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Hi did you figure this out? Is there anyway to just check that IDFA is not being used and the AdSupport framework is not enabled?
How to remove/exclude AdSupport Class from Xamarin.iOS to disable Firebase Analytics from accessing IDFA
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Paul
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Hi All, I'm using Firebase Analytics v6.9.0 in my Xamarin.Forms app. I want to disable the SDK from accessing IDFA (requires removing AdSupport Class from the app) and IDFV. The Google Firebase docs has information for disabling IDFV. But, to disable IDFA it says we need to exclude the AdSupport framework. AFAIK, in Xamarin, the AdSupport class is embedded in Xamarin.iOS.dll by default.
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How do I remove the AdSupport class from Xamarin.iOS? If this class is present in the app, Firebase Analytics SDK will pick it (in my case via Firebase.Core.dll that references Xamarin.iOS) to access the IDFA for tracking user dimensions.
Developer technologies .NET Xamarin
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Paul 296 Reputation points
2021-01-15T12:45:38.51+00:00 If we can't remove the AdSupport class, then I have to remove Firebase Analytics SDK from my app. So, I wanted to confirm this before removing it.
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Lucas Zhang - MSFT 341 Reputation points2021-01-15T13:12:19.027+00:00 For firebase Ads relevant issue you could post it to https://support.google.com/admob/answer/2740010?hl=en .
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Paul 296 Reputation points
2021-01-15T13:20:49.227+00:00 Hi Lucas, thanks for your response! Since the AdSupport class is found in the Xamarin.iOS.dll. I just wanted to check if there is any way to remove/exclude this class from Xamarin.iOS so that Firebase doesn't use it. So, this is not possible right?
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Lucas Zhang - MSFT 341 Reputation points
2021-01-18T08:39:47.413+00:00 Xamarin.iOS.dll is necessary so that we could not remove it from our project .
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Paul 296 Reputation points
2021-01-19T08:52:30.453+00:00 Ok thanks @Lucas Zhang - MSFT . So, to disable IDFA collection in Firebase Analytics, the only available option now is that I have to remove the SDK, am I correct?
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Lucas Zhang - MSFT 341 Reputation points
2021-01-21T14:09:21.523+00:00 Firebase Analytics by default does not send the IDFA and it only sends it if you have the AdSupport framework linked. If you have AdSupport previously linked, you will need to unlink it and have your users update their apps.
For more information, please take a look at: https://firebase.google.com/support/guides/analytics-adsupport
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Victor Hugo Garcia Hernandez 1 Reputation point MVP2021-04-06T14:13:15.01+00:00 Thanks Lucas for sharing that information.
Is there a way to know via terminal or somehow in Visual Studio for Mac to know if the AdSupport framework is linked or was linked and it is enabled somehow?
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SSB 111 Reputation points2023-01-06T15:03:00.673+00:00 Hi did you work this out?
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