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SDK 8.1 Migration Guide

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The main objective of this release is to give you more control over the Instabug products you use.

For example, let's say that from the Prompt Options menu, you want your app users to be able to "Report a problem" and "Suggest an improvement", but not "Ask a question"¹, but you still want to be able to have conversations with users who send you bugs and feedback.

Starting from SDK V8.1, you can achieve this by keeping BugReporting/IBGBugReporting enabled, disabling a new class for Chats/IBGChats, and enabling a new class for Replies/IBGReplies.

To provide this level of control, we introduced new classes, moved some APIs, renamed others and deprecated old versions. These changes affect users of all Instabug products across all OS platforms.

This migration guide explains the details related to each change, how to drop the old APIs, and how to adopt the new ones.

¹ "Ask a question" is the new default copy in the Prompt Options menu, replacing "Talk to us"

Summary of Changes

  • Introduced new classes:
  • IBGChats
  • IBGReplies
  • Added new APIs and properties to the following classes:
  • IBGBugReporting
  • Instabug
  • Moved some APIs from Instabug to IBGReplies.
  • Renamed some APIs & properties.
  • Deprecated some APIs in IBGBugReporting.

When used from Swift, drop the IBG prefix from the classes mentioned above to become:

  • BugReporting
  • Chats
  • Replies

In the following sections, you can find detailed changes related to each class.

invoke

Previous Usage

BugReporting.invoke()

[IBGBugReporting invoke];

New Usage

Instabug.show()

[Instabug show];

invoke(with: or invokeWithMode

Previous Usage

// Compose a new bug report
BugReporting.invoke(with: .newBug, options: [])
// Compose new feedback
BugReporting.invoke(with: .newFeedback, options: [])
// Compose new chat
BugReporting.invoke(with: .newChat, options: [])
// Show chat history
BugReporting.invoke(with: .chatsList, options: [])

// Compose a new bug report
[IBGBugReporting invokeWithMode:IBGInvocationModeNewBug options:0];
// Compose new feedback
[IBGBugReporting invokeWithMode:IBGInvocationModeNewFeedback options:0];
// Compose new chat
[IBGBugReporting invokeWithMode:IBGInvocationModeNewChat options:0];
// Show chat history
[IBGBugReporting invokeWithMode:IBGInvocationModeChatsList options:0];

New Usage

// Compose a new bug report
BugReporting.show(with: .bug, options: [])
// Compose new feedback
BugReporting.show(with: .feedback, options: [])
// Compose new chat
Chats.show()
// Show chat history only if the user already has a chat history. Calling this API won't have an effect otherwise.
Replies.show()

// Compose a new bug report
[IBGBugReporting showWithReportType:IBGBugReportingReportTypeBug options:0];
// Compose new feedback
[IBGBugReporting showWithReportType:IBGBugReportingReportTypeFeedback options:0];
// Compose new chat
[IBGChats show];
// Show chat history only if the user already has a chat history. Calling this API won't have an effect otherwise.
[IBGReplies show];

hasChats

New Usage

📘

Check if your user has a chat history with you

The show API inside the Replies class opens the list of messages in your app only if the user already has a chat history. Otherwise, this API has no effect. If you manually show the replies page, we recommend using the new API hasChats.

Use the API below to check whether the user has a chat history with your team, then show them the replies page or not.

Replies.hasChats()

[IBGReplies hasChats];

invocationOptions

Previous Usage

BugReporting.invocationOptions = [.emailFieldOptional, .commentFieldRequired]

IBGBugReporting.invocationOptions = IBGBugReportingOptionCommentFieldRequired;

New Usage

BugReporting.bugReportingOptions = .emailFieldOptional

IBGBugReporting.bugReportingOptions = IBGBugReportingOptionEmailFieldOptional;

promptOptions

Previous Usage

BugReporting.promptOptions = [.bug, .chat]

IBGBugReporting.promptOptions = IBGPromptOptionBug|IBGPromptOptionChat;

New Usage

📘

New Prompt Options Experience

In older versions of the SDK, the "Talk to us" option would open a new chat if the user did not have a chat history with you. If the user did have a chat history, selecting this option would open the list of conversations.

Starting from SDK V8.1, the default copy for this button is now "Ask a question", and selecting this option will now always open a new chat. If the user has a chat history with you, a new button appears in the top-right of the modal that opens the list of replies. "Ask a question" and the button to open the list of replies can be enabled and disabled independently of one another.

