iOS privacy manifest

[gabrielguilhoto]

Starting May 1, Apple will require iOS submissions to the App Store to have privacy manifests describing the use of required reason APIs: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=3d8a9yyh.

I used a script to find required reason APIs in our project and it pointed to 4 uses by react-native-fs in the RNFSManager.m file, at least in version 2.19.0:

• NSFileCreationDate
• NSFileModificationDate
• NSFileSystemFreeSize
• NSFileSystemSize

Could you please add the required privacy manifest?

[gkasireddy202]

How to download sh required_reason_api_scanner.sh YourAppDirectory and run in your react-native project?

[gabrielguilhoto]

How to download sh required_reason_api_scanner.sh YourAppDirectory and run in your react-native project?

You can clone the https://github.com/Wooder/ios_17_required_reason_api_scanner repository to be able to run it.

[gkasireddy202]

@gabrielguilhoto - Thanks for your reply.

[gkasireddy202]

@gabrielguilhoto - After I cloned the git on my desktop.Getting error.
sh required_reason_api_scanner.sh Desktop

sh: required_reason_api_scanner.sh: No such file or directory

[WilliamWelsh]

@gabrielguilhoto - After I cloned the git on my desktop.Getting error. sh required_reason_api_scanner.sh Desktop

sh: required_reason_api_scanner.sh: No such file or directory

If you cloned it on your desktop then there is no folder called Desktop... you would just put ....

[gkasireddy202]

@WilliamWelsh - Thanks it is working. Is it mandatory to update every library for iOS privacy manifest?

[birdofpreyru]

Yeah... should I mention it once again, #1197 — The future of react-native-fs?
You probably should migrate to my fork of the lib, and file new issues, do any contributions in there.

[gkasireddy202]

I am using react-native-fs:2.20.0.
Can I update this library for the iOS privacy manifest file?

[stami]

I have no use for disk space APIs so I removed them with patch-package:

diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-fs/RNFSManager.m b/node_modules/react-native-fs/RNFSManager.m
index 5ddd941..80fb3e9 100755
--- a/node_modules/react-native-fs/RNFSManager.m
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-fs/RNFSManager.m
@@ -726,24 +726,11 @@ + (BOOL)requiresMainQueueSetup
 {
   unsigned long long totalSpace = 0;
   unsigned long long totalFreeSpace = 0;
-
-  __autoreleasing NSError *error = nil;
-  NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
-  NSDictionary *dictionary = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] attributesOfFileSystemForPath:[paths lastObject] error:&error];
-
-  if (dictionary) {
-    NSNumber *fileSystemSizeInBytes = [dictionary objectForKey: NSFileSystemSize];
-    NSNumber *freeFileSystemSizeInBytes = [dictionary objectForKey:NSFileSystemFreeSize];
-    totalSpace = [fileSystemSizeInBytes unsignedLongLongValue];
-    totalFreeSpace = [freeFileSystemSizeInBytes unsignedLongLongValue];
-
-    resolve(@{
-      @"totalSpace": [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong:totalSpace],
-      @"freeSpace": [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong:totalFreeSpace]
-    });
-  } else {
-    [self reject:reject withError:error];
-  }
+  // Remove disk space APIs to not to trigger NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryDiskSpace for privacy manifest
+  resolve(@{
+    @"totalSpace": [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong:totalSpace],
+    @"freeSpace": [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong:totalFreeSpace]
+  });
 }
 
 

[MianSaad705]

@gabrielguilhoto @gkasireddy202 Have You found any workaround for this or do we have to manually add the reason in PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy under this API Type NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp.

[gkasireddy202]

Have You found any workaround for this or do we have to manually add the reason in PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy under this API Type NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp.

I added this API reason in PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file in my app.

[MianSaad705]

@gkasireddy202 Under this API NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp?
Secondly after adding apple approved your app without any warnings?
Kindly mention which reason you add

• DDA9.1
• C617.1
• 3B52.1
• 0A2A.1

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/privacy_manifest_files/describing_use_of_required_reason_api

[gkasireddy202]

@MianSaad705 - I added the below API type and reason in my app privacy file.I did not get any warning emails from Apple and also app is approved.

NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType
NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp
NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons

C617.1

[MianSaad705]

@gkasireddy202 Thanks.