Release notes

• To support testing with regulated US states, added the following options to ConsentDebugSettings.DebugGeography:
• DEBUG_GEOGRAPHY_REGULATED_US_STATE
• DEBUG_GEOGRAPHY_REGULATED_OTHER
• Deprecated DEBUG_GEOGRAPHY_NOT_EEA. Use DEBUG_GEOGRAPHY_OTHER instead.

• Increased the minimum Android API level to 21.
• Updated canRequestAds to return true when the app has no privacy messages configured.
• Improved privacy message rendering behavior during orientation changes.
• Fixed a bug where privacy messages did not cover the full screen for apps displaying edge-to-edge content.
• Official release version for the ads personalization controls message.

• Removed all use of Advertising ID.
• Emulators are now automatically recognized as test devices when testing UMP forms.

This release introduces several new APIs to simplify the consent gathering process. Adopting these new APIs is not required for existing integrations.

• Calling requestConsentInfoUpdate() is now required before interacting with other public APIs. Before calling it, the following are returned:
  • ConsentStatus returns ConsentStatus.UNKNOWN
  • PrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus returns PrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus.UNKNOWN
  • ConsentInformation.canRequestAds returns false
• Added a helper method canRequestAds().
• Added a static method UserMessagingPlatform.loadAndShowConsentFormIfRequired() to combine load and show calls. This method is intended for the use case of showing a form if needed when the app starts.
• Privacy Options
• Added getPrivacyOptionsRequirementStatus() to indicate whether privacy options are required to be shown in this session.
• Added a static method showPrivacyOptionsForm() to be called when users interact with your app's privacy setting.
• Enabled hardware acceleration on the consent form's window to improve performance of the consent form in game engines such as Unity.

• Removed the ConsentInformation.ConsentType IntDef and the ConsentInformation.getConsentType() method.

• General Audience release of the Google UMP SDK.