Please update Zendesk SDK to fix Bitcode issue with Xcode 16

[orbitrunner]

I’m currently using:
• react-native: 0.79.1
• react-native-zendesk-messaging: 0.3.2

When trying to upload an iOS app to App Store Connect using Xcode 16, the following error occurs:

Invalid Executable. The executable '.../ZendeskSDKLogger.framework/ZendeskSDKLogger' contains bitcode.

This is due to Apple officially dropping support for Bitcode in Xcode 14 and fully removing it in Xcode 16. As a result, any third-party SDKs that still include Bitcode cause the build to fail validation.

Currently, to work around this issue, developers need to manually strip Bitcode from ZendeskSDKLogger using bitcode_strip in the Podfile.

However, this has already been resolved in the Zendesk iOS SDK version 9.0.0, as noted in their official release notes:

This patch release includes the following changes: Resolves the Bitcode support issue that prevented apps from being released with Xcode 16.

Please update the underlying native SDK dependencies in react-native-zendesk-messaging to include the latest Zendesk SDK version, so we can avoid manual workarounds and ensure compatibility with current Xcode versions.

[orbitrunner]

As a temporary solution, I added the following code to my Podfile to manually strip Bitcode from the ZendeskSDKLogger binary, so the app can pass App Store validation:

Podfile:

post_install do |installer|
  bitcode_strip_path = `xcrun --find bitcode_strip`.chomp

  def strip_bitcode_from_framework(bitcode_strip_path, framework_relative_path)
    framework_path = File.join(Dir.pwd, framework_relative_path)
    command = "#{bitcode_strip_path} #{framework_path} -r -o #{framework_path}"
    puts "Stripping bitcode: #{command}"
    system(command)
  end

  framework_paths = [
    "Pods/ZendeskSDKLogger/ZendeskSDKLogger.xcframework/ios-arm64/ZendeskSDKLogger.framework/ZendeskSDKLogger",
  ]

  framework_paths.each do |framework_relative_path|
    strip_bitcode_from_framework(bitcode_strip_path, framework_relative_path)
  end
end

However, this is just a temporary workaround, and I kindly ask you to please update the native Zendesk SDK used by react-native-zendesk-messaging to a version that no longer includes Bitcode.

[rudi-zeeman]

I second this. Please update the plugin - I'm facing the same issue.