Upgrading to 7.5.0 and above

Important

Helpshift’s Legacy SDKs (SDK Version <=7.x.x) will see end of life as of 31 Dec 2022 and end of support as of 31 March 2023.

Upgrading to 7.5.0 and above

Important

When upgrading to 7.5.x, please replace all the old files with new files. If you have made changes in the HelpshiftLocalizable.strings or HelpshiftConfig.plist file, please make sure to port over those changes to the new versions.

If you are looking to upgrade from a version older than 7.x, please make sure to go through the Upgrade guides for 6.x, 6.2, 6.0 and 5.x

Integration-related changes

Manual integration

When you integrate SDK manually, remove all the old SDK files and add the Standard SDK zip file in your app. Integration Guide

Cocoapods

If you are using cocoapods for integration, then there is no need to update or modify any file. Integration Guide

Code-related changes

If your code-base has references to Campaigns code, then the compilation fails after the upgrade. You will need to remove all the references to Campaigns code from the code-base.

Following are the changes:

1. Remove any HelpshiftCampaigns.h imports.
2. Remove any HelpshiftAll.h imports.
3. Remove any HelpshiftInbox.h imports.
4. Replace [HelpshiftCore initializeWithProvider:[HelpshiftAll sharedInstance]] call with [HelpshiftCore initializeWithProvider:[HelpshiftSupport sharedInstance]] call.

Drop iOS 9 support

With version 7.5.0, Helpshift SDK has dropped support for iOS 9. If you wish to keep supporting iOS 9 devices for your apps, please read the KB Article to support Helpshift on older OS versions.

Deprecations

deprecated API	New API
HelpshiftCampaigns.inboxDelegate	HelpshiftInbox.delegate
HsAddFAQsToDeviceSearch.HsAddFAQsToDeviceSearchOnInstall	HsAddFAQsToDeviceSearch.AfterViewingFAQs