ITMS-90809: Deprecated API Usage - New apps that use UIWebView are no longer accepted.

Hi, I am using Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin with mediation in my ios game. However am getting this error from apple - ITMS-90809: Deprecated API Usage - New apps that use UIWebView are no longer accepted. Instead, use WKWebView for improved security and reliability.

The version on Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin is 5.1.0
And I followed this video on how to upgade the google moble ads to the latest version -

Can someone please tell me what am i missing?
Thanks.

 

Sam in here

 

Unity 2018.4 - it worked fine last week.

Yesterday I try to upload and get this error message. I do not have Ads in my project. And new build just have new 2D assets

I removed ADS totally from my project and I look for text "UIWebView" in my project and in my build folder. And I did not find any thing.

 

Unity 2019.2.17f1 - worked fine last week as well.

I've been having this issue since the start of the week, as well as - TMS-90078: Missing Push Notification Entitlement.

i'm not using Ads and have double checked the Package Manager to make sure it's not installed. I am using the Analytics Library version 3.3.5 though, as well as Multiplayer HLAPI, not sure if they use UIWebView.

As for Push notifications, I have removed it from my permissions script and am not using it anywhere else in my app, but I do have the Mobile Notificaitions packages installed - version 1.0.3. Should I remove it?

 

If you are not using it, you should.

 

I try to run
>grep -r "UIWebView" .
in my build project and got
Binary file ./ProjectName/Pods/GVRSDK/Libraries/libGVRSDK.a matches

This project uses Virtual Reality so is this could be a problem?

 

I removed all my scenes, GVR files, XR in project settings. > Created Hello World scene and I was able to upload the app.
Now the question how do I exclude UIWebView from GVR?

 

same, just uploaded my app... unity 2019.1 doesn't appear in iTunes connect as I got that email saying....
"Deprecated API Usage - New apps that use UIWebView are no longer accepted. Instead, use WKWebView for improved security and reliability. Learn m....."
need to find out what is using UIWebView..... any ideas ?
if I figure it out, I'll post back here....

 

Same. I'm using 2018.3.14f1 for my project. Do I just need to update to a new Unity version or are there some packages/dependencies I can remove?

Edit:
Actually found an answer in this thread.

https://forum.unity.com/threads/itm...ions-of-apps-that-use-uiwebview.736814/page-3

This fixed the problem!

 

i faced the same issue .

Solution :
1.Update Google Admob SDK - Minimum SDK version 5.6.0 required
Update FB Audience Network SDK (if used) download from FB page
Unity ADs (if used ) - Minimum SDK version 3.3.0 required .

according to Email :
All the GMA SDK versions including and after 7.55.0 released on Feb 4th, 2020, default to WKWebview and have removed UIWebView entirely.
To ensure your app complies with App Store’s requirement, we recommend that you:
1) Update the GMA SDK to the most recent one (minimum version: 7.55.0) and release your app with it at the earliest convenience;
2) If you are using AdMob mediation or Open Bidding, please review the list below with information on the latest minimum SDK of 3P ad networks that utilize WKWebView and make sure the adapter versions match the SDK version.

 

I don't know if you solved this but i think i have worked around it (and i emphasise think haha).

I found the issue for me was in \Pods\GVRSDK\Libraries\libGVRSDK.a via Findstr. It had 3 references to UIWebView and i replaced them with WKWebView using gVim and added WebKit.framework to 'frameworks and libraries' in UnityFramework.

The build built successfully to device without issues and uploaded to store and processed fine without warnings, it's now in review for external testing so fingers crossed it's all green dots.

 

I tried options in that other thread... https://forum.unity.com/threads/itm...ions-of-apps-that-use-uiwebview.736814/page-3
ads work with 2.0.8 on device build.
switching from ads 2.0.8 to 3.4.5 just made the ads not work in builds.
using grep. didn't find any references to UIWebView in my Xcode project
modifying Xcode file target UnityAdsUnityWrapper.mm disabled the ads from working
so far no success of both a build, and ads still working. in 2019.1.14f1
ads 3.3.1, no ads or errors on device
looks like 2.0.8 is the only "verified" version for 2019.1.14f1 in the package manager

 

fixed it by dumping old unity, old ads version and my code. updating to 2019.3 with latest unity-ads from package manager, and fresh implementation. works. but pain to get there.

 

IT IS WORKING !!!! Thank you!

