Set up iOS SDK | LaunchDarkly

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Install the package

1 //...
2     dependencies: [
3         .package(url: "https://github.com/launchdarkly/ios-client-sdk.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "9.15.0")),
4    ],
5     targets: [
6         .target(
7             name: "YOUR_TARGET",
8             dependencies: ["LaunchDarkly"]
9         )
10     ],
11 //...

Initialize the SDK

iOS SDK initialization

1 import LaunchDarkly
2 
3 // This is your mobile key.
4 let config = LDConfig(mobileKey: "YOUR_MOBILE_KEY", autoEnvAttributes: .enabled)
5 
6 // A "context" is a data object representing users, devices, organizations, and other entities.
7 let contextBuilder = LDContextBuilder(key: "EXAMPLE_CONTEXT_KEY")
8 guard case .success(let context) = contextBuilder.build()
9 else { return }
10 
11 LDClient.start(config: config, context: context, startWaitSeconds: 5) { timedOut in
12     if timedOut {
13         print("SDK didn't initialize in 5 seconds.  SDK is still running and trying to get latest flags.")
14     } else {
15         print("SDK successfully initialized with the latest flags")
16     }
17 }
18 
19 print("SDK started.")

Finding your SDK credentials

You can find your server-side SDK keys, mobile keys, and client-side ID on the SDK keys page under Settings.

To learn more, read Initialize the client in the iOS SDK reference guide.