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Objective-C SDK crash
Hi,
in my project I am using the Objective-C SDK: I am updating the app to use scopes and short lived tokens. I added the SDK to the project by manually copying all the classes.
I am getting a really strange crash I have never seen before. The crash occurs when I try to connect my app to Dropbox. When my app is called back after the authorization flow it always crashes. For what I understand, the problem is within the method "+ (DBTransportDefaultConfig *)transportConfig" of the class "DBClientsManager". At runtime the returned instance is of a different type, and is not of the type "DBTransportDefaultConfig". So when you use it within the private method "db_addAuthorizedClientWithToken", the app crashes. With the debugger I can see the instance is of the right class ("DBTransportDefaultConfig") when it is saved with the method "+ (void)setTransportConfig:", so it is really strange. Also, if I run the app again (after the crash) it doesn't crash anymore and it is connected to Dropbox.
The crash occurs on Xcode 12.2 and 12.3, with iOS 14.2 and 14.3. I have updated all the classes to the latest version (commit 500).
Thank you and best regards,
Mario
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Thanks for the report! To make sure I can reproduce the exact issue you're seeing, can you share the code snippet you're running that triggers this, and indicate on which line in particular it happens?
Also, you mentioned you installed the SDK "by manually copying all the classes". Are you referring to the "Manually add subproject" installation method? If not, the SDK may not be installed correctly. We only officially support the installation methods listed here. If you're not using one of those, please switch to one of them.
And, you mentioned you're using commit 500. We recommend only installing a particular release version though, not a particular commit version, e.g., from master. The latest release version is v5.0.4. Please try installing v5.0.4 via an officially supported installation method and let me know if the issue issue still occurs.
Hi Greg,
thank you for your answer. Yes, I installed the latest release (version v5.0.4). I installed it manually by following the steps of the pod file, so it shouldn't be an installation problem. Infact, as said with the previous message, the crash only occurs just after my app is called back after the authorization flow. If I run again the app there are no crashes and the app is correctly linked to Dropbox.
The exact line that triggers the crash is the line 43 of the class DBTransportBaseClient : this is the first line in which the parameter "transportConfig" is used, and the crash occurs because at runtime the parameter is of a different class, not the "DBTransportBaseConfig" one, and so it crashes because the instance doesn't have an "appKey" method.
Hope this helps.
Mario
- Greg-DB
Thanks for following up. First, when you say you "installed it manually by following the steps of the pod file", do you mean you followed the "CocoaPods" installation method instructions in particular?
Also, I understand you saw the issue occur in DBTransportBaseClient, but it would be helpful to know what code you were running yourself, and on which line of that the issue occurred. For instance, you said it "occurs just after my app is called back after the authorization flow", so it sounds like it's occurring during the "Handle redirect back into SDK" step. Is that correct? For example, is it occurring when your app calls "handleRedirectURL", or something else? Please share the relevant code you're running (not in the Dropbox SDK itself) for reference.
These additional details for how to replicate your scenario would be useful, since this issue doesn't reproduce for me. I've installed the official Dropbox Objective-C SDK v5.0.4 using CocoaPods into a project, set up the authorization flow as documented, and run the project using Xcode 12.3 on a device running iOS 14.2, and it doesn't crash for me.
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