[FEATURE]: Add required Privacy Manifest file for iOS

[edshkliaruk]

Description

Starting with Spring 2024 Apple requires third-party SDKs to add a Privacy Manifest file (similar to the privacy nutrition labels in the store). Apple specifically lists Capacitor as one of the SDKs that must include this manifest otherwise any App that includes it is not allowed to release an update (or new app) to the store.

https://developer.apple.com/support/third-party-SDK-requirements/

Platform(s)

iOS

Additional Context
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/privacy_manifest_files/describing_data_use_in_privacy_manifests
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10060/

[davidkroeg]

Any news on this? I think in theory it should be enough to bump the Firebase library to its newest version

[dtarnawsky]

Hey @davidkroeg , your best bet is to rebuild and send to Apple and see if it is fixed. The plugin pulls in the latest Cocoapods for firebase analytics here which may already be fixed. It just needs testing to see if that is the case.

[davidkroeg]

Thanks for the hint. I will try that and hope for the best 🤞

[davidkroeg]

@dtarnawsky this worked for me.

So I guess this one can be closed.

[eabbott2b]

Rather than just rebuild, the FirebaseAnalytics pod needs to be updated. If there is a Podfile.lock the pod may be set to an earlier version. In my case, I used the command pod update FirebaseAnalytics to update the FirebaseAnalytics pod and dependencies. Before updating there were no PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy files related to Firebase in the Pods folder. After update (from 10.10.0 to 10.24.0) there were 3 in the FirebaseCore, FirebaseCoreInternal and GoogleUtilities Pods subfolders.

I haven't yet submitted to store to check whether this is all that is required.