TCConsentAPI.isIABSpecialFeatureAccepted not working

[redamimouni]

Hello,

I'm trying to check which consent has been accepted and I have an issue with TCConsentAPI.isIABSpecialFeatureAccepted that returns always false. I'm already using isIABPurposeAccepted and it works fine.

Any idea about this issue ?

[ahakimsaid]

Hello,

Thank you for reporting the issue. I was able to reproduce the bug on my side. The fix will be deployed in the next release. I hope it's not causing significant inconvenience for you at the moment.

Thank you

[redamimouni]

Hi @ahakimsaid , thanks you for your investigation, do you know when the fix will be released please ? Its a blocking issue in our side.

[ahakimsaid]

Hi @redamimouni, some major changes that we're working on might come in the upcoming release, we need to make sure everything is good before launching this release, so it might take a while.

However, you can in the mean time, use this workaround and directly read the value from the TCUserDefaults, here's an implementation for that :

 func isIABSpecialFeatureAccepted(ID: Int) -> Bool {
        let offsetID = ID + 13000
        let consent = TCUserDefaults.retrieveInfo(fromUserDefaults: "PRIVACY_FEAT_\(offsetID)")
        return consent == "1"
    }

[redamimouni]

Hi @ahakimsaid , perfect, thanks for the workaround, can you please tell me when its released so we can update the workaround ?

[ahakimsaid]

Glad the workaround is working for you. To stay updated on releases, I recommend keeping an eye on the repository. That way, you'll be notified as soon as it's released.

[rjourde]

Hello @ahakimsaid,

I'm experiencing a similar issue but with TCConsentAPI.getAcceptedGoogleVendors(). I accepted all the consents, but the collection of Google vendors is always empty, while the collection returned by TCConsentAPI.getAcceptedVendors() is well-populated with vendor IDs.

Could you please provide a workaround while we wait for a fix to be released?

[ahakimsaid]

Hello @rjourde, Sorry for late reply, I am unable to recreate the bug on my env. Are you seeing the google vendors on your privacy center ? they should have their own section on the vendors screen.

does the TCConsentAPI.getAcceptedVendors() return any values with a acm_ prefix ?

[rjourde]

Hello @ahakimsaid after accepting all the vendors, in the array returned by TCConsentAPI.getAcceptedVendors() I have 462 values and they are all prefixed with PRIVACY_VEN_

[ahakimsaid]

Hello @rjourde ,

The vendor we see in the screenshot provided appears to be a custom non-IAB vendor. Any vendor listed in the privacy.json will be handled by the SDK like any other custom vendor, even if the name refers to Google.

It is perfectly normal that you don't have values returned by getAcceptedGoogleVendors(). This method pertains to the Google ACString framework. If you want to implement it, please refer to the appropriate documentation : https://github.com/CommandersAct/iOSV5/tree/master/TCIAB#google-atp-listjson

If you eventually decide to add the ACString, you may also wanna update your privacy.json with a google_vendors filter.

[rjourde]

Hello @ahakimsaid,

Ok I understand. So is there a reliable way to identify that the vendor Google Advertising Products has been accepted ?

I have some kind of a workaround. I'm calling TCConsentAPI.getAllAcceptedConsent() and I check that the following IDs exist in the array: PRIVACY_VEN_2509 and PRIVACY_VEN_2510

[ahakimsaid]

You shoold look this Google Advertising Products vendor id inside your privacy json. Then you should have something like the following format in your array : PRIVACY_VEN_XX . Where XX is the id found in your privacy.json.