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Bob S.15
9 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
DropboxClientsManager authorizeFromController not doing anything
Hello,
I'm having trouble presenting the Dropbox login to the user. I had it working some time ago, but today I tried it and nothing happens. I make this call and nothing happens.
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- 9 years ago
Hey Greg,
Finally found it. I was skipping the call to DBClientsManager setupWithAppKey! It was in there, but I was mistakenly skipping it when my app had stored the preference that Dropbox was disconnected. It's weird that that produces no error messages. I found the problem by stepping in the debugger into authorizeFromController and noticing that both my sharedApplication and controller arguments were 'nil', even though they were valid values when I passed them. Then I noticed the assert in that function:
NSAssert([DBOAuthManager sharedOAuthManager] != nil, @"Call `Dropbox.setupWithAppKey` or `Dropbox.setupWithTeamAppKey` before calling this method");As soon as I saw that, I knew what I had done.
I guess that the assert never fired, because [DBOAuthManager sharedOAuthManager] is a valid number even if you have not called setupWithAppKey?
Anyway thanks for helping me with this problem, I really appreciate it. I'll probably run into more but at least this one is down.
Bob
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
9 years agoYes, the official Dropbox app is still expected to be used in that case. The browserAuth parameter only controls what happens if the official app isn't installed. It determines whether or not to use the external browser in that case.
Anyway, the copy of the SDK you have checked out appears to be a bit old. You can update your Cartfile to tell Carthage to use the latest version when updating.
Also, to use the sample app, make sure you run the installation for the sample app itself. (Your screenshot shows that you have the SDK installed for your own app. The SDK happens to also contain the sample app, but it isn't pre-installed in the sample app.)
Bob S.15
9 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
Okay, thanks for the reply. A couple of questions:
1) If the default behavior is to open the Dropbox app, then it is more mysterious that this works in my one app but not the other. That means it doesn't really have anything to do with viewControllers, if it's really supposed to be opening the Dropbox app. Is there any way to make the SDK print log messages or anything to help determine why it isn't working?
2) I didn't realize that I needed to manually set the update version in the cartfile. When I changed it to 3.0.14 and call carthage update --platform iOS, now it gives me this error in the shell:
A shell task (/usr/bin/xcrun xcodebuild -project /Users/me/Desktop/XXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Examples/DBRoulette/Carthage/DBRoulette/DBRoulette.xcodeproj CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY= CARTHAGE=YES -list) failed with exit code 74: xcodebuild: error: Unable to read project 'DBRoulette.xcodeproj' from folder '/Users/me/Desktop/XXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Examples/DBRoulette/Carthage/DBRoulette'. Reason: Project /Users/me/Desktop/XXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Examples/DBRoulette/Carthage/DBRoulette/DBRoulette.xcodeproj cannot be opened because it is missing its project.pbxproj file.
Also, I tried to update the Dropbox SDK for the other app, the one which works, and I got a lot more errors...?
