Changelog

Find here the Smaato NextGen SDK version history changelog for iOS versions.

VERSIONDATECHANGES
22.9.3Mar 17, 2025Crash issue during debug via Xcode 16+
22.9.2Nov 18, 2024Bugfixes and stability improvements
22.9.1October 16, 2024Updated Podspec to include the Privacy Manifest file in the Resource bundle
Bugfixes and stability improvements
22.9.0September 30, 2024Introduced a countdown timer for the close button on Fullscreen Ads.
Upgraded OM SDK to version 1.5.2 and obtained IAB recertification.
Disabled LGPD and GDPR checks on the SDK side (now handled on backend).
Implemented bug fixes and code optimisations.
22.8.4June 13, 2024Removed TCF String Decoder Logic from SDK
22.8.3April 11, 2024Updated Privacy Manifest File
22.8.2April 1, 2024Updated Privacy Manifest File
22.8.1March 15, 2024BugFix – Close button not appearing on Interstitial Ads in some cases
22.8.0March 12, 2024Make close and skip button appearance delay configurable
Make close and skip buttons size configurable
Add Smaato init listener callbacks for SDK init flow
BugFix – Time delay caused frame rate to drop significantly
22.7.0Feb 12, 2024iOS 17 Privacy Manifest Support
22.6.1Jan 29, 2024Not storing the decoded TCString in UserDefaults for IAB keys
Support for SKStoreProductViewController in landscape mode
22.6.0Dec 18, 2023Offer DSPs the possibility to force-redirect the CTA URLs to the native browser
Bugfix – Resolved crash issue caused by TCString.
22.5.0Nov 15, 2023StoreKit auto-opening improvement.
Set sound ON by default for video Ads.
22.4.0Sep 22, 2023NetworkEndCard support.
SKOverlay improvement.
Open Measurement SDK support v1.4.
SDK CTA URL handling.
Added support for AdMob SDK version 10.10.0.
Bugfix – Crash issue caused by TCFString.
Bugfix – Rewarded Companion Ad accepts only first click to redirect user to the click-through URL.
22.3.0Aug 16, 2023Added support for Rewarded Playable Ads.
Bugfix – Resolved app freezing issue when TCString is set on main thread.
22.2.1June 30, 2023Hotfix – Change in autoOpening property value for In-App Bidding’s collect signal API.
22.2.0June 29, 2023Google Play Families Policies – AAID.
Auto-opening of the App Store.
Support AdMob SDK version 10.6.0.
22.1.3June 16, 2023Hotfix – Resolved warning for method name conflicts with same method from another category.
22.1.2May 17, 2023BugfixNSInvalidArgumentException on iOS v22.0.1.
Bugfix – Handle dismiss view controller when coming back from webview.
22.1.1Apr 24, 2023Bugfix – UB and In-App Native Ads not loading.
22.1.0Apr 06, 2023Added support for remote config in full-screen ads.
Added support for SKAdNetwork v3.0 and v4.0.
Bug fixes and code improvements.

Migration notes (22.0.x → 22.1.0):
videoSkipInterval and displayAdCloseInterval in SMAAdRequestParams are discontinued; values are now fetched from remote configuration.
22.0.2Feb 28, 2023Make fullscreen formats closable after the user clicks on the close button.
Handle an MRAID useCustomClose and callback.
Support SKAN IDs in collectSignals API for In-App Bidding.
BugFix – Purple warning: Method can cause UI unresponsiveness after calling CoreLocation API.
22.0.1Jan 9, 2023Rewarded Interstitial ads clickable.
Load SKOverlay.
Handle SKAdNetwork v2.2 for In-App Bid ad responses.
Code improvements.
21.7.9Dec 13, 2022Full-screen UI revamp.
Bugfix – Interstitial Ads not displayed full screen.
Improvements and bug fixes.
21.7.8October 10, 2022Added feature to change SDK configuration remotely.
Aligned GDPR and LGPD detection in SDK.
Modified prebid request APIs of Native and Outstream Ads.
Bugfix – Firing impressions only after the Native Ad view is registered.
Bug fixes and code improvements.
21.7.7August 17, 2022Support for new OM SDK version 1.3.21.
Maintenance and bug fixes.
21.7.6June 20, 2022Added SDK support for click redirects with status codes 3xx.
Added support to handle viewable impressions for all ad formats.
Collect signal JSON modification with audit flags.
Bug fixes.
21.7.5April 26, 2022Fixed an issue with gdpr_consent and GDPR values not sent in AdRequests.
Added Geo info in collect signal API for MAX (In-App Bidding) usage.
