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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Unable to share data using Shared App Groups for Today Extension

I am trying to create a today extension that displays data from the parent app by using a shared app group container, and then adding the persistent store to a context. Add Today Extension Target Turn on app groups for parent app and extension and…
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How to specify vibrant appearance for secondary Today Centre widget text?

I am working on my first Today Centre widget, which simply consists of three labels on the default storyboard. It's working fine, but I read in the iOS Human Interface Guidelines that secondary text should "use the system-provided vibrant…
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Title of UIButton is not visible when UIVibrancyEffect is applied

I'm having trouble applying UIVibrancyEffect to my UIButtons in iOS today widget. I want them to like default "Edit" button in notification centre's Today section: As you can see in the screenshot, default button is vibrant and looks much better. I…
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iOS Todays Widget Extension - Animate UISlider

I'm creating todays extension within iOS. What I'm trying to do is to animate value change on UISlider added in todays extension. Animation should proceed from start value to end value. I tried to do it in two ways: First UIView animation func…
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Temporarily disable today extension

I have a today extension in my app that I want to leave out of the next version I submit to the App Store but keep in the project to submit in a later version. I've tried removing it from the Target Dependencies of the container app target but it…
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Exception when fetching parse.com user data in iOS 8 Today Extension

I am trying to fetch a list of PFObjects of a PFUser to display in the iOS 8 Today Widget. Following this blog post by Parse, I've enabled the same App Groups and Keychain Sharing in both my main app and extension in Xcode. I've also enabled the…
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EXC_BAD_ACCESS with viewWillTransitionToSize and Xcode 6.3

This code used to work in our today extension, but now EXC_BAD_ACCESS with using Xcode 6.3. What is the new problem? override func viewWillTransitionToSize(size: CGSize, withTransitionCoordinator coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator)…
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iOS App Today Extension not uploaded to physical device

I am creating a today widget for my app http://budgt.ch as some users have requested quick access to key functionality. The (preliminary) extension is working fine on iOS simulators, installed like this: 1) install latest container app 2) install…
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Can I read my app extension's info.plist in my host app?

I've built a today widget and I want to show what version is running in my host app's about screen. Is there a way to do that? I've tried replacing [NSBundle mainBundle] with bundleWithIdentifier but that fails. So, is there a way to get the…
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Directly access the Settings app from Today's Extension/Widget?

Is there a way to open Settings app from today's widget directly. If you need to open it from within the app. [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString]]; I have tried using this variation…
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How to open a specific View Controller from Today Widget?

I'm creating a simple today widget which contains one button, this button should - when pressed - open a specific View Controller in my corresponding application. The only solution I've thought of was to create a URL type which can only open the…
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iOS Today extension crash : removing inactive plug-in

I have set up Crashlytics for my app and I get these crash reports for a lot of users but I have no idea what is causing this. There is no information about this on the web either. Does anyone have any idea? Please..
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iOS8 today view widget not showing UITableViewController

I have just started learning how to create today view widgets on iOS8. I created a new target for the extension. Next step i deleted the default viewcontroller and classes and created a new UITableViewController and it's corresponding methods. I…
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When making "ipa" getting error : "none of valid provisioning profile allowed the specified entitlements:com.apple.security.application-groups"

I am making ipa of App having today-widget in xCode 6.1. After successful archive when I click on export-->> Save for adHoc deployment and getting following error : none of valid provisioning profile allowed the specified…
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Nothing happens if press on transparent part of uicollectionviewcell in iOS8 Today Extension

I have widget with collection of icons and these icons are on transparent background. UICollectionViewCell is also transparent. The problem is that if press on transparent part of the cell - (void)collectionView:didSelectItemAtIndexPath: is not…