Splunk MINT SDK for iOS (Legacy)

Splunk MINT SDK for iOS Developer Guide

Splunk MINT is no longer available for purchase as of January 29, 2021. Customers who have already been paying to ingest and process MINT data in Splunk Enterprise will continue to receive support until December 31, 2021, which is End of Life for all MINT products: App, Web Service (Management Console), SDK and Add-On.

Requirements and installation for iOS

The Splunk MINT SDK for iOS supports the following:

  • iOS versions 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9,x, 10.x, 11.x, 12.x, and 13.x.
  • ARMv7, ARMv7s, and ARM64 architectures
  • The iOS Simulator

The requirement for the Splunk MINT SDK for iOS is:

  • The latest version of Xcode. If you don't have it, you can get it from the Apple App Store.

Bitcode support

The Splunk MINT SDK for iOS supports Bitcode, but not automatic symbolication for Bitcode-enabled apps. For details, see Can I symbolicate Bitcode-enabled apps?

Install the Splunk MINT iOS Framework from a ZIP file

Use of the Splunk MINT SDK is subject to the Splunk MINT Terms of Service. You are responsible for complying with privacy laws applicable to your collection of data per the Splunk MINT Terms of Service, which may include notice and consent mechanisms.
As of the 5.2.2 release, the end-user data is automatically sent to Splunk when the end-user's device connects to the internet. This behavior can be disabled by calling disableAutoFlash before SDK initialization.
  1. Download the SplunkMint.framework.5.2.7.zip file and unzip it. (You can also download a md5 checksum file to verify the download.)
  2. In Xcode, open your project.
  3. Under TARGETS, select the target you want to use.
  4. On the Build Phases tab, expand Link Binary With Libraries, click the + button, then click Add Other.
  5. Navigate to the location where you unzipped the file previously, select the SplunkMint.framework folder, and click Open.
  6. The framework appears at the top of the Link Binary With Libraries list and is added to the Framework folder in the left-hand pane that displays your project files.

  7. Add each of the remaining required frameworks and libraries as follows. Under Link Binary With Libraries, click the + button, click Add Other, select one of the following, then click Add:
    • SystemConfiguration.framework
    • CoreTelephony.framework
    • CoreLocation.framework
    • WebKit.framework
    • libz.dylib
  8. On the Build Settings tab under Linking, find Other Linker Flags and add "-ObjC" and "-all_load".
  9. Note If adding these linker flags causes build errors about duplicate symbols, try replacing the "-all_load" flag with one of the following:

    • "-force_load $(SOURCE_ROOT)/PathToFramework/SplunkMint.framework/Version/A/SplunkMint"
    • "-force_load $(SOURCE_ROOT)/PathToFramework/SplunkMint.framework/SplunkMint"

Install the Splunk MINT iOS Framework using CocoaPods

Use of the Splunk MINT SDK is subject to the Splunk MINT Terms of Service. You are responsible for complying with privacy laws applicable to your collection of data per the Splunk MINT Terms of Service, which may include notice and consent mechanisms.
  1. Open a command prompt in the Xcode project root directory (where the ProjectName.xcodeproj file is located).
  2. If you do not yet have a podfile for your project, run the following command to create an empty podfile:
  3. $ pod init
  4. In a text editor, open the podfile and add the following library name:
  5. pod 'SplunkMint'
  6. At the command prompt, run the following command to install the SplunkMint pod:
  7. $ pod install
Last modified on 22 October, 2021
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk MINT SDK for iOS (Legacy): 5.2.x


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