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The default Prompt Options menu starting from Instabug iOS SDK V8.1 and above.

// Disable Bug Reporting & Feedback. If disabled, both "Report a problem" and "Suggest an improvement" are removed from the Prompt Options menu, and manually showing Bug Reporting & Feedback has no effect.
BugReporting.enabled = false

// Disable In-App Chat. If disabled, "Ask a question" (new default copy instead of "Talk to us") is removed from the Prompt Options menu, the compose button in the replies list is removed, and manually showing the compose view of In-App Chat has no effect.
Chats.enabled = false

// Disable Replies. If disabled, the button to view the replies list is removed from the Prompt Options menu, in-app notifications are disabled, and manually showing the replies list has no effect.
Replies.enabled = false

// Disable Bug Reporting & Feedback. If disabled, both "Report a problem" and "Suggest an improvement" are removed from the Prompt Options menu, and manually showing Bug Reporting & Feedback has no effect.
IBGBugReporting.enabled = NO;

// Disable In-App Chat. If disabled, "Ask a question" (new default copy instead of "Talk to us") is removed from the Prompt Options menu, the compose button in the replies list is removed, and manually showing the compose view of In-App Chat has no effect.
IBGChats.enabled = NO;

// Disable Replies. If disabled, the button to view the replies list is removed from the Prompt Options menu, in-app notifications are disabled, and manually showing the replies list has no effect. 
IBGReplies.enabled = NO;

promptOptionsEnabledReportTypes

New Usage

If you want to enable or disable the "Report a problem" (submit a bug report) and/or "Suggest an improvement" (submit feedback) Prompt Options independently, you can use the promptOptionsEnabledReportTypes property as displayed​ below.

BugReporting.promptOptionsEnabledReportTypes = [.bug, .feedback]

IBGBugReporting.promptOptionsEnabledReportTypes = IBGBugReportingReportTypeBug | IBGBugReportingReportTypeFeedback;

didRecieveReplyHandler

Previous Usage

Instabug.didRecieveReplyHandler = {
    // Notify users about new message.
}

Instabug.didRecieveReplyHandler = ^{
    // Notify users about new message.
};

New Usage

Replies.didReceiveReplyHandler = {
    // Notify users about new message.
}

IBGReplies.didReceiveReplyHandler = ^{
    // Notify users about new message.
};

replyNotificationsEnabled

Previous Usage

Instabug.replyNotificationsEnabled = false

Instabug.replyNotificationsEnabled = NO;

New Usage

Replies.inAppNotificationsEnabled = false

IBGReplies.inAppNotificationsEnabled = NO;

unreadMessagesCount

Previous Usage

let messageCount = Instabug.unreadMessagesCount

NSUInteger messageCount = Instabug.unreadMessagesCount;

New Usage

let messageCount = Replies.unreadRepliesCount

NSUInteger messageCount = IBGReplies.unreadRepliesCount;

setPushNotificationsEnabled

Previous Usage

Instabug.setPushNotificationsEnabled(false)

[Instabug setPushNotificationsEnabled:NO];

New Usage

Replies.pushNotificationsEnabled = false

[IBGReplies setPushNotificationsEnabled:NO];

didReceiveRemoteNotification

Previous Usage

let isInstabugNotification = Instabug.didReceiveRemoteNotification(userInfo)

BOOL isInstabugNotification = [Instabug didReceiveRemoteNotification:notificationDictionary];

New Usage

let isInstabugNotification = Replies.didReceiveRemoteNotification(userInfo)

BOOL isInstabugNotification = [IBGReplies didReceiveRemoteNotification:notificationDictionary];

didRegisterForRemoteNotifications(withDeviceToken: or didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken

Previous Usage

Instabug.didRegisterForRemoteNotifications(withDeviceToken: deviceToken)

[Instabug didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:deviceToken];

New Usage

Replies.didRegisterForRemoteNotifications(withDeviceToken: deviceToken)

[IBGReplies didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:deviceToken];

setValue

Previous Usage

Instabug.setValue("STRING", forStringWithKey: kIBGTalkToUsStringName)

[Instabug setValue:@"STRING" forStringWithKey:kIBGTalkToUsStringName];

New Usage

Instabug.setValue("STRING", forStringWithKey: kIBGAskAQuestionStringName)

[Instabug setValue:@"STRING" forStringWithKey:kIBGAskAQuestionStringName];

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