IOS Release Notes

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The following updates have been made to the Mobile Ads iOS SDK.

Version 3 (Updated June 26, 2020)
- Features for iOS Version 3.1.0 (June 26, 2020)
- Features for iOS Version 3.0.0 (Oct 23, 2019)
Version 2 (Updated July 10, 2018)

Version 3 (Updated June 26, 2020)

Features for iOS Version 3.1.0 (June 26, 2020)

Added support for IAB EU TCFv2

Features for iOS Version 3.0.0 (Oct 23, 2019)

Replaced UIWebView with WKWebView following iOS final UIWebView deprecation for iOS 13
Network Country was added to ad loading requests
Sample projects were updated to use Swift 5
Minimum iOS version for SDK and samples was bumped to iOS 9
Fixed app crash issue related to Logging for iOS 10
Support for iOS 13 verified

Version 2 (Updated July 10, 2018)

Features for iOS Version 2.2.17.0 (Jul 10, 2018)

Added support for IAB EU TCFv1
Fixed an issue caused by multi-threading violation
Fixed an issue where clicking on certain ad types caused the app to crash

Features for Version 2.2.15.1 (September 15, 2017)

Compatibility with iOS 11 (beta)
Fixed app crash issue related to NSInvalidArgumentException in [AMAdManager loadAdDidFailWithWebRequest:]

Features for Version 2.2.15 (August 31, 2016)

Bitcode has been enabled for the SDK framework.
Compatible with iOS 10 (beta - Xcode Version 8.0 beta 6 (8S201h) and newer).
Migrated web request calls from NSURLConnection (deprecated in iOS 9) to NSURLSession.
In-app browser now uses SFSafariViewController on iOS 9.0 and above.
Improved post ad-click experience.
Logging enhancements.

Features for Version 2.2.14 (April 7, 2016)

Added 600x90 Ad size.
Added 'fitToContent' Ad sizing option for the Auto Ad Size feature.
Fixed multiple warning messages such as “Warning: Could not resolve external type c:objc(cs)“ which appear when compiling projects with the SDK.
Fixed issue where NSURLSession was not properly deallocated, which could result in a memory leak.
Resolved issue where Latitude and Longitude data would not be sent with ad requests that were geo enabled.
Resolved issue where AmazonAdInterstitial isReady() API would report an ad as ready even when it was expired.

Features for Version 2.2.13 (December 31, 2015)

Added MoPub Adapter sample app for Banner and Interstitial Ads (Added on 25th March, 2016).
Added Auto Ad Size feature.
Added enhanced logging for debug mode and advanced troubleshooting.
Added GroupM and IAB Viewability signals to report metrics on ad viewability.
Removed support for iOS 6.0. SDK now supports 7.0 and newer.
Fixed issue with MRAID 'viewableChange' and 'isViewable' events not firing for modeless interstitials.

Features for Version 2.2.11.1 (December 18, 2015)

Fixed issue when clicking on a banner ad twice, which would write a NoAutorotateStoreProductViewController error in the log.

Features for Version 2.2.11 (September 25, 2015)

Fixed issue related to multiple Ad impressions
Fixed Sample Apps configuration in support of iOS 9 ATS feature

Features for Version 2.2.10 (August 25, 2015)

Fixed an issue with cascading intents.
Fixed an issue for portrait-only applications when launching iTunes.
Improved functionality for clicking through to an external browser.
Improved creative support for Interstitial Ads.

Features for Version 2.2.8 (June 10, 2015)

Fixed an issue with cascading intents on modeless interstitial.
Updated configuration for geolocation.
Fixed an issue that had led to some devices being classified as “Other/Unknown” in performance reports.

Features for Version 2.2.6 (April 23, 2015)

Improved ad functionality.

Features for Version 2.2.5 (March 24, 2015)

Added the modeless interstitial feature.
Added a swipeable and a framed modeless interstitial sample apps that demonstrates the modeless interstitial feature.
Modeless Interstitials from test requests may not render properly until adShown is called. This will be remedied in the ads soon.
Fixed an issue where an interstitial may render incorrectly after device orientation change.
Fixed an app store view related crash.

Features for Version 2.1.9 (January 15, 2015)

Fixed an issue with in-app purchase view which may crash under certain circumstances.
Added full MRAID 2.0 support.

Features for Version 2.1.8 (December 22, 2014)

Added in-app purchase feature for app download ads.
Fixed memory leak on banner ad expansion.
Deprecated 300x50 ad size.
Included sample apps written in Swift.

Features for Version 2.1.5 (November 18, 2014)

Fixed an issue where a request parameter was encoded incorrectly.

Features for Version 2.1.4 (October 21, 2014)

Fixed an issue where an app linking to both AmazonAd SDK and Mopub SDK results in duplicate symbol linker errors.

Features for Version 2.1.2 (September 23, 2014)

Support the armv7s architecture slice.
Fixed a bug where the in-app browser was not correctly rendering web-pages on iOS 8.

Features for Version 2.1.1 (September 18, 2014)

Updated the SDK for iOS 8 compatibility.
Removed gender and age from targetting options.
Added banner ad resize callback APIs.

Features for Version 2.0.3 (July 17, 2014)

The setApplicationId method in AmazonAdRegistration has been removed. Please use setAppKey instead.
Added support for interstitial ad units in addition to banner and rich media ad units.
Error messages have been simplified. Please see the developer guide for more information.
Instructions for updating open source attribution documents have been included in the "Updating Attributions" section of the Developer Guide.

Last updated: Jul 13, 2021