Audience Network SDK for iOS Change Log

• Format updates for Interstitial and Rewarded Video to improve app monetization — interactive product cards, a new watch-and-browse experience, and dedicated end cards.
• Click destinations can now open in the system browser instead of an in-app web view, improving load performance and click reliability.
• Added a preferredAdOptionsViewPosition property on FBNativeAd and FBNativeBannerAd to control the AdChoices (ad options) position for regional compliance.
• FBAdOptionsView is deprecated in favor of the preferredAdOptionsViewPosition property on FBNativeAd and FBNativeBannerAd; manually adding an FBAdOptionsView remains supported.
• FBDynamicBannerAd is deprecated and will be removed in a future version; use FBAdView for banner ads instead.
• Performance improvements and minor bug fixes.

• Requires Xcode 26 or higher
• Fixed ads freezing issue
• Fixed crashes and stabilized SDK
• Fixed the UIScene integration
• UI bug fixes and optimisation

• Requires Xcode 26 or higher
• Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 13
• Performance and UX improvements
• Native API enhancements
• Minor bug fixes

• Resolved an unintentional exposure of the headers
• Minor bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where the bundle version was not set correctly in manually downloaded builds
• Warning and minor bug fixes
• User experience and performance improvements

• Fix Duplicate LC_RPATH '@executable_path/Frameworks' error for dynamic framework in Xcode 16

• Support Xcode 16 and above versions
• Warning and minor bug fixes
• User experience and performance improvements

• User experience and performance improvements

• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

• Fixed a linker issue when using dynamic framework
• Fixed pointer alignment warnings when using static framework

• Added privacy manifest file with declaration for collected data types and required reasons APIs
• Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 12
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

• Fix crashing due to memory issues when there has too many views loaded
• Remove bitcode from SDK

• Fixed a crash in SKStoreProductViewController on iOS 15.7

• Fixed a bug on iOS 15.6 (beta) where second tap on mobile app install ad CTA causes the host app to freeze

• Fixed a bug on iOS 15.5 where second tap on mobile app install ad CTA causes the host app to freeze
• Performance improvements

• Performance improvements
• Reverted default distribution method for Audience Network SDK as a static framework via CocoaPods. To embed dynamic framework, use manual installation.
• Deprecated -loadAd in favour of -loadAdWithBidPayload: methods. For more details on Audience Network becoming bidding only refer to our Audience Network blog post⁠

• Performance improvements
• Audience Network SDK is now distributed as a dynamic framework via CocoaPods.

• Performance improvements
• FBSDKCoreKit_Basics is no longer required as a dependency.
• Xcode 13⁠ is required to build apps that integrate this version of Audience Network SDK.

• Performance improvements

• Performance improvements

• SDK is now packaged as XCFramework
• arm64 simulator slice to allow testing on Apple Silicon Mac platforms

• Disabled link time optimization
• Updated FBAudienceNetwork pod to depend on a standalone FBSDKCoreKit_Basic pod to work with FBSDK 11.0+. This version will not work with older versions of FBSDK through CocoaPods. See more on GitHub⁠.

• Performance improvements

• Storage optimisation and performance improvements
• FBSDKCoreKit_Basics dependency version: >= 7.0.1. We advise you adopt the latest release for best performance and stability. Download FBSDKCoreKit_Basics from GitHub⁠

• Requires Xcode 12 or higher

• Prevented navigation bar from overlaying ads.
• Minor layout fix for playable ads..

• Requires Xcode 12 or higher

• A crash caused by subclassing SKStoreProductViewController on iOS 13.0.
• Audio did not stop after a playable ad was dismissed.
• Video paused with no play button available to resume.

• Cases where interstitial and rewarded video ads were sometimes rendered in an incorrect orientation.

• A crash happening in previous release (5.10.0) in cases where FBSDKCoreKit_Basics dependency version in use is 7.0.0 or older.

• Ad load times reduced
• Network bandwidth usage reduced

• A rare ad presentation failure for full-screen formats

• Server-side reward callbacks are now triggered as expected.

• Resolved crashes on iOS9 devices when attempting to request an ad.

• Duplicate symbols when including minizip.
• Linker warning about duplicate category implementation.
• Rendering issues with playable ads.
• Playable ads now load correctly for all creatives.
• Playable ads now close correctly on widescreen devices.
• Resolved crash when attempting to cache ad assets.

• Fixed: Interstitial video now plays when user navigates to next video carousel card from previous image card.
• Fixed: Interstitial now appears correctly when device is rotated after ad is loaded.
• Changed: FBSDKCoreKit_Basics dependency bumped to version 5.6.0 or greater.

