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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Determine if the widget is enabled

Is there any way to determine if my Today Widget is already added to Notification Centre by user? I need to know so I can change some Labels in host app accordingly.
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State of [PFUser currentUser] not persisted across main application and iOS Today extension

I've enabled local data sharing between my Parse application and iOS Today Extension following the official documentation here, making the necessary initialization calls in both the AppDelegate of my app and the viewDidLoad method of my extension,…
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How to frequently update today widget in notification center?

I am finding that my Notification Center widget does not reload very often. Because of this, out of date data being presented. I have not been able to find a way to get the widget to refresh every time I open the Today view. I have seen apps such as…
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iOS App Today Widget App Group Entitlement with Keychain Sharing Entitlement, Error on Device like Simulator -25243 (errSecNoAccessForItem)

Have an application that has been using Keychain Access for a bit and working fine. Added a Today Widget and then added the App Group Entitlement. All seems to be good, but now getting CRASH: Couldn't add the Keychain Item…
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Today widgets height issue

I'm developing an iOS today widget that displaying dynamic content using UITableView. In some cases the widget's content exceeds the height of Notification Center, but when using : [self…
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tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: in iOS Today Widget with UITableViewController called once

I'm trying to display data in Today Widget extension in UIViewController subclass. The number of items (rows) is alway 3 but the tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: is called only once. I've double-checked everything but cannot find a bug. Any…
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iOS 8 Today Widget shows up blank for a few seconds

My today widget takes between 0 and 5 seconds to show up after pulling down the notification center. As soon as I move up my notification center a bit, my widget disappears again. Once the widget is visible, everything works fine. What am I…
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Correct way to share data between app and Today widget when using Core Data + iCloud sync

I have an app with a Today widget extension. I need the app, widget, and other instances of the app and widget on other devices to all share data, so I'm using iCloud Core Data integration. At first, I had the app and widget (within a single device)…
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How do I exclude an IOS 8 app extension from a build?

I am building two versions of my app from the same code base, one for IOS 7/8 and one that is IOS 8 only. I would like to exclude the extension from the 7/8 applications but include it in the IOS 8 version. I've looked in the info.plist, the build…
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iOS 8 Today Widget and locked device

Sorry, my english is bad! I developed a today widget. I need to launch Maps App (for example) from the widget and do not work when the device is locked. How to detect a locked device and launch the unlock screen in this situation? Regards,
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Imports in and iOS Today Extension not working

I'm trying to import some libraries into a today extension (working fine in the main app). When I run the app, I get the errors: Undefined symbols for architecture i386: "_OBJC_CLASS_$_Budget", referenced from: objc-class-ref in…
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How to check if code runs in Today Extension or App

As UIApplication.sharedApplication() isn't available in the an iOS8 today widget/extension, how can I dynamically check if the code is currently running as widget or as app? When running the app I'd like to call…
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iOS 8 today widget notificationCenterVibrancyEffect in Interface Builder

When designing a today extension (widget) for the iOS 8 notification center with Interface Builder you can drag a Visual Effect Views with Blur and Vibrancy to your storyboard. To match the vibrancy effect of the notification center you should use…
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iOs today extension do not launch - lost connection to device

I created a today extension for my app and it works fine on my mobile, however if I try to launch the widget target on any other device I get this error I run xcode 6.0.1
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Installing the app Extension to the device?

I am trying to install my application extension on my iPhone device, but I am getting the following error: This application or a bundle it contains has the same bundle identifier as this application or another bundle that it contains. Bundle…
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