How to symbolicate crash report from Apple received in .txt format not .crash format

Question

My app got rejected from Apple and I have got crash reports in .txt format instead of .crash format.

How can I symbolicate or read the crash report ?

Answer 1

When you get your crash report as a .txt file just follow these steps :

1. Change the file extension .txt to .crash (eg mycrash.txt to mycrash.crash).

2. Create a new folder in desktop and copy the mycrash.crash file to the newly created folder.

3. Copy the .dSYM file:

   • update: download all DSYMs from appstoreconnect activity- they are properly named with their UUIDs
   • Unzip DSYMs, then copy the App and Sybolicate script as defined below: https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/ra/ng/app/[appID]/activity/ios/builds/[version]/[build]/details

4. Open the Archives window in Xcode by navigating the menus: xcode -> window -> orgnizer or xcode -> product -> Archive:

   • Select any Archives of your app Right click on it, then select Show in Finder

   • Right-click on appname.xcarchive and select Show Package Contents.

   • Open the dSYMs folder and get the .dSYM file, and paste it too in the newly created folder.

   • Copy the .app file from the same xcarchive to the new folder.

5. Go to path /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/DVTFoundation.framework/Versions/A/Resources/

   • Finder hotkey (⇧ + ⌘ + G) and just paste in the path.

6. Copy the symbolicatecrash file to the newly created folder.

   The folder should now have:
   • mycrash.crash
   • myapp.app
   • myapp.app.dSYM
   • symbolicatecrash

7. Open terminal, navigate to your folder path and then run:
   $ export DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer"

8. Then run the symbolicate command on your crash like so:
   $ ./symbolicatecrash mycrash.crash > symbolicated.crash