"App Store Connect Operation Error" warning for an app depends on FIAM

[droibit]

Description

App Store Connect warned an app that depend on Firebase In-App Messaging built on Xcode14 as follows.

App Store Connect Operation Error
The app references non-public selectors in Payload/Firebase-IAM.app/Firebase-IAM: dataChanged

And I grep in the project with the dataChanged keyword and it was included in the Firebase In-App Messaging module.

# grep -r dataChanged ./
.//Pods/FirebaseInAppMessaging/FirebaseInAppMessaging/Sources/Private/Flows/FIRIAMMessageClientCache.h:- (void)dataChanged;
.//Pods/FirebaseInAppMessaging/FirebaseInAppMessaging/Sources/Flows/FIRIAMMessageClientCache.m:  [self.observer dataChanged];
.//Pods/FirebaseInAppMessaging/FirebaseInAppMessaging/Sources/Flows/FIRIAMMessageClientCache.m:    [self.observer dataChanged];

Reproducing the issue

1. Clone the project to reproduce.
   • https://github.com/droibit/ios-firebase-iam-xcode14
2. Run pod install.
3. Specify a developer team for the project.
4. Archive a binary with Xcode14.
5. Validate App with Organizer.
6. Warning occurs.

Firebase SDK Version

9.6.0

Xcode Version

14.0

Installation Method

CocoaPods

Firebase Product(s)

In-App Messaging

Targeted Platforms

iOS

Relevant Log Output

No response

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PODS:
  - Firebase (9.6.0):
    - Firebase/Core (= 9.6.0)
  - Firebase/Analytics (9.6.0):
    - Firebase/Core
  - Firebase/Core (9.6.0):
    - Firebase/CoreOnly
    - FirebaseAnalytics (~> 9.6.0)
  - Firebase/CoreOnly (9.6.0):
    - FirebaseCore (= 9.6.0)
  - Firebase/InAppMessaging (9.6.0):
    - Firebase/CoreOnly
    - FirebaseInAppMessaging (~> 9.6.0-beta)
  - FirebaseABTesting (9.6.0):
    - FirebaseCore (~> 9.0)
  - FirebaseAnalytics (9.6.0):
    - FirebaseAnalytics/AdIdSupport (= 9.6.0)
    - FirebaseCore (~> 9.0)
    - FirebaseInstallations (~> 9.0)
    - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/Network (~> 7.7)
    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 7.7)"
    - nanopb (< 2.30910.0, >= 2.30908.0)
  - FirebaseAnalytics/AdIdSupport (9.6.0):
    - FirebaseCore (~> 9.0)
    - FirebaseInstallations (~> 9.0)
    - GoogleAppMeasurement (= 9.6.0)
    - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/Network (~> 7.7)
    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 7.7)"
    - nanopb (< 2.30910.0, >= 2.30908.0)
  - FirebaseCore (9.6.0):
    - FirebaseCoreDiagnostics (~> 9.0)
    - FirebaseCoreInternal (~> 9.0)
    - GoogleUtilities/Environment (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/Logger (~> 7.7)
  - FirebaseCoreDiagnostics (9.6.0):
    - GoogleDataTransport (< 10.0.0, >= 9.1.4)
    - GoogleUtilities/Environment (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/Logger (~> 7.7)
    - nanopb (< 2.30910.0, >= 2.30908.0)
  - FirebaseCoreInternal (9.6.0):
    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 7.7)"
  - FirebaseInAppMessaging (9.6.0-beta):
    - FirebaseABTesting (~> 9.0)
    - FirebaseCore (~> 9.0)
    - FirebaseInstallations (~> 9.0)
    - GoogleUtilities/Environment (~> 7.7)
    - nanopb (< 2.30910.0, >= 2.30908.0)
  - FirebaseInstallations (9.6.0):
    - FirebaseCore (~> 9.0)
    - GoogleUtilities/Environment (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/UserDefaults (~> 7.7)
    - PromisesObjC (~> 2.1)
  - GoogleAppMeasurement (9.6.0):
    - GoogleAppMeasurement/AdIdSupport (= 9.6.0)
    - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/Network (~> 7.7)
    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 7.7)"
    - nanopb (< 2.30910.0, >= 2.30908.0)
  - GoogleAppMeasurement/AdIdSupport (9.6.0):
    - GoogleAppMeasurement/WithoutAdIdSupport (= 9.6.0)
    - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/Network (~> 7.7)
    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 7.7)"
    - nanopb (< 2.30910.0, >= 2.30908.0)
  - GoogleAppMeasurement/WithoutAdIdSupport (9.6.0):
    - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (~> 7.7)
    - GoogleUtilities/Network (~> 7.7)
    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 7.7)"
    - nanopb (< 2.30910.0, >= 2.30908.0)
  - GoogleDataTransport (9.2.0):
    - GoogleUtilities/Environment (~> 7.7)
    - nanopb (< 2.30910.0, >= 2.30908.0)
    - PromisesObjC (< 3.0, >= 1.2)
  - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (7.8.0):
    - GoogleUtilities/Environment
    - GoogleUtilities/Logger
    - GoogleUtilities/Network
  - GoogleUtilities/Environment (7.8.0):
    - PromisesObjC (< 3.0, >= 1.2)
  - GoogleUtilities/Logger (7.8.0):
    - GoogleUtilities/Environment
  - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (7.8.0):
    - GoogleUtilities/Logger
  - GoogleUtilities/Network (7.8.0):
    - GoogleUtilities/Logger
    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib"
    - GoogleUtilities/Reachability
  - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (7.8.0)"
  - GoogleUtilities/Reachability (7.8.0):
    - GoogleUtilities/Logger
  - GoogleUtilities/UserDefaults (7.8.0):
    - GoogleUtilities/Logger
  - nanopb (2.30909.0):
    - nanopb/decode (= 2.30909.0)
    - nanopb/encode (= 2.30909.0)
  - nanopb/decode (2.30909.0)
  - nanopb/encode (2.30909.0)
  - PromisesObjC (2.1.1)

