IDFA is required to submit

[mobileappd]

Hi there,

I'm not sure if this is something already addressed and I just missed it, but since a few months idfa is required to submit an app to the app store. If it is not specified, you get an error like:

[!] Use of Advertising Identifier (IDFA) is required to submit
Add information to the :submission_information option...
Docs: http://docs.fastlane.tools/actions/deliver/#compliance-and-idfa-settings
Example: submission_information: { add_id_info_uses_idfa: false }
Example: submission_information: {
add_id_info_uses_idfa: true,
add_id_info_serves_ads: false,
add_id_info_tracks_install: true,
add_id_info_tracks_action: true,
add_id_info_limits_tracking: true
}
Example CLI:
--submission_information "{"add_id_info_uses_idfa": false}"

Seeing as this is a requirement to submit, is there a chance this can be added as a required field in the task?

We're currently not sure how to add it otherwise, we're going to test it through our pipeline during our next release in a few weeks by adding additional arguments to fastlane through the field provided by the extension, but since it required, a field in the tasks seems like a more logical place imo.

[luizgrs]

fastLaneArguments seems to do not work here:

- task: AppStorePromote@1
            inputs:
              ...
              fastlaneArguments: '-b "{\"add_id_info_uses_idfa\": false}"'

fails with

[!] 'submission_information' value must be a Hash! Found String instead.

and using the long arg name also fails:

          - task: AppStorePromote@1
            inputs:
              ...
              fastlaneArguments: '--submission_information "{\"add_id_info_uses_idfa\": false}"'

invalid option: --submission_information "{"add_id_info_uses_idfa": false}"

It seems fastlaneArguments doesnt work quite well, I also had other issues when trying to use it to setup -z and had to fallback to environment variables. but environment variable isnt an option for submission_information..

According to fastlane docs using the argument that way should work. I tried in my computer and it worked. The issue might be in how that extra arguments are getting appended to the command

[DaVaMa1]

I've made a fork with something which I think should work, but I dont have an app store account and I'm not allowed to upload my own extensions with my company, so I can't test if it works.

I'm not allowed to push a branch to this repository, no idea how I'm supposed to make a proposal.

[anatolybolshakov]

Hi @DaVaMa1 you could specify submission_information by defining fastlaneArguments values like '--submission_information "{\"add_id_info_uses_idfa\": false}"' - could you please try it?
It works currently for App store release task - we already merge the fix (PR) and going to release it soon, thanks @luizgrs for the contribution!

[anatolybolshakov]

Hi @DaVaMa1 is this issue still actual for you?

[DaVaMa1]

Hi, my apologies for the late response.

I can try this again next monday, I'll let you now then if it works.

I'll trust that a new release fixes this, and you can consider this closed from my part.

[anatolybolshakov]

@DaVaMa1 ok, thanks! I'm closing it at the moment, please feel free to reopen it if there's still an issue