Fixed app crash while fetching performance KPI values.
Removed MoPub adapters and their dependencies.
21.7.4April 05, 2022Fixed In-App Bidding impression trackers discrepancy issue.
21.7.3March 24, 2022Bugfix – Video ad pausing when the user unplugs headphones.
UB – Removed app.ext.skadn keys.
Bugfix – Rewarded Ads rewardedInterstitialDidReward called without playing the ad.
Bugfix – Resolved MockingJay library crashing issue during local integration tests.
21.7.2March 16, 2022Change the cache invalidation state.
Unified Bidding – Support Native formats.
Unified Bidding – Support Outstream Video.
In-App Bidding Module – Support Native.
Send ad violations in case of alerts and popups.
Bugfix – Logic of Click and Rewarded callback not proper.
Performance KPIs per AdSpace – PoC.
21.7.1February 07, 2022Remove CMP from iOS SDK.
21.7.0January 25, 2022Added support for Facebook banner, interstitial and rewarded video CSM (SDK Mediation).
Added support for Custom SDK Network mediation.
Fixed a bug where there was no pause event if a view appears above a video player.
Implemented sessionized data to Smaato in ad requests.
Included accessibility of GDPR TCFv2 consent information via In-App Bidding module APIs.
Fixed bug where SDK kept the redirect screen after redirection on click.
CMP stably released.
21.6.19October 28, 2021Renamed internal SKAdNetwork classes for better compatibility.
21.6.18October 26, 2021Added SDK API compatibility for Xcode 12.4.
21.6.17October 5, 2021Added support for click beacon (non-App Store URL) handling for SKAdNetwork.
Added support for SKAdNetwork versions 2.1 and 2.2.
Added support for LGPD compliance.
Improved support for India networks.
Implemented bug fix for native clicks.
Added APIs for In-App Bidding.
Removed unnecessary response parameter from ad requests.
Supports GAM SDK v8 onwards.
21.6.16July 23, 2021Implemented better parsing of DNS TXT config change hint records.
Added support for no-config tag in DNS config hint records.
Implemented rewarded fixes for increased rewarded video performance.
Fixed how SKAdNetwork information is passed via Unified Bidding.
Implemented Smaato’s Deeplinking Schema.
Fixed deep-link redirection issues.
Migrated Outstream template versioning to ETag.
Added delegate methods support for Splash Ads.
Fixed viewability tracker for image ads (banner and interstitial).
21.6.15June 16, 2021Upgraded OpenMeasurement SDK to 1.3.18.
Added OpenMeasurement image banner and interstitial tracker.
Added new Outstream Video module.
Introduced new Native Rich Media ad format.
21.6.14April 29, 2021Migrated to XCFramework.
21.6.13April 7, 2021Fixed a crash in Client-side Mediation (CSM) adapters.
21.6.12March 15, 2021Added configuration for passing Unity version.
Enabled the passing of ATTrackingAuthStatus and IDFV to SOMA.
21.6.11February 17, 2021Added configurable close button for display interstitials.
Added dynamic sizing to interstitial close buttons based on screen size.
Added support for privacy icon as native asset.
Fixed a crash in consent string parser.
21.6.10December 23, 2020Improvements to TTL calculation of ads that caused errors while caching creatives using Smaato’s In-App Bidding module.
21.6.9December 16, 2020IAB OpenMeasurement SDK updated to v1.3.12.
Added OpenMeasurement native tracker.
Added parameter to change alpha value of the interstitial ad background view.
21.6.8December 4, 2020Fixed a crash on Unified Bidding module initialization.
21.6.7November 28, 2020Added support for Splash Ads as an ad format.
Added configurable skip interval for interstitial video ads.
Fixed a RichMedia sub-resource load timeout.
21.6.6October 22, 2020Fixed the format in the Info.plist reader of SKAdNetwork.
Fixed a crash caused by a corner case related to the GDPR reader.
21.6.5October 8, 2020Fixed a crash caused by a corner case related to the GDPR reader.
21.6.4October 5, 2020Fixed a crash related to consent string.
Removed support of TCFv1.
21.6.2September 23, 2020Support for all available keys of SKAdNetwork.
Runtime compatibility for Xcode versions.
21.6.1September 20, 2020IDFA is fetched irrespective of LAT status (now deprecated).
21.6.0September 15, 2020iOS 14 support + SKAdNetwork support.
Resolved critical crash for Funcorp.
Better aligned information passed in ad requests to information set up by publishers in SPX.
Significantly reduced SDK initialization time.
Improvements in memory management.
Improved handling of debug logs.
