Google Ads Developer Blog: Ending support for iOS 8 in the IMA SDK

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Ending support for iOS 8 in the IMA SDK

Monday, February 12, 2018

With the release of v3.7.0 of the IMA iOS SDK, we will stop providing forum support and bug fixes for iOS IMA SDK issues specifically related to iOS 8 and below.What does this mean if an app is currently targeting iOS 8?

There are no changes in v3.7.0 specifically designed to break compatibility, so the iOS IMA SDK will continue to work with iOS 8 in the short term. However, future releases are not guaranteed to continue to work with iOS 8.

Bugs that only affect iOS 8 will no longer be investigated.

If you are using our GoogleAds-IMA-iOS-SDK CocoaPod and want to update to v3.7.0, you'll need to start targeting iOS 9+.

What about other iOS versions?We periodically stop supporting older iOS versions when adoption levels fall below a certain level. Whenever we end support for a major iOS release, we make announcements on our blog and release notes page.As always, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us on our support forum.