Check if IDFA is used in iOS projects

(1) What is IDFA

For IDFA, ITunes Connect has the following instructions when submitting an app to the App Store:

Here's a look at whether IDFA is included in the project, how do I check if the iOS project (including the third-party SDK) contains IDFA?

(2) How to check IDFA: steps:

1. Open the terminal CD to the root directory of the files to be checked.

2, execute the following statement: Grep-r Advertisingidentifier. (Don't lose the last sign).

Give me a chestnut:

The IDFA version and non-IDFA version of SHARESDK are available on the SHARESDK website. The following 2 versions of the SHARESDK are used to detect.

1, detection does not contain IDFA version

Follow the check steps, and the results are as follows:

Results: Although SHARESDK itself did not use IDFA, the Sina Weibo SDK in SHARESDK was used. This SHARESDK official also shows that if you need to completely do not use IDFA, you can remove the Sina Weibo SDK, sharing, third-party login and so on can continue to use, unaffected.

2. Testing with IDFA version

Follow the check steps, and the results are as follows

The result: You can check out SHARESDK's own mobfoundation.framework and Sina Weibo SDK are using IDFA.

IDFA Check the data, really reliable?  integration wall of the birth and integration wall, the mode from the SDK to the free platform, the user can control the relative strength, and grasp the user to complete the task path and time can be optimized ASO, so once became the darling of advertising companies.  as long as there is a platform, more device ID can be imitated, in addition, IDFA for a device is not unique, Apple allows users on a device can be changed IDFA. Not many people know this, but it is known that this person is used to do a lot of other operations, simply said that a few devices can create a steady flow of IDFA, then IDFA really worth it?  

Figure 3: One-click Re-acquisition of IDFA 90% of Chinese advertising companies prefer to use false amount, high profit, can control the effect at will. CP is also passionate about the effects and loves KPIs. As long as the KPI can be quantified can be 100% false completion.

Check if IDFA is used in iOS projects