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Xamarin ios submission error when submitting adhoc distribution to TestFlight

So i have been trying to get past the following error after submitting my app to Apple TestFight:

Dear Developer,

We identified one or more issues with a recent delivery for your app. Please correct the following 
issues, then upload again.

ITMS-90809: Deprecated API Usage - New apps that use UIWebView are no longer accepted. Instead, use 
WKWebView for improved security and reliability. Learn more 
(https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiwebview).

Here is what i have tried:

  1. Verified i am using xamarin >4.5

  2. Verified i am using Visual Studio >Studio 16.4.3

  3. Verified i am using Xamarin.iOS >Xamarin.iOS 13.10.0.17

  4. I have iOS build same as what Microsoft recommends(see screenshot) enter image description here

  5. I verified using mtouch arg --warn-on-type-ref=UIKit.UIWebView that build output does not have any reference to UIWebView.

  6. My solution does not contain the text "UIWebView"

This issue seems to be quite a popular one since i found lots of references to same problem but none of the fixes worked for me. I did all the steps here

Does anyone have any advice on what i should be looking for other than submitting a ticket with Apple whish is obviously a last resort.

I have now also performed following:

  1. Renaming .ipa file to .zip and extracting.
  2. Performed following search on contents - grep -r UIWebView .
  3. Got following results ./[app name].iOS matches

I am not sure what to do with that information?

Now in visual studio i add these additional mtouch args:

-warnaserror:1502 -warnaserror:1503

This produced following:

One or more reference(s) to type 'UIKit.UIWebView' already exists inside 'Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' before linking arnBooking.iOS

Not sure how to find where this is at?

Solution

  • The problem here turned out to be the HockeySDK.Xamarin package i was using which is apparently now deprecated. Upon removing this dependency and replacing with AppCenter the submission was approved. I figured this out by sheer luck so i am concerned about being in a hopeless place again in future where apple denies my submission with little to no clue of how i can fix.