Hi all! I’m struggling to integrate the Google Drive SDK into my iOS app for iOS9. I keep running into issues with many methods being deprecated and several header files not being found. Has anyone encountered similar problems? I’d love to know if anyone has discovered any effective solutions or alternatives to make this SDK work smoothly with iOS9. Additionally, I’m interested to know if there’s an upcoming update from Google that will better support iOS9. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
Hit this same problem on a legacy project last year. The SDK deprecation warnings were nuts, and half the core stuff broke on iOS9. I ditched the outdated SDK and switched to direct HTTP calls to Drive API v3 endpoints instead. Had to rebuild the auth flow with OAuth2 from scratch, but it killed all the compatibility issues. Performance got better too since there’s no SDK bloat. Google dropped support for that SDK version, so don’t expect any iOS9 fixes. Took about two weeks with testing, but totally worth it for long-term stability.
Hit this same problem six months back updating a project. The deprecated methods were a nightmare - authentication completely broke. I switched to the Google APIs Client Library for iOS instead of the old Drive SDK. Way better iOS9 support and the docs are actually up to date. Took about a week since you’ll need to rewrite file upload/download methods, but the new library’s more stable and gets regular updates. Google’s clearly abandoned the old SDK, so don’t expect any iOS9 patches for it.
totally feel ya! i had the same struggle, but i switched to the new REST API with Alamofire too, way smoother on iOS9. took a bit to figure out, but it’s way better than the old SDK that just seems outdated now.
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