Capacitor: Removing IDFA via CocoaPods

Capacitor
#1

Submitting my iOS build for review, I get the familiar error:

Your app is using the Advertising Identifier (IDFA). You must either provide details about the IDFA usage or remove it from the app and submit your binary again.

I know this is from using cordova-plugin-google-analytics. When my app actually used Cordova, I would just remove libAdIdAccess.a and AdSupport.framework from the Linked Libraries section in Xcode. But now I am using Capacitor, so it’s added using CocoaPods.

What is the best way to ensure that the offending libraries are always removed?

Below are some areas in Xcode where I see the issue but am uncertain how best to proceed.

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#2

Mmmm, not 100% sure on this. While I check with the team, it might be worth considering not using the native plugin here. You could use the JS analytics instead, or use something like a capacitor plugins.

https://capacitor.ionicframework.com/docs/community/plugins#analytics

#3

Thank you @mhartington. For now, I’ve just told App Store Connect that I’m using it to track installations, but plan to remove it for the next version unless there’s another solution.

#4

This worked for me :

  1. open platforms/ios/podfile and remove the line with pod 'GoogleIDFASupport'

  2. navigate to the ios folder and do pod install