Critical Issue - iOS - Cannot upload app to the App Store

[omerts]

Issue

Hello,

When trying to publish my app to the App Store, getting the following error:

ITMS-91056: Invalid privacy manifest - The PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file from the following path is invalid: “Frameworks/TwilioVoice.framework/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy”. Keys and values in any privacy manifest must be in a valid format. For more details about privacy manifest files, visit: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/privacy_manifest_files.

Pre-submission Checklist

• [ V] I have verified that the issue occurs with the latest release and is not marked as a known issue in the CHANGELOG.md.
• [V ] I reviewed the Common Issues and open GitHub issues and verified that this report represents a potentially new issue.
• [V ] I am not sharing any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or sensitive account information (API keys, credentials, etc.) when reporting this issue.

Reproduction Steps

1. Try to publish an app using this lib to the Apple App Store

Expected Behavior

App should be published as expected

Actual Behavior

App is denied.

Reproduction Frequency

100%

Software and Device Information

Please complete the following information.

• React version: 18.2.0
• React Native version: 0.73.6

[sunil-sadasivan]

+1 seeing the same behavior this morning.

[dev3whistlebiz]

+1 same issue here

[MykolaKobetiakCloudGenie]

+1 same issue

[sunil-sadasivan]

If it's helpful — a workaround that worked for me was to delete (or back up) the PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file and build the archive to submit to testflight/app store.

 ./ios/Pods/TwilioVoice/TwilioVoice.xcframework/ios-arm64/TwilioVoice.framework/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy

[bobiechen-twilio]

This is a known issue with the Voice iOS SDK 6.10.1 referenced in the twilio-voice-react-native.podspec. We are working on a new release of the iOS SDK to fix the privacy information, in the meantime to resolve the issue you can manually update the version to 6.10.4.

Sorry for the inconveniences.

[MykolaKobetiakCloudGenie]

for those who are using Expo

Her is an example of a plugin with a quick fix

`const { withDangerousMod } = require("@expo/config-plugins");

const fs = require("fs/promises"); const path = require("path");

module.exports = function withIntentActivity(config) { return withDangerousMod(config, [ "ios", async config => { const filePath = path.join( __dirname, "..", "node_modules", "@twilio", "voice-react-native-sdk", "twilio-voice-react-native.podspec", );

  let content = await fs.readFile(filePath, "utf-8");

  content = content.replace(
    `s.dependency "TwilioVoice", "6.10.1"`,
    `s.dependency "TwilioVoice", "6.10.4"`,
  );

  await fs.writeFile(filePath, content);

  return config;
},

]); };`

[sshodges]

Any update on the timeline of the next release to fix these bugs?

[mhuynh5757]

Hi @sshodges we cannot give a concrete timeline at this point but it's high on our list of priorities. Thanks for your patience!

[sshodges]

Thanks @mhuynh5757. Totally understand, but is it possible get a rough timeline you're hoping for. Are we talking weeks or months? I just need to communicate the expectation internally

[bobiechen-twilio]

Hi everyone,

We have released the Twilio Voice iOS SDK 6.11.0, which includes an updated privacy manifest. While we are still working on updating the version reference in the React Native SDK repo, you can manually update the iOS SDK version in the twilio-voice-react-native.podspec file to download the latest iOS SDK for your iOS apps and resume the App Store submission.

[devBjn]

Hi @bobiechen-twilio , after change version in twilio-voice-react-native.podspec file, I run command pod install to update TwilioVoice version. However, xcode show some errors like the figure below

[bobiechen-twilio]

Hi @devBjn

I forgot to mention there has been API changes in the native iOS SDK that have not been released in the React Native Voice SDK. We are currently working on updating the React Native Voice SDK to incorporate the latest native SDK changes and some great updates. Meanwhile to manually fix this you can update these two methods in TwilioVoiceReactNative+CallMessage.m

