Migrate from the HockeySDK to App Center SDK for tvOS
Important
Visual Studio App Center is scheduled for retirement on March 31, 2025. While you can continue to use Visual Studio App Center until it is fully retired, there are several recommended alternatives that you may consider migrating to.
Follow this documentation if you're looking to update your application to use App Center SDK instead of HockeySDK.
1. Update the libraries
1.1 Remove old HockeySDK
Manual
If you've added the SDK manually, follow these steps:
Remove
HockeySDK.framework
reference from the XCode project. Click the Remove reference button, don't click Move to Trash button.Open your project settings and under Build Settings tab in the Header Search Paths / Framework Search Paths sections, remove the locations for header files related to HockeySDK.
Open your project settings and under Build Phases tab in the Link Binary with Libraries section, remove the dependency entries related to HockeySDK.
Delete
HockeySDK.framework
from the file system.
Podfile
If you've added the SDK using CocoaPods, remove the pod "HockeySDK-tvOS"
line from the Podfile, then run pod install
.
Carthage
Remove HockeySDK references from the
Cartfile
. DeleteCartfile.Resolved
from the file system.Delete
HockeySDK.framework
andHockeySDK.framework.dSYM
from the XCode project and click the Move to Trash button.Open the Build Phases tab and locate the Run Script section. Remove HockeyApp from the
input.xcfilelist
andoutput.xcfilelist
.
1.2 Add the new App Center SDK
The App Center SDK supports integration via Cocoapods, Carthage, Swift Package Manager and by using the Frameworks in your Xcode project. Read detailed instructions how to how to integrate the App Center SDK in the App Center SDK documentation.
Note
The App Center SDK is designed with a modular approach so you can use any or all of the services. See the equivalences in the next table:
HockeyApp class | App Center module |
---|---|
MetricsManager |
Analytics |
CrashManager |
Crashes |
2. Update the SDK setup code
2.1 Convert the application identifier
The App Center SDK uses application identifiers in the globally unique identifier (GUID) format. Your HockeyApp App ID can be used by App Center but you need to convert it to a different format. To convert the identifier you must add four hyphens to get an 8-4-4-4-12 representation.
Before (HockeyApp):
00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff
After (App Center):
00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff
2.2 Replace SDK initialization in the application code
Replace the following imports in your AppDelegate class.
Before:
@import HockeySDK;
import HockeySDK
After:
@import AppCenter; @import AppCenterAnalytics; @import AppCenterCrashes;
import AppCenter import AppCenterAnalytics import AppCenterCrashes
Replace registration code
Find the
didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
method and replace HockeyApp code occurrences.Before:
[[BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager] configureWithIdentifier:@"APP_IDENTIFIER"]; [[BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager] startManager];
BITHockeyManager.shared().configure(withIdentifier: "APP_IDENTIFIER") BITHockeyManager.shared().start()
After:
[MSACAppCenter start:@"{Your app secret}" withServices:@[[MSACAnalytics class], [MSACCrashes class]]];
AppCenter.start(withAppSecret: "{Your App Secret}", services: [Analytics.self, Crashes.self])
Replace HockeyApp API calls throughout the application. The detailed API mapping tables are given below.
3. Services and feature comparison
Core
Feature | HockeyApp | App Center |
---|---|---|
Adjust log level | [BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager].logLevel = BITLogLevelVerbose |
[MSACAppCenter setLogLevel:MSACLogLevelVerbose] |
Analytics
The HockeySDK collects metrics by default. The App Center SDK doesn't collect any (analytics) metrics by default. To collect metrics using the App Center SDK, pass MSACAnalytics
to the start:
method.
Feature | HockeyApp | App Center |
---|---|---|
Automatically track sessions | Enabled by default | Documentation (enabled by default) |
Custom events with properties | Yes | [MSACAnalytics trackEvent:withProperties:] |
Disable service at runtime | [BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager].disableMetricsManager = YES |
[MSACAnalytics setEnabled:NO] |
Crashes
The HockeySDK reports crashes by default. Crashes will be immediately sent to the server the next time the app is launched.
The App Center SDK doesn't report any crashes by default. To collect crashes using the App Center SDK, pass MSACCrashes
to the start:
method.
Feature | HockeyApp | App Center |
---|---|---|
Automatically send crashes | Enabled by default | Documentation (enabled by default) |
Generate a test crash | [[BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager].crashManager generateTestCrash] |
[MSACCrashes generateTestCrash] |
Info about the previous crash | [[BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager].crashManager lastSessionCrashDetails] |
[MSACCrashes lastSessionCrashReport] |
Attach additional meta data | Yes | Documentation (can be attached from delegate) |
Customize user dialog | setCrashReportUIHandler | Documentation (not provided by default) |
Disable service at runtime | [[BITHockeyManager sharedHockeyManager] setDisableCrashManager: YES] |
[MSACCrashes setEnabled:NO] |