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Linking Embrace

Integrating the Embrace Apple SDK can be accomplished using either the Swift Package Manager or CocoaPods. The information below outlines the steps for both methods. Additionally, you can pull down the open-source repository and integrate it manually if your app requires a custom setup.

  1. Swift Package Manager: Use Xcode to manage the Embrace dependency for you.
  2. CocoaPods: Simply add EmbraceIO to your Podfile to automate most of the integration process.

Swift Package Manager​

For your project, you'll want to add a package dependency in Xcode. Select File > Add Package Dependencies... and enter the repository URL https://github.com/embrace-io/embrace-apple-sdk.git into the search bar.

Be sure to set the Dependency Rule to a recent release. When "Choose Package Products for embrace-apple-sdk" appears, Xcode will add all libraries to your application by default. For the most straightforward installation, select either EmbraceIO or EmbraceIO-Dynamic to add to your application target. For all other package products, do not add these to your target by selecting None.

Explanation of Package Products

Here's a quick summary of the 5 products this package contains:

  1. EmbraceIO - This is the recommend product to install for quick integration. It provides a convenience layer over EmbraceCore to simplify the setup interface.
  2. EmbraceCore - This is the implementation of the Embrace SDK. If you'd like to customize your integration, this product allows you to.
  3. EmbraceCrash - This contains the Embrace Crash Reporter. We keep this as a separate target for those apps that may not want crash reporting enabled, or may want to use a separate crash reporter. It is included as a dependency of EmbraceIO, but not EmbraceCore.
  4. EmbraceCrashlyticsSupport - This product enables Crashlytics/Firebase as your primary crash reporter. Embrace will continue to mirror reports sent to Crashlytics, ensuring that data is still available in the Embrace Dashboard. This is an optional product for those who specifically need Crashlytics as their crash reporter but also want to leverage the Embrace Dashboard.
  5. EmbraceSemantics - This module contains constants and attributes used internally to extend OTel Semantic Conventions.
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We also distribute each product statically and dynamically. The *-Dynamic products should be used if you prefer dynamic libraries.

CocoaPods​

Installing through CocoaPods is straightforward. Add the main pod to your Podfile:

pod 'EmbraceIO', '~> 6.3.0'

By default, this command installs all the necessary components to use the SDK.

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If you wish to continue using Crashlytics as your primary crash reporter while also having those crashes reported to the Embrace Dashboard and using all associated features, you will need to install an additional pod:

pod 'Embrace/EmbraceCrashlyticsSupport'

Known Issues​

  • We rely on OpenTelemetry-Swift which as of today does not have official CocoaPods support. We are working with the community to provide this support but in the meantime we work around this issue by wrapping the OpenTelemetry binary as part of our podspec. In practice this means that our SDK will not be compatible with other SDKs that do their own version of this work around.