Firebase Apple 13.0.0

The Firebase Apple SDK (13.0.0) is now available. For more details, see
the Firebase Apple SDK release notes.

To install this SDK, see Add Firebase to your project.

Important

This is a Swift Package Manager only release.
Zip and Carthage users should use the 13.0.1 release instead.

What's Changed

• Deprecate Gemini 3.x tuning parameters by @paulb777 in #16630
• Update the minimum version from C++14 to C++17 by @cherylEnkidu in #15074
• firebase13: cocoapods changelog entry by @ncooke3 in #16576
• firebase13: remove mlmodeldownloader library by @ncooke3 in #16512
• NOTICES Change by @github-actions[bot] in #16650
• firebase13: remove deprecated firebaseai wrapper library by @ncooke3 in #16610
• firebase13: bump minimum macOS to 11.0 and watchOS to 8.0 by @ncooke3 in #16551
• NOTICES Change by @github-actions[bot] in #16659
• feat(core): add util method for fetching active scenes by selector by @daymxn in #16398
• [Auth] Remove deprecated pre-iOS 13.5 GameCenter workaround and fix force-unwrap by @crleonard in #16136
• chore: auth cleanup #16136 and changelog by @ncooke3 in #16664
• firebase13: update pkg dep mins by @ncooke3 in #16577
• API doc link improvements by @paulb777 in #16660
• build(deps): bump GTMSessionFetcher minimum version to 4.0 by @ncooke3 in #16662
• feat(ai): use VALIDATED function calling mode in GLM by @andrewheard in #16649
• chore: update firestore binary testing package by @ncooke3 in #16670
• read DW_OP_deref_size address through FIRCLSReadMemory by @isl-Ramzi in #16550
• chore: update CHANGELOG.md for #16550 by @ncooke3 in #16555
• firebase13: update grpc and abseil spm binary versions by @ncooke3 in #16669
• infra(zip): remove CocoaPods umbrella headers. by @daymxn in #16540
• fix(fcm): add check for scene delegates in deep links by @daymxn in #15987
• Adds safety checks for getting lib path in symbol resolver by @mghaznav in #16671
• fix(auth): handle external sign-in callbacks when using scene delegates in sample app by @daymxn in #16261
• fix(fiam): add check for scene delegates in universal links by @daymxn in #16083
• Increase gRPC max metadata size and optimize integration test CI runs by @cherylEnkidu in #16661
• infra(zip): refactor zip bundle id prefix by @daymxn in #16678
• docs(ai): fix broken links in codebase and changelog by @andrewheard in #16683
• feat(core): util method for finding window scenes by @daymxn in #16675
• cleanup(sessions): replace promises with swift concurrency by @ncooke3 in #16548
• refactor(ai)!: remove deprecated vertexAI APIs by @paulb777 in #16689
• fix(fiam): use FIRSceneFinder in URL follower by @andrewheard in #16690
• Analytics 13.0.0 by @htcgh in #16680
• feat: Add BSON data support for iOS by @wu-hui in #16265
• feat(ai): GA prompt templates API with chat/func calling by @andrewheard in #16676
• Test AppCheckCore 12.0.0 (Swift implementation) by @paulb777 in #16544
• fix(messaging): enforce NSSecureCoding for keychain registration tokens by @ncooke3 in #16511
• feat(spm): add trait to opt out of Firestore by @andrewheard in #16684
• chore: add minimum Swift compiler check and error by @andrewheard in #16696
• refactor(ai)!: remove legacy Foundation Models integration by @andrewheard in #16693
• fix(messaging): address code review feedback for secure token archiving by @paulb777 in #16698
• infra: address two minor spm warnings by @ncooke3 in #16697
• Fix Auth APNs token timeout for concurrent waiters by @Hokila in #16665
• refactor(ai)!: rename Tool to GenerativeModel.Tool by @andrewheard in #16700
• docs(core): note removal of GoogleSignIn from zip distribution by @ncooke3 in #16701
• docs(ai): mark prompt templates as public preview (#16741) by @andrewheard in #16762

New Contributors

• @crleonard made their first contribution in #16136

Full Changelog: 12.19.2...13.0.0