[Update] Firebase for iOS v8.0.0

[dmariogatto]

Includes

Firebase

• All projects updated 8.0.0
• MLKit for Firebase packages deprecated/removed (no longer supported)
  • Firebase.MLKit
  • Firebase.MLKit.Common
  • Firebase.MLKit.ModelInterpreter
  • Firebase.MLKit.NaturalLanguage
  • Firebase.MLKit.Vision
  • Note: probably need a new project/repo for the newer Google ML Kit bindings
• Added beta binding for Firebase App Distribution (Firebase.AppDistribution) & App Check (Firebase.AppCheck)
  • excluded for now (no sample or testing done)
• Minimum iOS version increased to 10.0

Google

• AdMob updated to 8.5.0
• Google Cast updated to 4.6.1
• Google Maps & Places updated to 5.0.0
• Google Tag Manager updated to 7.3.1
• Deprecated/removed packages (due to outdated Firebase dependencies),
  • Google.AppIndexing
  • Google.Core
  • Google.InstanceID
  • Firebase.InstanceID
• Minimum iOS version increased to 10.0 (due to Firebase dependencies)

Notes

Removed the Wrap methods/properties that where marked as Obsolete (seems like a major version bump is the time to do it 😅).

Added a new build property that can be used to link Firebase with Ad Id support.

<PropertyGroup>
  <FirebaseWithoutAdIdSupport>True</FirebaseWithoutAdIdSupport>
</PropertyGroup>

There were quite a few binding changes, so would definitely appreciate someone to look them over. All the samples do run & link as far as I can tell.

UMP has been separated out from AdMob (Google.UserMessagingPlatform).

Any issues let me know!

[mayhammf]

@dmariogatto thank you so much for working on this.
I just wanna mention that we've used your branch 711 to produce locally built firebase package (with v7.11) and were able to release a build (with FirebaseWithoutAdIdSupport=true) and Apple has approved all of our apps without any issues concerning the tracking transparency stuff.

[mayhammf]

We did have to cleanup some of the project refs in the .sln file to get it to build in Visual Studio.
This PR here includes the projects in question
dmariogatto@3c828b7

[dmariogatto]

@mayhammf Glad it's helped!

I didn't notice that PR, I'll review and merge it into this branch.

[dmariogatto]

@mayhammf InstanceID was removed as a dependency from Messaging in 8.0.0. You can see the difference in the "dependencies" section of the podspec files - 7.11.0 & 8.0.0.

[mayhammf]

@mayhammf InstanceID was removed as a dependency from Messaging in 8.0.0. You can see the difference in the "dependencies" section of the podspec files - 7.11.0 & 8.0.0.

Thank you @dmariogatto for taking the time to reply. I noticed that i was looking at the wrong branch after i posted my question. That's why i ended up deleting it. But it was too later already 😇

[dtaylorus]

@dmariogatto This repo appears to be abandoned. Any chance you would publish the nugets from your branch?

[dmariogatto]

@dtaylorus I'd rather leave that as a last resort, it would fragment Firebase packages/documentation/samples. I don't really want to be the sole maintainer either, I can't commit that I'll always have the time/knowledge to keep this repo up-to-date.

I'll continue updating the bindings while I can & creating PRs. Hopefully at some point they will get reviewed, or there will be some indication if this repo is truly abandoned (or possibly just side-lined while teams are busy with MAUI & .NET 6).

[dtaylorus]

@dmariogatto Fair enough. In the meantime your branch is super helpful. Thanks! I submitted a pull request to your branch for some fixes required to use rewarded and adaptive banner ads.

[dmariogatto]

Now obsolete, see #489