To save time for others who are not familiar with this process as I was:

In Vim open \Pods\GVRSDK\Libraries\libGVRSDK.a

Type> :%s/UIWebView/WKWebView/g

Adding Frameworks to Your Xcode Project

1. Select the project file from the project navigator on the left side of the project window.
2. Select the target for where you want to add frameworks in the project settings editor.
3. Select the “Build Phases” tab, and click the small triangle next to “Link Binary With Libraries” to view all of the frameworks in your application.
4. To Add frameworks, click the “+” below the list of frameworks.
5. Select WebKit.framework

 

@myasovik I tested your update and it works! Thank you.

 

I tried editing \Pods\GVRSDK\Libraries\libGVRSDK.a but it didn't work. My project is a google cardboard app using Unity 2019.2.21. I even tried updating to the latest Unity and that didn't work either.

 

>grep -r "UIWebView" .

@myasovik Thank you very much for the suggestion to run this command in the Xcode folder that Unity created!

Through that, I was able to discover that it was an old version of the Chartboost plugin that was causing the issue. I also needed to upgrade the Facebook API (and removed old versions of Unity Ads and Unity In-App Purchases, though I don't know if they were culprits or not, as I removed them before finding your answer).

 

I tried editing \Pods\GVRSDK\Libraries\libGVRSDK.a file but vim is not editing .a file . it is opening in an encrypted form.
kindly help @myasovik

 

That is correct. Now you can search in this file for "UIWebView" and there should be that actual name without encryption. And to replace it:
1. Click ESC
2. Type> :
3. Paste> %s/UIWebView/WKWebView/g
4. Click enter

It is possible that you have reference on it in different files so try to run
grep -r "UIWebView"
in your console

 

hi @myasovik i have the exact same problem and after following your suggestion, when i try to build the app, it throws lots of error, something like this for example :


ignoring file /Users/xxxx/Documents/xxx/vrproject/Projects/vr/Builds/iOS/vr-iOS/Pods/GVRSDK/Libraries/libGVRSDK.a, file is universal (4 slices) but does not contain the armv7 architecture:

where did i go wrong?

 

hi myasovik,

Could you share me your file "libGVRSDK.a".
I cannot editing libGVRSDK.a file

 

hi @myasovik, I'm having same problem and can't resolve it =(. Could you share your file please?

Thank you!

 

Hi,

I cannot share any files as this is commercial project not my personal.

Remove UIWebView
1. You need to get vim for mac. This is one I am using > https://macvim-dev.github.io/macvim/
2. In Vim open {Path to your build folder}\Pods\GVRSDK\Libraries\libGVRSDK.a
3. Click ESC
4. Type ":"
3. Paste "%s/UIWebView/WKWebView/g"
4. Click enter
Adding Frameworks to Your Xcode Project
1. Select the project file from the project navigator on the left side of the project window.
2. Select the target for where you want to add frameworks in the project settings editor.
4. Select the “Build Phases” tab, and click the small triangle next to “Link Binary With Libraries” to view all of the frameworks in your application.
5. To Add frameworks, click the “+” below the list of frameworks.
6. Select WebKit.framework
Here is an image where to click > http://docs.onemobilesdk.aol.com/ios-ad-sdk/adding-frameworks-xcode.html

 

I do not know such error.

Try to use Unity version 2018.4 which I am using.

Two weeks ago I upgraded to 2019 and I just give up on fixing all problems to submit to app store and rolled it back today to 2018

 

In windows try:

findstr /S /I /M "UIWebView" *.*


mine tells me:

Assets\Plugins\iOS\UnityAds.framework\UnityAds

is the problem.

 

I had the same issue. I used command line tool findstr suggested by @msclower and found that there was one file within Library folder and one within Pod (AdMob). Since I was using Unity 2018.4.1f4, I decided to give a try and update it to latest Unity 2018.4.28f1 available at the moment. That fixed half of the problem, there was no more file with UIWebView within Library folder and when I tried to submit build, I was still getting warning message.

