SDK: for iOS Apps using Swift & Objective C

Dropthought SDK helps you collect feedback or responses to your created programs. All you need to do is install the SDK using our APIs. The integration also enables you to collect metadata and feedback offline.

We have got you APIs ready for Swift and Objective C.

This article will help you understand:

How do you integrate Dropthought SDK into your application?
What are the prerequisites for integrating the application?
How do you install SDK for integrating into your iOS apps?
What steps are involved in installing and initializing SDK use?
What are the additional features?

Scenario

While using Dropthought, you can create and manage programs via web or mobile apps.

You have an online shopping platform and would like to gather customers' online shopping experience upon placing an order via your app.

To improve user experience, you can have your widget and link it to a program (survey) created on Dropthought.

How do you do that?
Upon creating a program on Dropthought, you need to connect the program to the interactive element using SDK.

User Flow

To help you with a generic user flow:

Create a program on Dropthought.
Use the API key provided within your Account Profile.
Install SDK using the API key.
Navigate to the mobile app and go to Manage Native SDK.
Add or select the app from the following screen.
Create visibility. It helps identify the placement of the element or widget within the selected app.
Select the program you want to use for the program.
The program can now capture responses from the selected app.

Pre-requisites

iOS 12.0+
Use react-native version above 0.64.1
API key from your Dropthought account:
If you can’t find an API key inside the Account screen of your Dropthought web application account, reach out to the 'Account Administrator.'
If your Account Administrator can’t find the API key on their Dropthought account, contact us at cs@drophought.com.
Visibility ID from the Dropthought mobile app. Refer to the following sections to fetch the API key and Visibility ID.

Installing & Setting-up SDK

Installing and setting up SDK can be summarised as a three-step process:

Fetching API Key from your Dropthought Account
Installing SDK
Initialize

Step 1: Fetching API Key from your Dropthought Account

Navigate to the Account tab.
Click on Account and then go to Account Profile.

You will find the API key.

Step 2: Download Source Files

Select Download ZIP to download source files to your computer.

Step 3: Move/Copy Repositories

Further, you should move/copy the two repositories Dropthought and react-native modules, into your project root. Ensure to use the same path/level as the Podfile.

There are two repositories:

Dropthought: contains the interfaces and functions for using Dropthought iOS SDK.
React-native-modules: contains related react-native modules for Dropthought.

Step 4: Modify Podfile

Open Podfile and use the below APIs on your project target and execute pod install

CODE

+ require_relative './dropthought_sdk_pods.rb'

platform :ios, '12.0'

use_frameworks!

target '{your_project_target}' do

+  use_dropthought_sdk

   {...}

end

Dropthought’s SDK is now installed. To initialize the same, follow the steps based on your dev language: Swift or Objective C.

Learn more initializing SDK using Swift | Objective C