub-projects Products folder and drop into the Copy Bundle Resource section

13. Select Build Settings

14. Add the following Header Search Path

    $(SRCROOT)/Vendor/HockeySDK/Classes

Modify Code

1. Open your AppDelegate.m file.

2. Add the following line at the top of the file below your own #import statements:

    #import "HockeySDK.h"
   

3. Search for the method application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:

4. Add the following lines:

    [[BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager] configureWithIdentifier:@"APP_IDENTIFIER"];
    [[BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager] startManager];
    [[BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager].authenticator authenticateInstallation];
   

5. Replace APP_IDENTIFIER with the app identifier of your beta app. If you don't know what the app identifier is or how to find it, please read this how-to.

6. If you want to see beta analytics, use the beta distribution feature with in-app updates, restrict versions to specific users, or want to know who is actually testing your app, you need to follow the instructions on our guide Identify and authenticate users of Ad-Hoc or Enterprise builds

Note: The SDK is optimized to defer everything possible to a later time while making sure e.g. crashes on startup can also be caught and each module executes other code with a delay some seconds. This ensures that applicationDidFinishLaunching will process as fast as possible and the SDK will not block the startup sequence resulting in a possible kill by the watchdog process.

Additional Options

Mac Desktop Uploader

The Mac Desktop Uploader can provide easy uploading of your app versions to HockeyApp. Check out the installation tutorial.

Xcode Documentation

This documentation provides integrated help in Xcode for all public APIs and a set of additional tutorials and how-tos.

1. Download the HockeySDK-iOS documentation.

2. Unzip the file. A new folder HockeySDK-iOS-documentation is created.

3. Copy the content into ~/Library/Developer/Shared/Documentation/DocSets

The documentation is also available via the following URL: http://hockeyapp.net/help/sdk/ios/3.5.1/

Set up with xcconfig

Instead of manually adding the missing frameworks, you can also use our bundled xcconfig file.

1. Create a new Project.xcconfig file, if you don't already have one (You can give it any name)

   Note: You can also add the required frameworks manually to your targets Build Phases an continue with step 4. instead.

   a. Select your project in the Project Navigator (⌘+1).

   b. Select the tab Info.

   c. Expand Configurations.

   d. Select Project.xcconfig for all your configurations

    <img src="XcodeFrameworks1_normal.png"/>
   

2. Open Project.xcconfig in the editor

3. Add the following line:

   #include "../Vendor/HockeySDK/Support/HockeySDK.xcconfig"

   (Adjust the path depending where the Project.xcconfig file is located related to the Xcode project package)

   Important note: Check if you overwrite any of the build settings and add a missing $(inherited) entry on the projects build settings level, so the HockeySDK.xcconfig settings will be passed through successfully.

4. If you are getting build warnings, then the .xcconfig setting wasn't included successfully or its settings in Other Linker Flags get ignored because $(inherited) is missing on project or target level. Either add $(inherited) or link the following frameworks manually in Link Binary With Libraries under Build Phases:

   • CoreText
   • CoreGraphics
   • Foundation
   • QuartzCore
   • Security
   • SystemConfiguration
   • UIKit