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How do I check where my app is using IDFA


In order to check Advertising Identifier, you need to follow the following steps:

  1. Open the terminal window. Run the following command:

    cd (drag and drop your project folder here) Your_Project_Path

    Now, the current working directory will be your project folder.

  2. Find all the SDK that uses "Advertising Identifier" using following commands:

    find . | grep -v .svn | grep "\.a" | grep -v "\.app" | xargs grep advertisingIdentifier

    or

    find . -type f | grep "\.a" | grep -v "\.app" | xargs grep advertisingIdentifier

    and / or

    grep -lr "advertisingIdentifier" * | grep -v .svn | grep -v .md
  3. After getting the list of frameworks, search for the frameworks that MATCHES the query. Remove/ Upgrade those frameworks as per your requirement.