Medallia Digital SDK 3.5.0 release notes

Released starting 13 July 2020

This release is compatible with these operating systems:

Release highlights

The functionality of SDK Form Redirect Links and Deeplink Ability has been improved to support the whitelisting and enabling of links included in in-app surveys. Functionality includes the following:
- Ability to whitelist specific domains/URLs and deeplinks.
- Ability to whitelist by a domain, sub-domain, and all other domain-based hierarchies.
- All links will remain blocked by default and are only available when whitelisted to guarantee a secure managed experience.
As part of this release, the following are terminated:
- SDK v1, as of May 2020.
- The Digital Feedback mobile app is discontinued and removed from Google Play/App Store as of May 1, 2020. Medallia Mobile applications are to be used. See https://www.medallia.com/resource/medallia-mobile-product/ for details.

Surveys that host the SDK automatically inherit the app orientation view.
Quotation marks are supported in the banner/alert body as well as in the title text.
Android App ID is now properly sent as part of feedback metadata.
SDK-generated mobile app crashes on Android devices can now be captured:
- This functionality enables monitoring to allow quick remedy paths to minimize impact.
- Only Medallia data is sent for analysis and does not include personal or sensitive data or application-generated errors.
- Medallia will be disable/enable Crash BlackBox according to troubleshooting and monitoring requirements. This functionality is enabled by default.
- iOS is not supported at the time as per Apple policies.

XCFramework capability is now available for early adopters (EAP):
- Supported from Xcode 11.0 and above as well as Swift 5.1 and above.
- SDK host apps must be on the same Xcode/Swift versions as the Medallia SDK. Using an XCFramework supported build will remove this dependency.
- Only native frameworks (Swift, Objective-C) are currently supported.
Details for distribution methods include the following:
- Manual upgrades are supported.
- CocoaPods v1.9 officially supports XCFramework.
- Carthage official support is still pending as of April 2020.
The zoom/pinch feature for in-app iOS surveys can be remotely disabled or enabled. The current state and default are set to disabled.
A permanent operating system version-agnostic solution to surveys displays as expected on iPhones when launched on iPads.

The race condition in which the SetCustomParameters SDK API calls works as expected and does not have to set prior to the SDK Initialization API call (SDK.init).

The property configuration set in the Digital Command Center is downloaded only when configuration changes are made.
Strings associated with the SDK target rule engine are now handled using a method that substantially reduces memory consumption, thus reducing out-of-memory crashes.

Improvements to the SDK form template download mechanism have resolved iOS crashes when downloading forms.
The Revert SDK API updates all SDK activities properly.
The form loading spinner animation no longer sporadically displays when triggering the ShowForm API.
Header text appears as expected in surveys.

This release is compatible with these operating systems:

An issue with the ShowForm API erroneously outputting timeout errors has been resolved, and surveys display as expected.