Then I found a post of the user, who said that AdMob fixed that issue. So I decided to update Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK within Podfile to latest available Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK 7.67. Unfortunately, that did not work well because Firebase was wrong version. So to save time, I simply remove version from all cocoa pods, except Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK, so my file looked like:

Code (csharp):

1. pod 'Firebase/Analytics'
2. pod 'Firebase/Core'
3. pod 'Firebase/RemoteConfig'
4. pod 'FirebaseInstanceID'
5. pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK', '~> 7.67'

Then I did pod update and got following message:

Code (csharp):

1. Installing Firebase 4.0.3 (was 5.20.0)
2. Installing FirebaseAnalytics 4.0.2 (was 5.8.0)
3. Installing FirebaseCore 4.0.3 (was 5.4.1)
4. Installing FirebaseInstanceID 2.0.10 (was 3.8.1)
5. Installing FirebaseRemoteConfig 2.0.1 (was 3.1.0)
6. Installing Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK 7.67.1 (was 7.43.0)
7. Installing GoogleAppMeasurement 7.0.0 (was 5.8.0)
8. Installing GoogleToolboxForMac (2.3.0)
9. Installing GoogleUserMessagingPlatform (1.3.0)
10. Installing GoogleUtilities 7.0.0 (was 5.8.0)
11. Installing PromisesObjC (1.2.11)
12. Installing nanopb 2.30906.0 (was 0.3.9011)
13. Removing FirebaseABTesting

After that I was still able to see UIWebView within AdMob but Apple accepted a built and it appeared under 'All Builts' and 'TestFlight'. I will keep searching which parts of Podfile needs to be changed and how to be able to install Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK 7.67. I hope this will saves someone time.

UPD1: I wasted over a half day, trying to make it all work. The sample Podfile above was generating error at app startup. The Analytics 5.8 was not compatible with AdMob 7.67. So I tried to downgrade Analytics to 5.0. App compiled but I got a message from Firebase that it's too old and it will self disable. Then I tried to upgrade to next available version Analytics 6.9 but app was crashing with NSInvalidArgumentException (setMinimumSessionInterval). There was a topic where Firebase team suggested to upgrade Firebase to 6.13 but it was not available in pods. The next version was 7.0 but it required to increase min iOS version from 9 to 10 =(

So I tried a solution by @myasovik but it did not worked. I added each and then both WebKit libraries available but I was getting handler related error message.

Finally, I go back to Analytics 6.0 and tried it (assuming that bug was related to 6.9) but it also generated new error at app startup. The next 6.0.4 worked but I came back to the same issue setMinimumSessionInterval and then I decided to check, if I can remove it. Documentation told me that this method is Deprecated and that's why I was getting error =)

Important, since we manually updated pod's version, Unity no longer was able to give us warning. So if you also change pod version to higher, make sure that your code is not using any deprecated methods or properties. This is the Podfile which worked for me:

Code (CSharp):

1. pod 'FirebaseAnalytics', '~> 6.9'
2. pod 'FirebaseCore', '~> 6.10'
3. pod 'FirebaseRemoteConfig', '~> 4.9'
4. pod 'FirebaseInstanceID', '~> 4.8'
5. pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK', '~> 7.67'

UPD2: I hope this message will save your time. I wasted another 14 hours before I learn a lesson =) xCode is a casino roulette! Project's successful build/archive is pure luck! Project > Clean build folder > Build > Error... changing nothing, do it again and it will magically Build this time. There was a times when I achieve successfully but then validation used to tell me that there is no build in it =) Other times it used to say that archive was not created with xCode and etc... pure magic! God save Android!

The most important NEVER TOUCH PODFILE! If you need to have different version numbers for pods, then update plugins within Unity and let Unity create proper Podfile for you!

Unity build for iOS is not smart as for Android (with 'force resolution' function), so do not expect that it will resolve version issues within Podfile for you. So I was doing it all wrong... The Google Mobile Ads pod was fixed since 7.45 version (theoretically... because when I tried it, it failed but 7.67 worked). I also tried gad_preferred_webview key solution but Apple still did not approve build.

You may think that installing new version of Google Mobile Ads plugin 3.18.3 (which includes v7.48) for Unity should fix the problem but not... because that would just increase min version for Google Play Ads in Podfile but that version requires FirebaseCode 6 which was not compatible with my existing Firebase Analytics 5.20.0 =)

REAL SOLUTION I had to update Google Mobile Ads to 3.18.3 (I believe it was not required) and then Firebase SDK to 6.3.0 which increased FirebaseAnalytics to 6.3 and made it compatible with GoogleMobileAds 7.67. Finally I confirm that this worked on device, archive and even apple approved it.

p.s. The reason why I am not using latest FirebaseSDK and GoogleMobileAds is that they require external dependency manager which causes conflict with TextMeshPro (duplicate libraries with Firebase)

 

To everyone not dealing with a more severe version of this issue, try updating Unity Ads to v3.x.x first - that's fixed it for me every time.