The following build commands failed: CompileC /Users/me/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial-flsqvpjnrmkaevdbsxgkmpseqluy/Build/Intermediates/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial.build/Release-iphoneos/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial\ iOS.build/Objects-normal/armv7/DBTransportDefaultClient.o Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTransportDefaultClient.m normal armv7 objective-c com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler CompileC /Users/me/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial-flsqvpjnrmkaevdbsxgkmpseqluy/Build/Intermediates/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial.build/Release-iphoneos/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial\ iOS.build/Objects-normal/armv7/DBTasks.o Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m normal armv7 objective-c com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler (2 failures) /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBDelegate.h:80:32: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBDelegate.h:98:35: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBDelegate.h:116:37: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTransportDefaultClient.m:101:60: error: no visible @interface for 'DBUploadTaskImpl' declares the selector 'initWithTask:session:delegate:route:inputUrl:inputData:' /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTransportDefaultClient.m:123:60: error: no visible @interface for 'DBUploadTaskImpl' declares the selector 'initWithTask:session:delegate:route:inputUrl:inputData:' /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTransportDefaultClient.m:145:60: error: no visible @interface for 'DBUploadTaskImpl' declares the selector 'initWithTask:session:delegate:route:inputUrl:inputData:' /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBDelegate.h:80:32: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBDelegate.h:98:35: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBDelegate.h:116:37: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:68:34: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:76:34: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:102:4: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:102:61: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:103:61: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:105:3: error: unknown type name 'DBRpcResponseBlockStorage'; did you mean 'DBRpcResponseBlock'? /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:140:18: error: called object type 'id' is not a function or function pointer /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:141:17: error: called object type 'id' is not a function or function pointer /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:105:29: error: incompatible block pointer types initializing '__strong DBRpcResponseBlock' (aka 'void (^__strong)(TResponse _Nullable __strong, TError _Nullable __strong, DBRequestError * _Nullable __strong)') with an expression of type 'BOOL (^)(NSData *__strong, NSURLResponse *__strong, NSError *__strong)' /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:68:57: warning: conflicting parameter types in implementation of 'setResponseBlock:': 'DBRpcResponseBlock _Nonnull __strong' (aka 'void (^__strong)(TResponse _Nullable __strong, TError _Nullable __strong, DBRequestError * _Nullable __strong)') vs '__strong id _Nonnull' [-Wmismatched-parameter-types] /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:76:57: warning: conflicting parameter types in implementation of 'setResponseBlock:queue:': 'DBRpcResponseBlock _Nonnull __strong' (aka 'void (^__strong)(TResponse _Nullable __strong, TError _Nullable __strong, DBRequestError * _Nullable __strong)') vs '__strong id _Nonnull' [-Wmismatched-parameter-types] /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:155:37: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:163:37: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:189:4: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:189:64: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:190:64: error: expected a type /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:192:3: error: unknown type name 'DBUploadResponseBlockStorage'; did you mean 'DBUploadResponseBlock'? /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m:227:18: error: called object type 'id' is not a function or function pointer fatal error: too many errors emitted, stopping now [-ferror-limit=] A shell task (/usr/bin/xcrun xcodebuild -project /Users/me/Desktop/iphone/XXXX/Carthage/Checkouts/dropbox-sdk-obj-c/Source/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial.xcodeproj -scheme "ObjectiveDropboxOfficial iOS" -configuration Release -sdk iphoneos ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO BITCODE_GENERATION_MODE=bitcode CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY= CARTHAGE=YES clean build) failed with exit code 65: ** BUILD FAILED ** The following build commands failed: CompileC /Users/me/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial-flsqvpjnrmkaevdbsxgkmpseqluy/Build/Intermediates/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial.build/Release-iphoneos/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial\ iOS.build/Objects-normal/armv7/DBTransportDefaultClient.o Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTransportDefaultClient.m normal armv7 objective-c com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler CompileC /Users/me/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial-flsqvpjnrmkaevdbsxgkmpseqluy/Build/Intermediates/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial.build/Release-iphoneos/ObjectiveDropboxOfficial\ iOS.build/Objects-normal/armv7/DBTasks.o Shared/Handwritten/Networking/DBTasks.m normal armv7 objective-c com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler (2 failures)
Any idea what that is about? Can I just remove the whole dropbox-sdk-obj-c directory and try the update again?
Thanks
Bob
- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
1) There isn't any way to enable additional output. It should already be yielding errors/output if something isn't working.
2) If you prefer, you can configure your Cartfile like this to always take the latest version:
# ObjectiveDropboxOfficial github "https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-obj-c"
The Cartfile documentation has more information on the options available.
You should be able to delete the folder and try again, but it may be easier to just download a separate copy of the SDK so you can test this separately.
- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
There have been some breaking changes to the SDK over the various updates. (The SDKs mostly use Semantic Versioning to indicate breaking changes/feature updates/bug fixes.) If you're updating from an old version, you'll need to update your code for those changes. You can find more information in the release log.
- Bob S.159 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
I don't understand -- this is just from trying to update the SDK. I have not even gotten to trying to open and compile my own project yet. The standalone SDK did download and update correctly, however.
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