instana / iosagent

Instana iOSAgent

Changelog |

---

iOS agent to use Instana for your iOS app. The monitoring currently supports:

• Session Start
• Capture HTTP sessions automatically or manually
• Automatic delivery of device & app information (like bundle identifer, version, language, iOS device information)
• Send custom event (This can be especially helpful to send logs, to track additional performance metrics or errors.)
• [Beta] Crash reporting, plus CPU exception, disk write exception, hang diagnostics and app launch diagnostics
• [Beta] Automatic screen name capture

Optionally:

• Ignore full URLs by regex or full URLs
• Set global meta data (key/value)
• Set user specific data (like id, name and email)
• Set the current visible view to match with the HTTP sessions

Requirements

• iOS 11+
• Swift 5.4+

Installation

To install the iOS agent, use Swift Package Manager (via Xcode) or CocoaPods.

Swift Package Manager

1. Open Xcode.
2. Open your Xcode project.
3. Select menu File -> Add Package Dependencies...
4. In the window that pops up, enter the repository https://github.com/instana/iOSAgent in the Search or Enter Package URL field. Then, select iosagent from the search result and click Add Package button.

CocoaPods

1. Within your Podfile specification, add the following:

   pod 'InstanaAgent'

2. To download the dependencies, run pod install.

Setup

Just initialize the Instana iOS agent with the following setup. Make sure to call setup very early in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions

import InstanaAgent

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey : Any]? = nil) -> Bool {
    let options = InstanaSetupOptions(enableCrashReporting: <true or false>)
	Instana.setup(key: <Your Instana Key>, reportingURL: <Your Instana instance URL>, options: options)

	....
	return true
}

Notes on diagnostic log report

1. Diagnostic test, crash as an example, needs to be done on physical devices: iPhone, iPad etc. Simulator is of no help.
2. The lowest versions that support crash reporting are iOS 14.0 and macOS 12.0.
3. A valid bundle id other than com.instana.ios.InstanaAgentExample for your test app is also a must.

API

See API page.