 

Why would Unity Ads v3.x.x be needed, if you're using AdMob? According to Unity support, Unity Ads isn't needed for them. Additionally, what version of the AdMob SDK are you using? I'm GoogleMobileAdsSdkiOS-7.69.0 framework files to my iOS builds, but they still get rejected from Apple Connect.

 

@myasovik
Thank you very much for this info!! but I have a small problem...
My file is saving as it should wonderfully, but when I restart unity it restores the libgvrsdk.a file back to the previous version. I believe it is updating itself via the package.json "repository" url that is provided any thoughts on how to resolve this? and not sure if it matters but I am on windows using gvim (82)

edit: it seems to be getting rid of the error in my build, but I have to do it every time I build on ios which is a pain, but managable. I do have a reference in my archive though in a gSYM file but from what I've read those have no working code so hopefully it'll slide through.

@Philipp_Helbig if you typed in your comment exactly what it says, then you have UiWebView. it should be, to my understanding UIWebView. pattern not found means it can't find UiWebView in your document. I believe it is case sensitive, but I could be wrong. (edit: I tried" :%s/UiWebView/WKWebView/g" and I did receive a pattern not found error. So it is case sensitive) Try that and see and reply back for others struggling if it works.

 

Thanks myasovik,
seems to me as i need this procedure. Because grep -r "UIWebView" in my xcode project path in Terminal comments with: "binary file libGVRSDK.a matches"...
My problem now is when i do this command in MacVim i get the message "E486: Pattern not found: UiWebView". Why? is there no pattern or does macvim not search in the file? in finder i do right-click on the GVRSDK.a - file and click "New MacVim Buffer Here". ISs this correct? is this the same like opening the file? Or how can i open the file properly in the batch of macvim? is "open" the correct form? Sorry for loads questions, i am new to this topic and nooby.

Cheers Phil

 

@Philipp_Helbig also in addition to my comment above, just right click the libgvrsdk.a file and open with vim. It should open a file that has a bunch of letters and symbols. (see thumbnail below) if you type in the exact command as @myasovik stated above you should get a 4 substitutions on 4 lines. At least that is what it said for me. Also I might add that for me I had to do this process AFTER unity is opened, otherwise it will rewrite the file. I built into xcode and before I did ANYTHING I found the file in my pods and edited it then. I received a successful upload to testflight, but that is as far as I have gotten. I hope this helps. I'm on here everyday until this app is published, so if any has any incite please share!

 

I got that error yesterday. I was waiting for the build to pop up in my Apple control panel but got instead that email.
Between the former build that got allowed and the new one that got rejected, I simply updated a plugin for ads, IAPs, stuff like that.
Also, on the topic of weird and gratuitous errors that will either make an archiving fail or an uploading fail, I simply cleaned the project every time. When the archiving had failed and redid it and it worked. Sure. When later on I tried an upload during the night and it failed, I cleaned the build, archived it and push the file towards Apple and this time it passed through.
Now I'm getting this WebView error so, again, I'm cleaning the folder, doing a new archive and again sending it. Just to see what happens. Not a single change in code or else is brought to the project. I want at least to be sure that I can reproduce the error and obtain the same refusal. In 2021, using Unity Ads and a LTS version, plus a Unity Ads package that's verified, I do not understand why I should even get issues with this UIWebView problem when it would have been dealt with by all parties by now!

EDIT
Well, "good" news, at least the re-archiving and upload resulted in the same refusal. So something between Unity, Unity Ads package (within Services) and the plugin could be messing things up.

 

Now in mid 2021, after getting this issue as a reason for rejection, I'm wondering why it wouls happen at all. I look at the project (sort of pre-build) in Xcode 12.4, go to Build Phases and in frameworks, I cannot find Webkit.
Is there any reason why Unity 2019.4 LTS would not automatically throw this framework into the mix while I'm launching a building from Unity?
In Xcode, with the Search tool (fourth icon from the left in the left column), I look for WebView but nothing is found at all.

How may I find a specific line of code within Unity? Is there a native/free tool for that to parse the whole project's code and find references to UIWebView?
I used Visual Studio's Look in Files for 'WebView', 'UIWeb' and variants, case not sensitive, but never found anything.
I'm still working on Catalina, could this be of importance?