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Kids Mode in iOS SDK

If your iOS application is intended for kids, you must follow the policies of Apple. If you're using the Adapty SDK, a few simple steps will help you configure it to meet these policies and pass app store reviews.

What's required?​

You need to configure the Adapty SDK to disable the collection of:

In addition, we recommend using customer user ID carefully. User ID in format <FirstName.LastName> will be definitely treated as gathering personal data as well as using email. For Kids Mode, a best practice is to use randomized or anonymized identifiers (e.g., hashed IDs or device-generated UUIDs) to ensure compliance.

Enabling Kids Mode​

Updates in the Adapty Dashboard​

In the Adapty Dashboard, you need to disable the IP address collection. To do this, go to App settings and click Disable IP address collection under Collect users' IP address.

Updates in your mobile app code​

You can only enable the Kids Mode with Cocoa Pods.

In order to comply with policies, disable the collection of the user's IDFA and IP address:

  1. Update your Podfile:

    • If you don't have a post_install section, add the entire code block below.
    • If you do have a post_install section, merge the highlighted lines into it.
    Podfile
    post_install do |installer|
      installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
        if target.name == 'Adapty'
          target.build_configurations.each do |config|
            config.build_settings['OTHER_SWIFT_FLAGS'] ||= ['$(inherited)']
            config.build_settings['OTHER_SWIFT_FLAGS'] << '-DADAPTY_KIDS_MODE'
          end
        end
      end
    end

  2. Run the following command to apply the changes:

    Shell
    pod install