[🌟] ITMS-91053 (Apple Required Reasons APIs): Declare an approved Required Reason for NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType

[taylorkline]

Description

This picker uses the creationDate from the FileManager class, which by May 1, 2024, must be declared with an approved reason in a Privacy Manifest.

Proposed Solution

• Create a Privacy Manifest named PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy with an appropriate entry for NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType within the NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypes array.
  • Likely reason code: 3B52.1 - "Declare this reason to access the timestamps, size, or other metadata of files or directories that the user specifically granted access to, such as using a document picker view controller."
  • As a reference: List iOS APIs requiring privacy reasons expo/expo#27770

Test Solution

Ensure that none of the Required Reasons APIs are used without a provided, Apple-approved reason.

This iOS 17 Required Reasons scanner may be ran on the codebase.

Additional Notes

It's possible that there are System boot time APIs or Disk space APIs that must also be declared. I did not perform an exhaustive search.

[vasuchawla]

Can confirm on the NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryDiskSpace NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategorySystemBootTime requirements too

[antoninleissen]

I'v got 4 requirements from apple when trying to submit :

• NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategorySystemBootTime
• NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp
• NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryDiskSpace
• NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryUserDefaults

[Jignesh1303]

Found potentially required reason API usage '.creationDate' in './node_modules/react-native-image-picker/ios/ImagePickerManager.m'
Line numbers: 198 263

[aliza-khu]

Has anyone found a solution to this?

I'v got 4 requirements from apple when trying to submit :

• NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategorySystemBootTime
• NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp
• NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryDiskSpace
• NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryUserDefaults

[LCseniordev]

Are there any updates or plans for this?

Thank you!

[Baudouin-Renie]

Hi @Johan-dutoit, could you please tell us when the Privacy Manifest File will be available in the public repo? Starting tomorrow, we'll need it to release our app in the AppStore. Thanks a lot!

[aliza-khu]

@Baudouin-Renie, Same here. The issue opened on 26 March, Still, there is no update on this even though it binds with Apple's deadline and can stop releasing new app versions. 😞

[alzalabany]

guys any updates ? can someone give us pointers how to bypass this, i must release this week and still getting warning

[aliza-khu]

@taylorkline, @Johan-dutoit, Can you share any input on this?

[liamjones]

There's a PR open for this: #2292

If you need it before it's in a release, you could apply it via patch-package.

[taylorkline]

You don't need this library to declare its privacy manifest (though Apple would like all libraries to provide their own, and you are responsible for the libraries you use). You can declare a valid reason in your own project's privacy manifest.