So, let’s start with some history:
macOS programs have been able to read log messages since the introduction of OSLogStore on macOS 10.15.
This API is not available on iOS-based platforms.
In iOS 14 beta we added the OSLog framework to the iOS SDK, along with a new initialiser to OSLogStore that allowed iOS apps to read their own log messages.
Unfortunately this feature didn’t work properly )-: and so it was removed very late in the iOS 14 beta cycle.
It’s now several months later and the feature has not returned (up to and including iOS 14.5b5).
I have no concrete info to share about when this feature will return; in fact, I can’t even confirm that it
will return [1]. What I can say is that the
OSLog team are well aware of the demand for this feature from third-party developers.
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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"[1] My management gets grumpy if I start speculating about The Future™, and if there’s one thing that this saga should tell you is that even the best laid plans are subject to last minute changes.