Does this app use the Advertising Identifier IDFA - AdMob 6 8 0

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I m currently uploading my App to the App Store and Apple is asking me if this app users IDFA  I m using the latest Admob SDK or 6 8 0 and I don t know if it uses IDFA or not  and if it does which check boxes should I hit X X  Image http   i gyazo com a7d36f95ac0cc066e5654517d4ec2f3f png

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Yes  it does  From the AdMob page      The Mobile Ads SDK for iOS utilizes Apple s advertising identifier  IDFA   The SDK uses IDFA under the guidelines laid out in the iOS developer program license agreement  You must ensure you are in compliance with the iOS developer program license agreement policies governing the use of this identifier

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If you are lazy to check on each third party SDK if they use or not the IDFA you can use this command   fgrep -R advertisingIdentifier    don t forget the dot at the end of the command   Go to your project workspace folder and run the command to find which files are using the advertising identifier   Then you just have to look in the guidelines of those SDKs to see what you need to do about the IDFA

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In app store connect now if we are using ads in our app then we will answer as yes to Does this app use the Advertising Identifier  IDFA       further 3 questions will be asked as      if your using just admob then check the first one and leave other two unchecked  Other two options  2nd   3rd   will be checked if your using app flyer to show ads  all options are explained with detail here

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BTW  Yandex Metrica also uses IDFA      Pods YandexMobileMetrica libYandexMobileMetrica a   They say on their GitHub page that    Starting from version 1 6 0 Yandex AppMetrica became also a tracking instrument and uses Apple idfa to attribute installs  Because of that during submitting your application to the AppStore you will be prompted with three checkboxes to state your intentions for idfa usage  As Yandex AppMetrica uses idfa for attributing app installations you need to select Attribute this app installation to a previously served advertisement    So  I will try to select this checkbox and send my app without actually no any ads in it

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I recently submitted an app to Apple s App Store  My app was built using iOS 12  Xcode 10  and Swift 4 2  My app uses Google AdMob for the sole purpose of showing Interstitial Ads  When prompted these question  this is what I did   1  Does this app use the Advertising Identifier  IDFA     ANSWER  YES          a  Serve advertisements within the app - CHECKED  b  Attribute this app      - NOT CHECKED  c  Attribute an action     - NOT CHECKED  I   my name   confirm that this app     - CHECKED  My app was accepted and  Ready for Sale  in less than 24 hrs

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If you have Google analytics or Facebook api in you app  you need to check all of them to make sure it works   Edit  This is an old answer - see comments or other answers for an exact answer

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You can track all calls to  ASIdentifierManager advertisingIdentifier  with symbolic breakpoint in Xcode

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It seems many indie developers like me are desperately looking for an answer to these questions for years  Strangely  even after 5 years this question was asked  it seems the answer to this question is still not clear    As far as I can see  there is not any official statement in Google AdMob documentation or website about how a developer can safely answer these questions  It seems developers are left on their own in the mystery about answering some legally binding questions about the SDK   In their support forums they can advice questioners to reach out to Apple Support      Hi there       I believe it would be best for you to reach out to Apple Support for   your concern as it tackles with Apple Submission Guidelines rather   than our SDK       Regards  Joshua Lagonera Mobile Ads SDK Team   Or they can say that it is out of their scope of support      Hello Robert       On this forum  we deal with Mobile Ads SDK related technical concerns   only  We would not be able to address you question as this is out of   scope for our team       Regards  Deepika Uragayala Mobile Ads SDK Team   The only answer I could find from a  Google person  is about the 4th question  It is not in the AdMob forum but in the  Tag Manager  forum but still related  It is like so      Hi Jorn       Apple asks you about your use of IDFA when submitting your application    https   developer apple com Library ios documentation LanguagesUtilities Conceptual iTunesConnect Guide Chapters SubmittingTheApp html     For an app that doesn t display advertising  but includes the   AdSupport framework for conversion attribution  you would select the   appropriate checkbox es   In respect to the Limit Ad Tracking   stipulation  all of GTM s tags that utilize IDFA respect the limit ad   tracking stipulations of the SDK       Thanks       Eric Burley Google Tag Manager    Here is an Internet Archive link in case they remove this page   Lastly  let me mention about AdMob s only statement I ve seen about this issue  here is the Internet Archive link       The Mobile Ads SDK for iOS utilizes Apple s advertising identifier    IDFA   The SDK uses IDFA under the guidelines laid out in the iOS   developer program license agreement  You must ensure you are in   compliance with the iOS developer program license agreement policies   governing the use of this identifier    In conclusion  it seems most developers using AdMob simply checks 1st and 4th checkmarks and submit their apps without being completely sure about what Google exactly does in its SDK and without any official information about it  I wish good luck to us all

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I m having the same issue here and I was a bit afraid of checking the last box  since I have no idea what the 3rd party SDK will do with the data collected and if they will respect the Limit Ad Settings   But I found a post by a Google Admob programmer  Eric Leichtenschlag  on their forums   The Google Mobile Ads SDK and the Google Conversion Tracking SDK utilize Apple s advertising identifier introduced in iOS 6  IDFA   While each developer is responsible for how they access device data  the SDKs use IDFA under the guidelines laid out in the iOS developer program license agreement  including Limit Ad Tracking   Including Limit Ad Tracking  This is what the last box is all about  So you must check the that box if you use AdMob  If you use other SDK I strongly recommend checking if they respect the guidelines as well   Since I run only ads  Google AdMob   I checked the first  Serve ads     and last box  I       confirm      App was approved and released  no issues   Source  https   groups google com forum   topic google-admob-ads-sdk BsGRSZ-gLmk

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