• Official release for iOS 13 support
• Removed usage of UIWebView

• Changed: Updates to interstitial ad reporting flow.
• Fixed: Original setIdleTimerDisabled flag setting respected after video playback.
• Fixed: Playable ads in interstitials now respect change in device orientation.
• Changed: FBSDKCoreKit_Basics dependency bumped to version 5.2.1 or greater.

@interface FBNativeBannerAd

/**
 This is a method to associate a FBNativeBannerAd with the UIView you will use to display the native ads.

 @param view The UIView you created to render all the native ads data elements.
 @param iconImageView The UIImageView you created to render the icon
 @param viewController The UIViewController that will be used to present SKStoreProductViewController
 (iTunes Store product information) or the in-app browser. If nil is passed, the top view controller currently shown
 will be used.

 The whole area of the UIView will be clickable.
 */
- (void)registerViewForInteraction:(UIView *)view
                     iconImageView:(UIImageView *)iconImageView
                    viewController:(nullable UIViewController *)viewController;

/**
 This is a method to associate FBNativeBannerAd with the UIView you will use to display the native ads
 and set clickable areas.

 @param view The UIView you created to render all the native ads data elements.
 @param iconImageView The UIImageView you created to render the icon
 @param viewController The UIViewController that will be used to present SKStoreProductViewController
 (iTunes Store product information). If nil is passed, the top view controller currently shown will be used.
 @param clickableViews An array of UIView you created to render the native ads data element, e.g.
 CallToAction button, Icon image, which you want to specify as clickable.
 */
- (void)registerViewForInteraction:(UIView *)view
                     iconImageView:(UIImageView *)iconImageView
                    viewController:(nullable UIViewController *)viewController
                    clickableViews:(nullable NSArray<UIView *> *)clickableViews;

1. Download both FBSDKCoreKit.framework and its stripped down version (FBSDKCoreKit_Basics.framework) from our GitHub release page⁠.
2. If a static framework is used, drag and drop the framework to the project.
3. If a dynamic framework is used, add the framework to “Embedded Binaries” for the project.

• Fixed: ‘Unhandled Exception’ error message shown while loading video ads for App Installs for Interstitial ad format.
• Fixed: Product image mismatch between carousel card image and web page after tapping on CTA of particular carousel card for Interstitial ad format.
• Fixed: Crash on Video Player on iOS.

• Fixed adDidLoad delegate method called twice per ad load for banner ads.

• Removed dependency on CoreLocation.framework

• Interstitial design improvements

• Fixed issue with CFBundleSupportedPlatforms value in Info.plist
• Fixes for Playable ads
• Fixed initial volume for interstitial ads

• Nullability specifiers
• An option to hide ad reporting icon from AdOptionsView
• New native templates - an easier way to add Native Ads to your app.
• Interstitial design improvements

• Timer and animation starting if card already chosen for a rewarded ad

• Interstitial videos continuing to play after the user clicked to report an ad.
• Bidder tokens being corrupted under certain conditions.

• registerViewForInteraction for NativeAds and NativeBannerAds must now run from Main Thread.

• FBAdOptionsView for Native ads which provides greater flexibility
• New Interstitial design for Mobile App Install ads
• Added Playable Ad format in Interstitial Placements. Playable ads are a new interactive ad format that allows advertisers to offer a short preview of their game, app or brand before people can choose to download the app.

• Refactored and updated Dynamic Framework

• Resizing of FBAdIconView
• Preventing re-scheduling of viewability validator after impression
• Reduce the size of FBAudienceNetwork.framework

• Fixed the UI freeze issue
• Fixed some crashes
• Better user experience in watch and install page
• Allow long text in native ad reporting options cell

• New ad reporting flow
• New interstitial designs
• New designs for rewarded video endcards
• Playable Ad format in Rewarded Video Placements: Playable ads are a new interactive ad format that allows advertisers to offer a short preview of their game, app or brand before people can choose to download the app.
• Long videos now supported on Rewarded Video with skip option

• mediaCachePolicy defaults to ALL for nativeAd, nativeBannerAd and nativeAdsManager
• Bump the minimum supported iOS version to 9.0

• Fixed some crashes in AdUnitsSample
• Fixed video resume/pause when interrupted and foregrounded

• Fixed the horizontal vs. vertical ad format mismatch, during bid time vs. ad time
• Fixed a crash when loading ads on lower end iOS device

• Fixed a crash when trying to cache multiple images
• Fixed a crash during network connection initialization
• Fixed the collection view sample in AdUnitsSample project

• Option to use a UIImageView for the icon of a nativeAd (registerViewForInteraction:mediaView:iconImageView:viewController:)

