Merge pull request #230 from CleverTap/develop

Release 5.4.0

Author: SuriyaKannimuthu

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 Change Log
 ==========
+Version 5.4.0 *(25 November, 2025)*
+-------------------------------------------
+- Improved JSON Handling: Platform string variables that contain JSON data are now correctly detected and returned as proper JSON objects instead of plain quoted strings.
+- Unity 2021 Compatibility in UnityNativeRequest: Added support for Unity 2021* by including the required using System.Text; directive.
+- Updated to [CleverTap Android SDK v7.7.0](https://github.com/CleverTap/clevertap-android-sdk/releases/tag/corev7.7.0)
+- Updated to [CleverTap iOS SDK v7.4.0](https://github.com/CleverTap/clevertap-ios-sdk/releases/tag/7.4.0)
+
 Version 5.3.7 *(3 November, 2025)*
 -------------------------------------------
 - Added - "Preserve" attribute to address IL2CPP stripping of non-referenced property setters in UnityNativeEventDBEntry.

CleverTap/Plugins/Android/clevertap-android-wrapper.androidlib/build.gradle

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ext {
     compileSdkVersionVal = 36
     targetSdkVersionVal = compileSdkVersionVal
 
-    libraryVersion = "5.3.7"
+    libraryVersion = "5.4.0"
 }
 
 android {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     compileOnly fileTree('libs')
 
-    api 'com.clevertap.android:clevertap-android-sdk:7.6.0'
+    api 'com.clevertap.android:clevertap-android-sdk:7.7.0'
     implementation "androidx.core:core:1.13.0"
     implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:24.0.0"
 }

CleverTap/Plugins/Android/clevertap-android-wrapper.androidlib/src/main/java/com/clevertap/unity/CleverTapUnityPlugin.java

@@ -687,7 +687,13 @@ public String getVariableValue(String variableName) {
         if (value instanceof Map) {
             return new JSONObject((Map<?, ?>) value).toString();
         } else if (value instanceof String) {
-            return "\"" + value + "\"";
+            String stringValue = (String) value;
+            String parsedJson = tryParseJson(stringValue);
+            
+            if (parsedJson != null)
+                return parsedJson;
+
+            return "\"" + stringValue + "\"";
         } else {
             return value.toString();
         }
@@ -1244,4 +1250,19 @@ private JSONArray inboxMessageListToJSONArray(ArrayList<CTInboxMessage> messageL
 
         return array;
     }
-}
+
+    private String tryParseJson(String stringValue) {
+        if (stringValue == null) return null;
+        stringValue = stringValue.trim();
+
+        try {
+            if (stringValue.startsWith("{")) {
+                return new JSONObject(stringValue).toString();
+            } else if (stringValue.startsWith("[")) {
+                return new JSONArray(stringValue).toString();
+            }
+        } catch (Exception ignored) {}
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}

CleverTap/Plugins/Editor/CleverTapDependencies.xml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <dependencies>
     <iosPods>
-        <iosPod name="CleverTap-iOS-SDK" version="7.3.4" minTargetSdk="9.0" />
+        <iosPod name="CleverTap-iOS-SDK" version="7.4.0" minTargetSdk="9.0" />
     </iosPods>
 </dependencies>

CleverTap/Runtime/Constants/CleverTapVersion.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace CleverTapSDK.Constants {
     public static class CleverTapVersion {
-        public const string CLEVERTAP_SDK_VERSION = "5.3.7";
-        public const int CLEVERTAP_SDK_REVISION = 50307;
+        public const string CLEVERTAP_SDK_VERSION = "5.4.0";
+        public const int CLEVERTAP_SDK_REVISION = 50400;
     }
 }

CleverTap/Runtime/Native/UnityNativeWrapper/Models/UnityNativeRequest.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #if (!UNITY_IOS && !UNITY_ANDROID) || UNITY_EDITOR
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+#if !UNITY_2022_1_OR_NEWER
+using System.Text;
+#endif
 using CleverTapSDK.Utilities;
 using UnityEngine.Networking;
 

CleverTap/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "com.clevertap.clevertap-sdk-unity",
-    "version": "5.3.7",
+    "version": "5.4.0",
     "displayName": "CleverTap",
     "description": "The CleverTap Unity SDK for App Analytics and Engagement.",
     "documentationUrl": "https://www.clevertap.com/docs",