DEPENDENCIES:
  - Firebase (= 9.6.0)
  - Firebase/Analytics (= 9.6.0)
  - Firebase/InAppMessaging (= 9.6.0)

SPEC REPOS:
  trunk:
    - Firebase
    - FirebaseABTesting
    - FirebaseAnalytics
    - FirebaseCore
    - FirebaseCoreDiagnostics
    - FirebaseCoreInternal
    - FirebaseInAppMessaging
    - FirebaseInstallations
    - GoogleAppMeasurement
    - GoogleDataTransport
    - GoogleUtilities
    - nanopb
    - PromisesObjC

SPEC CHECKSUMS:
  Firebase: 5ae8b7cf8efce559a653aef0ad95bab3f427c351
  FirebaseABTesting: 61826730ce9eee8781ba99a2b3420e9bce148dc9
  FirebaseAnalytics: 89ad762c6c3852a685794174757e2c60a36b6a82
  FirebaseCore: 2082fffcd855f95f883c0a1641133eb9bbe76d40
  FirebaseCoreDiagnostics: 99a495094b10a57eeb3ae8efa1665700ad0bdaa6
  FirebaseCoreInternal: bca76517fe1ed381e989f5e7d8abb0da8d85bed3
  FirebaseInAppMessaging: 64f19fde7c3010c170af2c8c629bdb484a4ba642
  FirebaseInstallations: 0a115432c4e223c5ab20b0dbbe4cbefa793a0e8e
  GoogleAppMeasurement: 6de2b1a69e4326eb82ee05d138f6a5cb7311bcb1
  GoogleDataTransport: 1c8145da7117bd68bbbed00cf304edb6a24de00f
  GoogleUtilities: 1d20a6ad97ef46f67bbdec158ce00563a671ebb7
  nanopb: b552cce312b6c8484180ef47159bc0f65a1f0431
  PromisesObjC: ab77feca74fa2823e7af4249b8326368e61014cb

PODFILE CHECKSUM: 84c8097f19f1d1bf5d80608872d9866c005542d8

COCOAPODS: 1.11.3

[google-oss-bot]

I couldn't figure out how to label this issue, so I've labeled it for a human to triage. Hang tight.

[rizafran]

Thanks for reaching out, @droibit. I was able to reproduce the issue. I'll inform the engineer about this to see what we can do here.

[paulb777]

This looks like another variation of #5568 that the AppStore is mistakenly confusing an internal Firebase API with an Apple API. We can investigate changing the name to work around the Apple issue.