• Fixed a crash which occurred when blurring images

• New Native Ad format, NativeBannerAd, which should now be used to display native ads with only the advertiser/app icon
• MediaView is now enforced for Native Ads
• New IconView is now enforced for Native Banner Ads
• Native Ads API Updates
• Added “advertiserName”, “headline”, “linkDescription”, “sponsoredTranslation”, “adTranslation”, “promotedTranslation”
• Renamed “body” to “bodyText”
• Native Ads and Native Banner ads now cache the media by default (media for nativeAd are image / video and icon. Media for nativeBannerAds is icon).
• Added mediaDownloaded delegate method to notify app when media has been successfully downloaded
• Added downloadMedia method on NativeAd and NativeBannerAd to download media whenever publisher please
• mediaCachePolicy on iOS is now set upon calling loadAd
• mediaCachePolicy on iOS is now readonly
• Added the tagView API which allows you to declare the role of views used to build a customized native experience in your app

• Removed “title” and “subtitle” from the Native Ads API

• Fixed a crash which occurred when blurring images

• An occasional crash in the sample application when loading native ads in scrollview
• Thumbnail image content aspect ratio for interstitial video ads

• Publishers using Rewarded Video can now set their rewardData before or after the loadAd method. The amount field has been removed to be consistent with the Android SDK.
• Sponsored Text translation. Text is now localized to the user
• Merged sample apps

• Fix for a potential crash for video ads
• Ad Choice placement fix for interstitial ads on iPhone X

• FBAdChoicesView will not be shown on Native Ads if you have set fixed height constraint for your FBAdChoicesView. Please try to use bottom space constraint.

• Rewarded video ad delegate method rewardedVideoAdComplete renamed to rewardedVideoAdVideoComplete

• Fix for a crash when the window property is not implemented in the application delegate
• Fix for a potential video freeze

• Added duration property to FBRewardedVideoAd
• No longer run any code at app launch

• Minimum required iOS SDK version is now 8.0

• Fix for FBMediaView video not loading after video-related failures
• Fixes for incorrect documentation in public headers
• Fixed a crash when FBNativeAdDelegate nativeAdDidClick: is not implemented (also fixes crash on click in FBNativeAdView)
• Fixed FBMediaView crashes when frame is invalid
• Fixed crash in FBMediaView video seek UI
• Fixed incorrect bidderToken from FBAdSettings before SDK initialization
• Fixed errors when importing library into Swift due to malformed modulemap
• Fixed memory leak in FBMediaView image rendering

• Support for iPhone X

• Fix for blank end cards in Rewarded Video
• Fixed potential app initialization crash due to C++ static initializer ordering
• Fix for Banner ads broken after touching AdChoices
• Fixed incorrect landscape orientation for image and carousel Interstitial ads

• Clear cached MediaView views on memory warning
• Added alpha API for App Bidding
• Replace legacy usage of destinationURL with CTA in instream ad

• Fixed occasional app freeze when switching rapidly between apps
• Fixed disableAutoRefresh not actually disabling auto-refresh
• Fixed AdChoices clicks reporting ad clicks on banner or interstitial ad to delegate
• Fixed CTAs being cutoff in some situations for native templates
• Disabled internal viewability validation running for internal MediaView views when hidden
• Optimized performance of view layout for MediaView
• Fixed crash for certain link ad content when using WKWebView browser
• Fixed some details being missed from locale identifier causing weird language mixes
• Fixed incorrect in-app browser reporting
• Fixed internal issues with view controller detection
• Prevent video from playing in certain cases, when in-app-browser is displayed
• Fixed CTAs taking users outside of the app in some unintended cases
• Fixed occasional crash on iOS 11 with UIApplication background state on a non-main thread causing OpenGL calls in the background

• When importing FBAudienceNetwork SDK v4.26, you will get an error saying “No Such Module”. To fix this issue, you need to rename FBAudienceNetwork.modulemap to module.modulemap in FBAudienceNetwork.framework/Modules folder. This will be fixed in the next release.

• Log the type of events that are dispatched from unified logging (only ids were logged to the console before)
• Added support for offline playback of Interstitial video ads
• Additional support for showing Interstitial ads after device orientation change
• Minor redesign of AdUnitsSample project (now includes Instream sample)
• Removed InstreamAdSample project
• Added playing property to FBMediaViewVideoRenderer
• Changed default value of FBMediaViewVideoRenderer duration property to kCMTimeIndefinite

• Log the type of events that are dispatched from unified logging (only ids were logged to the console before)
• Added support for offline playback of Interstitial video ads
• Additional support for showing Interstitial ads after device orientation change
• Minor redesign of AdUnitsSample project (now includes Instream sample)
• Removed InstreamAdSample project