21.5.2July 14, 2020Location awareness for EEA/GDPR.
Added In-App Bidding module.
Improved TTL calculation for ads.
Improved error logging for UB.
Updated rewarded video mediation adapters for AdMob.
Removed ad cache for waterfall requests.
Resolved crashes reported by Funcorp.
Removed 3rd-party SDK dependencies from smaato-ios-sdk CocoaPods for mediation and CSM adapters (MoPub & AdMob).
Created separate CocoaPods for AdMob and MoPub.
21.4.1May 12, 2020Implemented TCFv2 support.
21.3.3April 14, 2020Fix for a potential crash related to SKStoreProductViewController.
SmaatoSDK initialization can now be done via MoPub SDK mediation configuration class.
21.3.2March 19, 2020Improved functionality and segregation of Mediation (waterfall) vs Pre-bidding (Unified Bidding) ad space IDs when both are applied for the same MoPub ad request.
Implemented requirement to guarantee stable 6 fractional digits in latitude/longitude for Unified Bidding requests.
21.3.1January 13, 2020Improved GDPR policy restrictions for Video and RichMedia modules.
Fixed User-Agent format in impression and click beacon requests.
Fixed “No redirect after click on expanded banner (MRAID Map)” when NextGen SDK works as secondary under MoPub/AdMob—landing page now opens correctly even if parent view refreshes.
21.2.2November 27, 2019Fixed company name parameter in OM SDK to be compliant with IAB requirements.
Fixed conversion precision for bidding prices in Unified Bidding.
Added Maximum Ad Content Rating in SDK configuration.
Improved GPS location handling to be compliant with GDPR.
Fixed issues with displaying/clicking some MRAID banners.
Improved resolving of App Store URLs.
Improved touch handling on Banner WebViews to avoid auto-clicks in specific circumstances.
21.2.1November 5, 2019Introduced a flag to give the publisher control over GPS information.
Updated adapters to support MoPub 5.10.
Identified creatives in the Unified Bidding flow with the same configuration.
21.2.0October 22, 2019Extended OM SDK to measure viewability for Interstitial Video and Rewarded Video.
Video ads improvements: Support VAST 4.1 with additional error codes and macros; optimized media file selection based on connection type; default interstitial video skippability set to 5 seconds regardless of ad duration.
21.1.5October 10, 2019Fixed check comparing banner creative size to view dimensions; added error logging on mismatch.
21.1.4October 7, 2019Improvements to thread safety in SDK cache system; fixed issue related to System configuration.
21.1.3October 4, 2019Updated MoPub adapter to support MoPub SDK v5.8+.
UB bidding precision improvement: Device.model more detailed; synced IDs in Bid Requests and HTTP header for tracing/analysis.
Improvements to avoid configuration conflicts when NextGen SDK embedded into multiple apps on a device.
21.1.2September 26, 2019Added test ad spaces handling (SDK uses different publisher ID for tests).
Improved GPS location handling accuracy.
Made parameter keys in MoPub and AdMob adapters case-insensitive.

Unified Bidding: Enabled rewarded video; fixed User-Agent; disabled 3D touch on WKWebView; fixed incorrect presentation controller for internal browser; fixed empty screen for video without companion ad.
21.1.1September 3, 2019Support for iOS 13 compatibility (interstitials full-screen, no swipe-to-close) and Xcode 11.
21.1.0August 21, 2019Caching change & ad request rate limiting: parallel banner/MREC requests allowed for same Publisher/Ad Space IDs (mediation & UB).
Impression counting changes for banners: rendered impression counting (banner/MREC). Interstitial/Rewarded count when viewable (≥1%).
21.0.2August 12, 2019Fixed value for gdpr_consent string to pass proper data.
21.0.1July 24, 2019NextGen SDK distributed as a static library; updated project configuration to avoid Apple review rejections.
21.0.0June 28, 2019Added Open Measurement SDK for Banner, MREC, Interstitial (RichMedia).
Support for key-value targeting when Smaato is primary ad server.
Impression counting: beacon fired when ≥1% of creative is shown (or once video starts).
Caching & rate limiting: only one ad cached per publisher/ad space ID combination.
20.4.0April 29, 2019Unified Bidding Module revamp to allow using UB with a custom ad server.
20.3.0March 29, 2019First release of the NextGen SDK for iOS.
Unified Bidding Module – real-time price bidding (beta).
Supported ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded (Video).
Supported standards: VAST 4.0 (beta), MRAID 3.0 (beta).
Multi-Ad format for Interstitial (requests Video or RichMedia to increase fill rate).
Adapter classes for MoPub and AdMob as primary.