How to use Crashlytics with iMessage Extensions?

Question

I have an iMessage extension within my iOS app. Can Crashlytics capture its crashes?

I've tried adding the same Fabric entry from my main app's Info.plist into my iMessage extension's Info.plist, and adding the following to my MSMessagesAppViewController subclass (as recommended for Today widget intregation):

- (instancetype _Nonnull)initWithNibName:(NSString * _Nullable)nibNameOrNil
                                  bundle:(NSBundle * _Nullable)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil
                           bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self)
    {
        // Start up Answers and Crashlytics
        [Fabric with:[NSArray<id> arrayWithObjects:
                      [Answers class],
                      [Crashlytics class],
                      nil]];
    }

    return self;
}

But when I start iMessage and choose my iMessage extension, it just hangs on the previous screenshot. It never starts.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 04 '18 at 14:24

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Mike from Fabric here.

We have experimental support for only Crashlytics on iMessage Extensions. To get things working:

Add your Fabric Run Script Build Phase to your extension's target. Copy and paste the one in your main app.
Add the Fabric and Crashlytics.framework to your extension's linked libraries
Add the Crashlytics.startWithAPIKey("YourActualApiKey") to your extension's view controller's initWithCodermethod. If you don't have an initWithCoder method currently, it should look like this in the end:

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

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27153383/3975963

edited May 04 '18 at 14:24

Jyoti mishra

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answered Nov 04 '16 at 15:52

Mike Bonnell

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The link appears to be broken. Any update on iMessage extension support? – nrj Jul 12 '17 at 09:34
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Modified my answer @nrj to provide more details. – Mike Bonnell Jul 12 '17 at 12:23
Does is it also work for iMessage app (not extension)? – Nikhil Manapure Oct 05 '17 at 09:35
I haven't tested it explicitly, but would expect it to work. Again, I've done no testing on it yet. – Mike Bonnell Oct 05 '17 at 19:56
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I just finished adding this to our iMessage extension and it appears to work just fine. I would just note that now we use `Fabric.with([Crashlytics.self])` rather than `Crashlytics.startWithAPIKey("yourApiKey")`. – Mike Dec 12 '17 at 16:32
Does `Crashlytics` call `CrashlyticsDelegate` when a previous crash occurred on an app extension? https://stackoverflow.com/q/61801745/9636 – Heath Borders May 14 '20 at 15:59

How to use Crashlytics with iMessage Extensions?

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