- (NSDictionary *)callMessageInfo:(TVOCallMessage *)callMessage {
    NSDictionary *callMessageInfoObject = @{
        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeVoiceEventSid: callMessage.voiceEventSid,
        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeCallMessageContent: callMessage.content,
        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeCallMessageContentType: callMessage.contentType,
        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeCallMessageMessageType: [self callMessageTypeString:callMessage.messageType]
    };

    return callMessageInfoObject;
}

- (NSString *)callMessageTypeString:(TVOCallMessageType)callMessageType {
    switch (callMessageType) {
        case TVOCallMessageUserDefinedMessage:
            return kTwilioVoiceReactNativeUserDefinedMessage;

        default:
            return kTwilioVoiceReactNativeUserDefinedMessage;
    }
}

to this

- (NSDictionary *)callMessageInfo:(TVOCallMessage *)callMessage {
    NSDictionary *callMessageInfoObject = @{
        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeVoiceEventSid: callMessage.voiceEventSid,
        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeCallMessageContent: callMessage.content,
        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeCallMessageContentType: callMessage.contentType,
        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeCallMessageMessageType: callMessage.messageType
    };

    return callMessageInfoObject;
}

[devBjn]

Thanks for your help @bobiechen-twilio

[devBjn]

Hi @bobiechen-twilio , after changing the version in node-modules, it works on my local. However, I use Expo to build on TestFlight, but it could npm i again cause a conflicting version TwilioVoice. How to fix it

[sshodges]

@devBjn I had to build and deploy through xcode instead of EAS, very annoying. Don't think it will work on EAS until they do this release. I followed these instructions: https://reactnative.dev/docs/publishing-to-app-store

[ludvigbartholdsson]

Also waiting for fix

[sebastianpaz]

I was able to push my Twilio Voice SDK app to TestFlight using EAS by applying the following patch (used yarn-patch but works for any patch package). This fix bypasses the PrivacyInfo issue y'all been experiencing, myself included.

index de83acf3300c0febd60a16bb9dd1d3cfcb1abdfd..424d040d8d6586e82db8c8165ea5f69eeef9f24e 100644
--- a/ios/TwilioVoiceReactNative+CallMessage.m
+++ b/ios/TwilioVoiceReactNative+CallMessage.m
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ - (void)messageFailedForCallSid:(NSString *)callSid voiceEventSid:(NSString *)vo

 #pragma mark - Utility

+// old way before privacy fix
+#if 0
 - (NSDictionary *)callMessageInfo:(TVOCallMessage *)callMessage {
     NSDictionary *callMessageInfoObject = @{
         kTwilioVoiceReactNativeVoiceEventSid: callMessage.voiceEventSid,
@@ -82,5 +84,17 @@ - (NSString *)callMessageTypeString:(TVOCallMessageType)callMessageType {
             return kTwilioVoiceReactNativeUserDefinedMessage;
     }
 }
+#else
+- (NSDictionary *)callMessageInfo:(TVOCallMessage *)callMessage {
+    NSDictionary *callMessageInfoObject = @{
+        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeVoiceEventSid: callMessage.voiceEventSid,
+        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeCallMessageContent: callMessage.content,
+        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeCallMessageContentType: callMessage.contentType,
+        kTwilioVoiceReactNativeCallMessageMessageType: callMessage.messageType
+    };
+    
+    return callMessageInfoObject;
+}
+#endif

 @end
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diff --git a/twilio-voice-react-native.podspec b/twilio-voice-react-native.podspec
index 99216edb23544ec8a7754a80cbeac2a8a720b035..d6d359788b1349ab07f211196c5c4a85e90ddae6 100644
--- a/twilio-voice-react-native.podspec
+++ b/twilio-voice-react-native.podspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.source_files = "ios/**/*.{h,m,mm}"

   s.dependency "React-Core"
-  s.dependency "TwilioVoice", "6.10.1"
+  s.dependency "TwilioVoice", "6.11.0"
   s.xcconfig  =  { 'VALID_ARCHS' => 'arm64 x86_64' }
   s.pod_target_xcconfig   = { 'VALID_ARCHS[sdk=iphoneos*]' => 'arm64', 'VALID_ARCHS[sdk=iphonesimulator*]' => 'arm64 x86_64' }
 end

[mhuynh5757]

Hi all, apologies for the delay. I've cut the Release Candidate for version 1.1.0-rc1 and we're running it by our QE team to ensure we don't have any regressions. I can't promise any timelines, but it's in the works. Thanks for your patience!

[mhuynh5757]

Hey all, we released version 1.1.0 of the Twilio Voice RN SDK, which should resolve this issue. Please update at your earliest convenience. Thanks all for your patience and understanding.