How to use Crashlytics with iOS / OS X today view extensions?

crashlytics, ios, ios-extensions, osx-extensions, today-extension

Solution

Crashlytics support got in touch with me and provided these steps. I tested them and it now works for me iOS 8 app.

Add the Crashlytics Run Script Build Phase to your extension's target as well (copy / paste the same you added to your main app)

Add the `Crashlytics.framework` to your extension's linked libraries (e.g. simply check the extension target in its file inspector)

Add the `Crashlytics.startWithAPIKey("yourApiKey")` to your extension's view controller's `initWithCoder`method. (In Apple's today extension template it is called `TodayViewController` by default)

> if you have no `initWithCoder` method yet, it should look like this afterwards:

required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    super.init(coder: aDecoder)
    Crashlytics.startWithAPIKey("yourApiKey")
}

Problem

Since today extensions run as separated a process I am sure they will not log any crashes out of the box. I assume we need to initialize Crashlytics on the widget separately. E.g. in the `viewDidLoad` method of the `TodayViewController`. - Is anybody already using Crashlytics inside any iOS / OS X extensions? If so, how did you implemented it? - I am also wondering if it would make sense to create a separate app in Crashlytics just for the extension.

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