[Update] Firebase for iOS v8.10.0 & MLKitVision

[dmariogatto]

Previous PRs: #495, #494, #489, #485, #479

Includes

Firebase

• All projects updated 8.10.0
• MLKit for Firebase packages deprecated/removed (no longer supported)
  • Firebase.MLKit
  • Firebase.MLKit.Common
  • Firebase.MLKit.ModelInterpreter
  • Firebase.MLKit.NaturalLanguage
  • Firebase.MLKit.Vision
• Added beta binding for Firebase App Distribution (Firebase.AppDistribution) & App Check (Firebase.AppCheck)
  • excluded for now (no sample or testing done)
• Minimum iOS version increased to 10.0

Google

• AdMob updated to 8.13.0
• Google Analytics updated to 3.20.0
• Google Cast updated to 4.7.0
• Google Maps updated to 6.0.1
• Google Places updated to 6.0.0
• Google Tag Manager updated to 7.4.0
• Deprecated/removed packages (due to outdated Firebase dependencies),
  • Google.AppIndexing
  • Google.Core
  • Google.InstanceID
  • Firebase.InstanceID
• Minimum iOS version increased to 10.0 (due to Firebase dependencies)

Google MLKit

Added a new component category MLKit with new bindings for the below,

• Common libraries
  • MLKit.Core 5.0.0
  • MLKit.TextRecognition 1.4.0-beta3
  • MLKit.Vision 3.0.0
• Text Recognition v2
  • MLKit.TextRecognition 1.4.0-beta3
  • MLKit.TextRecognition.Latin 1.0.0-beta3
  • MLKit.TextRecognition.Chinese 1.0.0-beta3
  • MLKit.TextRecognition.Devanagari 1.0.0-beta3
  • MLKit.TextRecognition.Japanese 1.0.0-beta3
  • MLKit.TextRecognition.Korean 1.0.0-beta3
• Face Detection
  • MLKit.FaceDetection 1.5.0
• Barcode Scanning
  • MLKit.BarcodeScanning 1.6.0
• Image Labeling
  • MLKit.ImageLabeling 1.5.0
• Object Detection & Tracking
  • MLKit.ObjectDetection 1.5.0
• Digital Ink Recognition
  • MLKit.DigitalInkRecognition 1.5.0

Notes

Removed the Wrap methods/properties that where marked as Obsolete (seems like a major version bump is the time to do it 😅).

Added a new build property that can be used to link Firebase with/without Ad ID support.

<PropertyGroup>
  <FirebaseWithoutAdIdSupport>True</FirebaseWithoutAdIdSupport>
</PropertyGroup>

There were quite a few binding changes, so would definitely appreciate someone to look them over. All the samples do run & link as far as I can tell.

UMP has been separated out from AdMob (Google.UserMessagingPlatform).

Any issues let me know!

[mayhammf]

@dmariogatto Thank you for keeping these PRs coming.
Do you know if there is a reason they are not getting reviewed/approved by the team?

[dmariogatto]

@mayhammf Unfortunately I do not.

My own speculation is these binding libraries are not a priority for Microsoft, and from what I gather the teams that work on Xamarin/MAUI are short-staffed & don't have the time/resources to maintain these projects. Which isn't ideal as I'd regard binding important ecosystem libraries, such as Firebase, as critical to the long-term success of the platform.

For now, I'll continue to update the bindings with new versions & hopefully it will make the team's job a little easier whenever they get time to look at it.

[SotoiGhost]

@dmariogatto Thank you for this amazing effort and amazing work! 🎉🎉🎉

I'm planning to start reviewing this ASAP, do you have any WIP that I should wait to be merge??

[dmariogatto]

@SotoiGhost

Might as well go with the latest 😀, I've just pushed a new branch firebase-891 (including Maps 5.2, Places 5.1, Cast 4.7 & AdMob 8.13). Shall I create a new PR, or merge into this branch?

Additionally, I just recently created bindings & a sample for the below GoogleML libraries.

• Text Recognition v2
• Face Detection
• Barcode Scanning
• Image Labeling
• Object Detection & Tracking
• Digital Ink Recognition

firebase-891-mlkitvision - this can be merged along with the Firebase update to 8.9.1, or separately later.

[SotoiGhost]

@dmariogatto Feel free to merge it here. Please, let me know when ready. Thank you!

[dmariogatto]

@SotoiGhost Done 🚀

[dmariogatto]

@SotoiGhost

You should also be aware that some of the new archive files are deeply nested and run into max path length errors on Windows when extracted by XBD. I have already made a PR, xamarin/XamarinComponents#1296, addressing the issue.

[dmariogatto]

@SotoiGhost I've bumped Firebase to 8.10.0, as well as, Google Maps/Places to 6.0.0.

Additionally, as per my comment above XBD has been updated to 0.11.0.