Release Notes for the IMA tvOS SDK

[Greg Schoppe (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi all,

We'll post in this thread every time a new version of the IMA tvOS SDK is released. If you wish to receive these updates by e-mail, click the Topic Options arrow at the top of this thread and click E-mail updates to me.

The release notes will also be available at https://developers.google.com/interactive-media-ads/docs/sdks/tvos-client-side/history

If you have any questions regarding a particular release, please post a new topic in this forum and let us know that you are using the tvOS version of the IMA SDK. If you're experiencing an error, please also include a link to a test page where we can see the issue.

Thanks,

IMA SDK Team

[Greg Schoppe (IMA SDK Team)]

10/30/2019 - 4.2.0

• Fixed an intermittent crash issue on tvOS 13.
  

[Greg Schoppe (IMA SDK Team)]

02/12/2020 - 4.2.1

• 4.2.1 will be the final version of the IMA SDK that supports tvOS 9.x
• Fixes an issue where clickthroughs would crash on tvOS 9.x

[Greg Schoppe (IMA SDK Team)]

08/11/2020 - 4.3.2

• Updates the IMA SDK to support tvOS 14: Adds support for AppTrackingTransparency. Apps are strongly recommended to request App Tracking Transparency authorization for IDFA access in order to monetize effectively on tvOS 14.
  

[Interactive Media Ads SDK]

02/23/2022 - 4.6.1

• Service release; No public changes.

12/06/2021 - 4.5.0

• Raised the minimum tvOS version to tvOS 12.
• Fixed a bug that could result in multiple Why this Ad icons.
• Removed need for MPNowPlayingSession.

[Interactive Media Ads SDK]

2024-02-22 - 4.11.1

• Fixes an issue where content audio could be heard during ad playback.

2024-01-24 - 4.10.0

• Enables Pod Serving VOD stream requests.
• Updates constraints for the AdUI to respect safe area guides.
• Adds a getter for cue points to iOS/tvOS stream manager

2023-08-15 - 4.9.2

• Fixed a bug which causes high CPU utilization for some DAI streams.

2023-04-20 - 4.9.1

• Increased minimum tvOS version for compilation to tvOS 14.
• Removed support for the ARMv7 platform.
• Adds the IMAVideoStitcherLiveStreamRequest class, which provides support for the Google Video Stitcher Live API.
• Adds the IMAVideoStitcherVODStreamRequest class, which provides support for the Google Video Stitcher VOD API.

2022-11-03 - 4.8.2

• Added userContext to IMA stream requests.
• Fixed bug that caused unnecessary "Invalid internal message" warnings.

2022-07-20 - 4.7.0

• Fixed an issue with publishers overwriting IMA SDK version information.
• Added AD_CAN_PLAY event. Fired when the ad is ready to play without buffering.
• Increased max default bitrate to unlimited for non-mobile devices.

[Interactive Media Ads SDK]

2024-04-03 - 4.12.0

• Adds a privacy manifest PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file and a signature for the SDK.
• Adds IMAVideoStitcherLiveStreamRequest.videoStitcherSessionOptions and IMAVideoStitcherVODStreamRequest.videoStitcherSessionOptions properties to set Cloud Video Stitcher's options for manifest generation.

[Interactive Media Ads SDK]

2024-06-13 - 4.13.0

• Adds VODConfigID to IMAVideoStitcherVODStreamRequest.
• Fixes nullpointerexception when adTagURL is null in IMAAdsRequest.
  
• Changes asset-level fallback logic to iterate through all ads in the original VAST until the SDK identifies a playable creative. If no playable creative is found, the ad isn't played.
• Fixes issue where tracking pings to ad.doubleclick.net were not being fired.
• Sets the SDK's ad size rendering constraints based on the view frame instead of the safe area layout guide for the playerView.

On Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 11:15:57 AM UTC-4 Interactive Media Ads SDK wrote:

2024-06-13 - 4.13.0

• Adds VODConfigID to IMAVideoStitcherVODStreamRequest.
• Adds videoStitcherSessionOptions to IMAVideoStitcherLiveStreamRequest and IMAVideoStitcherVODStreamRequest to manage video stitching sessions.
• Fixes nullpointerexception when adTagURL is null in IMAAdsRequest.
• Changes asset-level fallback logic to iterate through all ads in the original VAST until the SDK identifies a playable creative. If no playable creative is found, the ad isn't played.
• Fixes issue where tracking pings to ad.doubleclick.net were not being fired.
• Sets the SDK's ad size rendering constraints based on the view frame instead of the safe area layout guide for the playerView.

[Interactive Media Ads SDK]

2025-05-07 - 4.15.1

• Adds the ad period info to the AD_PERIOD_STARTED event, which you can access from IMAAdEvent.adData property.
• Adds support for handling HLS interstitials metadata with the IMA SDK.

2024-12-03 - 4.14.1

• Adds network code to the list of stream request parameters for all stream types.
• Fires a LOG event when an invalid click-through URL is clicked, rather than failing silently.
• Fixes a memory leak when OMID sessions were improperly destroyed.
• Adds support for skippable ads in VOD Pod Serving streams.
• Fixes a bug with scrolling support when the video is embedded in a scrollable container.
• Adds support for minSuggestedDuration to non-linear ads
• Fixes a bug that would cause some Campaign Manager tracking URLs to be incorrectly encoded.
• Fixes an issue that caused STARTED events to not be dispatched on some ad sessions.