While we used to be able to obtain crash logs when users sync'd with iTunes Connect at ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/
, now most users don't do this. Thus, the new process for obtaining crash logs on iOS9 is outlined here by Apple.
Specifically:
- Open Settings app
- Go to Privacy, then Diagnostics & Usage
- Select Diagnostics & Usage Data
- Locate the log for the crashed app. The logs will be named in the format:
- Select the desired log. Then, using the text selection UI select the entire text of the log. Once the text is selected, tap Copy
- Paste the copied text to Mail and send to an email address as desired
However, this is what most my users end up sending to me, below. I see nothing useful pertaining to a stack:
{"bug_type":"179","os_version":"iPhone OS 9.2 (13C75)"}
{
"scheduled" : true,
"machine_config" : "iPhone7,1",
"log_version" : 2,
"region_format" : "US",
"os_version" : "iPhone OS 9.2 (13C75)",
"language" : "en-US",
"sessions_data" : [
{
"app_arch" : "arm-64bit",
"app_build_version" : "0018",
"app_version" : "5.0001",
"app_adamid" : 00000000,
"app_sessionreporter_key" : "FFFFFFFF-1C4B-40E5-B631-BF9AE48B775D",
"app_storefront" : 143441,
"app_bundleid" : "com.myapp",
"app_events" : [
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T07:21:17-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 390
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T07:28:46-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 2
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T07:52:30-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 8
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T09:11:23-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 29
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T09:45:41-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 830
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T10:13:13-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 227
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T12:15:17-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 228
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T12:20:55-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 439
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T13:33:47-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 59
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T14:51:18-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 128
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T15:19:31-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 428
},
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T15:31:50-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 93
}
],
"app_is_beta" : false,
"slice_uuid" : "98293BB1-C91D-386F-825E-771AB68D9BE4",
"app_cohort" : "3|date=1310628600000&sf=143441"
},
{
"app_arch" : "arm-64bit",
"app_build_version" : "18972819",
"app_version" : "46.0",
"app_adamid" : 284882215,
"app_sessionreporter_key" : "B5155ABF-327F-4CCE-AEFB-8C733DC6EC96",
"app_storefront" : 143441,
"app_bundleid" : "com.facebook.Facebook",
"app_events" : [
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T10:00:55-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 473
}
],
"app_is_beta" : false,
"slice_uuid" : "F5D785A1-9DAF-32F7-A6DB-9738AF007735",
"app_cohort" : "3|date=1254358800000&sf=143441"
},
{
"app_arch" : "arm-64bit",
"app_build_version" : "20150927.114236",
"app_version" : "7.1.1",
"app_adamid" : 329670577,
"app_sessionreporter_key" : "D69640D5-7389-4148-B3DF-2093F1C486A4",
"app_storefront" : 143441,
"app_bundleid" : "com.taptaptap.CameraPlus",
"app_events" : [
{
"date" : "2015-12-29T15:04:40-0800",
"state" : "foregroundRunning",
"type" : "app_session",
"duration" : 685
}
],
"app_is_beta" : false,
"slice_uuid" : "327F314B-C34D-3015-A41C-0DB1374A0095",
"app_cohort" : "3|date=1301902200000&sf=143441"
}
],
"log_timestamp" : "2015-12-29T15:48:31-0800"
Does the process described on Apple's website above actually work? If so, any speculation on why all my users are able to provide is the truncated form below? And if not, what is the process by which I may obtain on-device crash logs from my users that does not involve trying to get them to install XCode?