What’s New in Mobile SDK 12.0

Mobile SDK 12.0.0 is a major release that provides native login support for Experience Cloud, including passwordless login. In 12.0, we also change the cipher mode used for encrypting push notifications on the server.

In major releases, we typically remove deprecated items. Read on to learn about the new features and breaking changes that can affect your app. In every release, be sure to check your compiler logs for deprecation warnings so that you can address changes before they go into effect.

For information on upgrading Mobile SDK apps, follow the instructions at Migrating from the Previous Release.

These changes apply to more than one platform.

We added native login support for Experience Cloud sites, including passwordless login. See also:

• Native Login for Experience Cloud
• Native Passwordless Login

Starting in summer 2024, we use a new cipher mode for encrypting push notifications on the server.

• The server will understand the new cipher mode after summer 2025.
• Mobile apps that use Mobile SDK 12.0 can handle the legacy and new cipher mode.
• To keep using encrypted push notifications, upgrade your mobile apps to Mobile SDK 12.0 (or a later version) before summer 2025.

• SQLCipher: 4.5.6
• SQLite: 3.44.2
• sf (previously sfdx): v2
• React Native: 0.73.6

See also: General Updates in Mobile SDK 12.0

We included privacy manifests in all of our libraries and upgraded our dependencies to a version that includes privacy manifests. See Apple’s documentation on privacy manifest files: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/privacy_manifest_files.

• We added configurable URL handling for login, which allows apps to control how links on the login screen are handled. For example, a phone number on the login screen can be configured to launch the device’s phone application.
• We’ve fixed a bug that caused the biometric authentication opt-in status to be reset on login.

• Deployment target: 16
• Base SDK version: 17
• Xcode: 15

• Cordova for iOS: 7.1.0
• FMDB: 2.7.10

See iOS APIs Removed in Mobile SDK 12.0.

Check your compiler warnings, or see iOS Current Deprecations.

See also: General Updates in Mobile SDK 12.0

We upgraded FCM to version 23.3.1. For apps using Android or Hybrid push notifications, google-services.json replaces androidPushNotificationClientId in Mobile SDK 12.0. See also:

• Code Modifications (Android)
• Code Modifications (Hybrid)

Because of a change in how Google handles push notifications for apps, Android mobile connected apps now collect the Admin SDK private key and project ID from a Google Firebase project. This change applies to mobile connected apps with Android push notifications. See also:

• Update Your Android Mobile Connected App’s Information for Push Notifications in Salesforce Help.
• Configure Android Push Notifications in Salesforce Help.

We upgraded to Gradle 8 and Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) 8. We also moved to Java JDK 17. See the release notes for Gradle 8 at https://docs.gradle.org/8.0/release-notes.html.

We moved to a new SQLCipher for Android Package, with sqlcipher-android replacing android-database-sqlcipher in 12.0. See the SQLCipher release notes at SQLCipher 4.5.5 and SQLCipher 4.5.6.

• Android SDK (min API): 26
• Android SDK (target API): 34
• Default SDK version for hybrid apps: 34
• Gradle: 8.2.0
• Java JDK: 17
• Firebase Cloud Messaging: 23.3.1

See Android APIs Removed in Mobile SDK 12.0.

Check your compiler warnings, or see Android Current Deprecations.