Add support for Capacitor v6

[woutersteven]

Capacitor 6 has been released last week. It would be great if AppsFlyer can add support for it.

• Release: https://ionic.io/blog/announcing-capacitor-6-0
• Changelog: https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

[pazlavi]

Hi @woutersteven,
It's currently in our backlog bug, and I don't have any ETA to share yet.

[CalumMurray]

Hi @pazlavi, is there any update on an ETA here, please? It's currently the only plugin we have that's blocking our Capacitor upgrade.

[bboldi]

Hi @pazlavi, is there any update on an ETA here, please? It's currently the only plugin we have that's blocking our Capacitor upgrade.

Second ☝️ this ... This is the only plugin that holds us back from upgrading to capacitor 6 ... an ETA would be appreciated. Thanks!

[bboldi]

Hi! Any ETA on this? Thanks!

[gzeus0911]

Any update?

[benmarsh]

Just wanted to add another request for this please - it's the last SDK on our list that doesn't have v6 support yet. Would be great to get it added in and be able to ship our updated app with Capacitor 6. Thanks!

[benmarsh]

Just adding this for info, I emailed support for any additional updates and had the following response - pretty much the same as above;

Hi Ben,
The estimated release timeline to upgrade our Capacitor v6 is currently being discussed with the Product and R&D teams.
We do not have any clarity about when this will be available as the team seeks to start researching it soon.
Please follow the GitHub page for updates: https://github.com/AppsFlyerSDK/appsflyer-capacitor-plugin
Thanks!

If the AppsFlyer team are able to share any further details on this as it progresses that would be great.

[danziv]

Same here.
Would greatly appreciate a quick solution or some clarity on the expected timeframe.

[benmarsh]

I had another email back from AppsFlyer, copied in below as may be useful to others;

Hello Team,
Thank you for your patience.
Currently, we are targeting the end of August 2024 for the next update of the AppsFlyer SDK to be compatible with Capacitor v6. Please note that this is a tentative timeline, and unforeseen circumstances may affect the schedule.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Regards

So hopefully ETA 2 months for Cap 6 support.

[trinitiwowka]

The same

[RobAndrsn]

This is a bit concerning, unless I'm missing something. I was informed by the capacitor team that "If you're not using Cap 6 by August 31 then the Play Store may not offer the app on Android 14+ devices."

This plugin is blocking our team from upgrading to capacitor 6

[benmarsh]

@RobAndrsn agreed it is concerning, and also a little disappointing. We chose AppsFlyer as an MMP as they had a specific Capacitor integration vs other competitors. We are in the same position where this is blocking our upgrade path also.

Assuming the bundled native AppsFlyer SDKs remains the same as the current version then PR #130 submitted recently by @taretmch should be enough to offer initial support for Capacitor 6...?

[HaasStefan]

Any updates? We would like to integrate AppsFlyer into our Capacitor 6 application. @pazlavi

[dnlrbz]

Hi @woutersteven, It's currently in our backlog bug, and I don't have any ETA to share yet.

@pazlavi @Dani-Koza-AF Hi, can you please update the plugin to capacitor 6? This blocks us from using it. There is already a PR for it #130

[Matt-Winfield-Derivco]

Is there anything blocking #130 from being merged? Or any updates? This is preventing us from upgrading to Cap 6, which is important to get done ASAP as we need to target version 34 by August 31st, which requires Capacitor v6.

[bboldi]

Can I bump this? Anyone has anything on this? Android deadline is getting closer, so we'll HAVE to upgrade to Capacitor 6 asap, need time for testing as well...

[Dani-Koza-AF]

Capacitor v6 upgrade is in progress and will be published in the beginning of next week. (11th Aug)

[chrisbull]

I understand if the branch is not yet feature complete. But I wanted to share cause i've seen this same thing continue in other forks, in an attempt to upgrade. However I can't seem for the life of me to be able to resolve this issue. Maybe it'll make more sense to you guys.

 > Configure project :app
        WARNING: Using flatDir should be avoided because it doesn't support any meta-data formats.

        > Configure project :appsflyer-capacitor-plugin
        found package.json from ENV variable
        found package.json from ENV variable
        found package.json from ENV variable

        > Configure project :capacitor-cordova-android-plugins
        WARNING: Using flatDir should be avoided because it doesn't support any meta-data formats.

        FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

        * What went wrong:
        Could not determine the dependencies of task ':appsflyer-capacitor-plugin:compileDebugKotlin'.
        > Unknown Kotlin JVM target: 21

        * Try:
        > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
        > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
        > Run with --scan to get full insights.
        > Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.

        Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.

        You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from
        your own scripts or plugins.

        For more on this, please refer to
        https://docs.gradle.org/8.2.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings in the Gradle
        documentation.

        BUILD FAILED in 472ms
        ```

[MaxCode2023]

Обновление Capacitor v6 находится в процессе разработки и будет опубликовано в начале следующей недели. (11 августа)

Please tell me when to expect an update?

[bboldi]

It's out finally https://github.com/AppsFlyerSDK/appsflyer-capacitor-plugin/releases/tag/6.15.0

Thanks to developer :) Finally the upgrade, refactoring and Q/A can begin 🍺

[taretmch]

Thanks!
I've closed this pull request #130.

[woutersteven]

Thank you! I was able to upgrade and build the application. Now testing!