Questions tagged [ios8-today-widget]

Refers to the "Today" widget in the notifications center of iOS devices.

Refers to the "Today" widget in the notifications center of iOS devices.

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iOS Today Widget with custom font terminated due to memory error

Today Widget We have an iOS 8+ app that uses a custom font. The TTF file is bundled with the app. We are now in the process of making a today widget (extension) that needs to use the same custom font in order to properly show the contents. The TTF…
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Today extension work properly on ios 8 but in ios 7 and above

I have added today widget in my app. it shows today notification in app on ios 8 properly. but when i tried to run my app on ios 7. its not showing notification in today. as per my research on google my device is not jailbroken. both the target…
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Using Auto Layout to specify dynamic Notification Center widget height

My Notification Center widget will need to have a dynamic height based on the content it contains. I have a simple interface - a single UILabel with a UICollectionView underneath. (The collection view will grow in height based on the size I provide…
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iOS8 Today Widget sometimes won't load

I have an issue where my Today widget sometimes won't load. It just shows a snapshot of it's previous state. Sometimes it'll start working on it's own as well. I don't think it's crashing as I don't see any crash data in the device log, nor is it…
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Custom button still not drawing in Today Extension

I posted this question 9 days ago. I haven't figured it out so I'm reposting with code and screenshots. I have a custom button that works fine in the host app but doesn't draw completely in the Today Extension. Here's what it should look like in the…
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Transparent text color in a Today View Widget

I'm trying to get the same color/transparent effect as Apple has used on the bottom borders of table view cells in the today view. How can I also use this effect on for example a UILabel? How do you get the white transparent effect on a UILabel in a…
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Today widget doesn't update from TestFlight / Enterprise distribution

I have an app that contains a Today Widget and it's working fine during debug as well as the first version distributed using TestFlight & HockeyApp. The problem occurs when the user updates to a newer build through their service. The widget seems to…
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Custom button not displaying in Today Extension

I have some custom buttons in my host app that I'd like to use in the Today Extension. They work just fine in the app but do not display in the widget. The button on the left is my custom button class, the one on the right is a UIButton. If I…
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Today Extension widget-Call web service on button action

I am new in Today Extension Widget Any one tell me how to call a web service using button on today Extenstion widget? How can i call it? is it use the class used for calling webservice from my Main app to call even if the app is in closed state or…
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iOS today widget only shows up while debugging

I am developing an app with swift using a today widget for notification center. The widget works: when using the simulator when starting the widget separately using xcode The widget does not work when starting the main app using xcode on my…
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Call function when Notification Center is dismissed

I am just coding my first iOS app using a today widget (using Swift). I was wondering if there is a function that is called whenever my app comes back to the foreground after dismissing the notification center. I know I can use an Observer to check…
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How can I cancel Notification Center Visual Effect (iOS) for an specific view?

I have applied my function applyVibrancy on the viewDidLoad method of my mainViewController for my Today Widget application. override func viewDidLoad() { applyVibrancy() } func applyVibrancy() { let oldView = self.view var effectView =…
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iOS today widget contents sometimes disappear and redraw

I read from the apple documentation that in today widget, system takes a snapshot and when the widget needs to be drawn, it first show the snapshot and then perform update if needed. To help your widget look up to date, the system occasionally…
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Ensuring 'Today' extension has updated information from Core Data

I have an application and a today extension that are sharing a Core Data persistent store using a security group identifier. The main app updates the Core Data store and the extension only reads from the store. I am using a…
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Sharing large assets between app and extension while supporting iOS7

At its basic level my app could be described as a viewer for a large (61M) readonly sqlite database. I am developing a today extension which will require access to this database, but I am struggling to find a way to share this data. These are the…