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FacebookSDK is outdated #233
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If I'm not mistaken, the Facebook SDK is set to v5.0, while the current version is 8.2. So far, I'm not experiencing troubles, but this is probably only a matter of time.
Is this plugin still maintained, or is there a reason, why it has not upgraded beyond v5.0?
Reacted by zhaokang555 and Oren Goldberg
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StefanNedelchev commentedon Jan 20, 2021
@tillsanders Indeed, the current SDK is not only outdated but it's also officially deprecated and they will stop accepting API calls until 2023. I'm also surprised that this plugin hasn't been updated for so long. Sure, it's working just fine and that's probably a reason. Maybe they continued the support in pro plugins, who knows?
tillsanders commentedon Jan 26, 2021
There is no ProPlugin, but @bradmartin said on Slack he would take a look when he has some time. But of course, we all know how difficult it can be to make some room for stuff that's not the top priority!
NathanaelA commentedon Jan 26, 2021
tillsanders commentedon Jan 27, 2021
@NathanaelA Sorry if this came across wrong! I didn't mean to imply any obligation for anyone to put his/her time in this, because – as you said – it's open source and everyone has their own priorities.
tillsanders commentedon Feb 23, 2021
I just learned that you have to upgrade the Facebook SDK to use tracking on iOS 14. I think this impacts the priority of this issue, so I just wanted to leave this information here, should anyone be willing to work on this.
StefanNedelchev commentedon Apr 22, 2021
Facebook are ending their tracking service in June so if that's your only concern - you won't have to worry about it very soon 😆
tillsanders commentedon Apr 27, 2021
I think there might be a misconception – they are ending Facebook Analytics, but not the tracking itself. Analytics was just a portal to analyse the collected data. But yeah, nonetheless, tracking is about to take a big hit with iOS 14.5 – thankfully!
StefanNedelchev commentedon Jun 28, 2021
I submitted a PR which updates the SDK for iOS since it's critical right now - iOS 14+ requires Facebook SDK 8 or later for advertising related stuff to work #235