iOS 8 Today widget does not appear when running the project

Question

I have an app with 2 targets and added a today widget. When I run it it doesn't appear on the today notifications Edit/ in the "Do not include" section, where it normally appears the first time with my other apps. Any idea what could be going wrong? I get the entitlements missing warning for the extension but i get this for the ones that work too ( have tried adding one, doesn't help).

Also if i try attach it as a process under the debug menu, it does not appear there at all/

I have tried deleting app from simulator and resetting etc, I have tried with another app that has multiple targets as i thought this may be the problem but the other one works.

Anyone else have a similar experience or can suggest anything?

Edit 6 Oct 2014: I still haven't found a solution, but my project does not use arm64. Could this be the issue ? i have tried removing arm64 from other projects but I think Xcode 6 doesn't allow it so I can't test it, does anyone know if this is a possibility?

Karakoram

I think that (lack of arm64) is the problem - can't remember where I read it though. – Geldens

#26236833 – Harriman

Answer 1

In my case, the reason for the widget not being shown in the list of widget was a too high deployment target number. For the widget, I had 9.0. However, I downgraded my iPhone from 9.0 to 8.4 and forgot to change it for the widget.

After changing it to 8.4, the widget immediately appeared on the iPhone.

Property

This was basically my issue as well, but with a twist. I had my main app set to a deployment target of 8.2 but the widget, by default, came in as 9.x (don't remember the minor version). Since I was testing in an 8.4 simulator, the widget did not appear. My point, is I assumed that the widget would take the same deployment target as the main app. It did not. – Emmi

Answer 2

Make sure you're running the containing app not the extension in the simulator.

Wallasey

Answer 3

I have seen this issue when there is a mismatch in the bundleID between the app and the extension.

Example (Correct):

App bundleid: com.yourcompany.myapp

Ext bundleid: com.yourcompany.myapp.myextension

The extension needs to have the entire bundleID of the app, followed by its own name.

Erde

Answer 4

Make sure:

1. "Deployment Target" is same to containing app's (@vomako 's answer);
2. Bundle ID follows correct format: "com.yourcompany.myapp.myextension", while your containing app's is "com.yourcompany.myapp" (@RohitGupta 's answer);
3. While debugging, you need to run widget/extension scheme (not containing app's scheme here. But if archive to submit to App Store, use containing app's scheme);
4. "Build Settings"'s "WRAPPER_EXTENSION" is "appex".

Point 4 was not mentioned in all answers (even official doc), but happened in my case.

I created Today Widget for my existing project in a workspace, not works at all. However, when I create pure new project with Today Widget, it works well. Then I compare the Build Setting one by one and found this difference: The one created for my existing project is "app", not "appex".

After changing it to "appex", works.

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Also, as tips, in order to pass App Review, you must:

• Include the arm64 (iOS) or x86_64 architecture (MacOS) in widget/extension's Architectures build settings;
• Specify “iPhone/iPad” (sometimes called universal) as the targeted device family for your app extension, no matter which targeted device family you choose for your containing app;
• A containing app that links to an embedded framework must include the arm64 (iOS) or x86_64 (OS X) architecture build setting;
• Always choose “Frameworks” as your Copy Files build phase destination (do not choose the “SharedFramework” destination instead).

Cytolysin

Answer 5

In my case the Build phase "Embed App Extensions" of the app target was missing the appex file:

Kamila