XCode not importing OS X crash log

Question

I have a crash log for my app sent to me by a tester. According to the documentation I should be able to drop this into the 'Device Logs' section of the Library in the Organizer (or use the 'Import' button at the bottom of the window).

Unfortunately both does nothing. No error, no warning, no import.

My .crash file was created by hand by copying the content of an email so maybe the formatting is incorrect, comparing it to other crash files it seems correct though.

I have the build the crash log refers to in my archive also, as I know this is important for symbols to show up.

Any idea how I can debug this? This is using Xcode 4.4.1

Answer 1

I experienced the same issue when I tried to import crash logs generated by PLCrashReporter. Then I noticed that Incident identifier and CrashReporter key fields in the crash reports are populated with "[TODO]" string instead of correct values. I replaced incident identifiers with arbitrary UUIDs and crash reporter key with UDID of one of my devices, and after that XCode was able to import the reports. I use XCode 4.5

Answer 2

I broke down and used one of my support credits with Apple to try and get to the bottom of this.

The bottom line is quite simple. As of now (Xcode 4.6), OS X crash logs cannot be imported into Xcode. Only iOS ones.

Answer 3

I suspect an Xcode bug.
I have the same problem with Xcode 4.4.1. Even tried the latest 4.5.2 developer release.

I used an earlier version of Xcode, and it kinda worked (only importing one crash at a time, required to relaunch Xcode several times, but I managed to do what I needed).

You can download an older version of Xcode here.

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I had some success with deleting ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS Device Logs when Xcode refused to cooperate. Proceed at your own risk.