Update to Firebase 11.9.0

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The Firebase Apple SDK (11.9.0) is now available. For more details, see
the Firebase Apple SDK release notes.

To install this SDK, see Add Firebase to your project.

What's Changed

• [Vertex AI] Public Preview: Added support for generating images using the Imagen 3 model. ([Vertex AI] Add image generation support using Imagen firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14236)
  Note: This feature is in Public Preview, which means that the it is not subject to any SLA or
  deprecation policy and could change in backwards-incompatible ways.
• [Vertex AI] Remove outdated Preview notice from README by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Remove outdated Preview notice from README firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14404
• [Vertex AI] Add internal apiVersion parameter to RequestOptions by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Add internal apiVersion parameter to RequestOptions firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14356
• Deprecate binary Ads distribution by @paulb777 in Deprecate binary Ads distribution firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14409
• [Crashlytics] enhance inline documentations by @MojtabaHs in [Crashlytics] enhance inline documentations firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14413
• [Auth] Add support for upcoming Recaptcha changes by @ncooke3 in [Auth] Add support for upcoming Recaptcha changes firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14201
• [NFC] Update spacing in FirebaseAuth's sample app delegate by @ncooke3 in [NFC] Update spacing in FirebaseAuth's sample app delegate firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14417
• Update to gRPC 1.69.0 by @ehsannas in Update to gRPC 1.69.0 firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14342
• [Vertex AI] Add documentation for InlineDataPart by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Add documentation for InlineDataPart firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14416
• Carthage 11.8.0 by @paulb777 in Carthage 11.8.0 firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14419
• [Infra] Bump Auth sample app's dep. on RecaptchaEnterprise by @ncooke3 in [Infra] Bump Auth sample app's dep. on RecaptchaEnterprise firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14418
• [Auth] Suppress deprecation build warning by @paulb777 in [Auth] Suppress deprecation build warning firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14420
• Version 11.9 by @paulb777 in Version 11.9 firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14421
• Update release notes after 11.8.1 published by @paulb777 in Update release notes after 11.8.1 published firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14426
• Restore socket rocket by @paulb777 in Restore socket rocket firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14427
• Run CI with Xcode 16.2 by @paulb777 in Run CI with Xcode 16.2 firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14429
• Update Symbol Collision test Xcode by @paulb777 in Update Symbol Collision test Xcode firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14431
• update vertex ai sample to use gemini 2.0 flash by @thatfiredev in update vertex ai sample to use gemini 2.0 flash firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14432
• Update Firestore binary deps for gRPC 1.69.0 by @paulb777 in Update Firestore binary deps for gRPC 1.69.0 firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14438
• [Database] Mark 'FIRDataSnapshot' as Sendable by @ncooke3 in [Database] Mark 'FIRDataSnapshot' as Sendable firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14439
• [Vertex AI] Add Imagen warning for invalid JPEG compression quality by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Add Imagen warning for invalid JPEG compression quality firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14440
• [Vertex AI] Update integration tests to Gemini 2.0 Flash by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Update integration tests to Gemini 2.0 Flash firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14441
• firestore_exceptions.h: remove dependency on absl to set FIRESTORE_HAVE_EXCEPTIONS by @dconeybe in firestore_exceptions.h: remove dependency on absl to set FIRESTORE_HAVE_EXCEPTIONS firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14442
• [VertexAI] Add support for token-based usage metrics by @rlazo in [VertexAI] Add support for token-based usage metrics firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14406
• [Vertex AI] Fix CountTokensResponse decoding by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Fix CountTokensResponse decoding firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14447
• [RC] Fix a concurrency crash by @paulb777 in [RC] Fix a concurrency crash firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14450
• [Vertex AI] Remove generateImages(prompt:gcsURI:) from public API by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Remove generateImages(prompt:gcsURI:) from public API firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14452
• Firestore: Fix memory leak in Query.whereField() by @dconeybe in Firestore: Fix memory leak in Query.whereField() firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14300
• [Vertex AI] Add ImagenImagesBlockedError by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Add ImagenImagesBlockedError firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14456
• [Vertex AI] Add error handling for decoding ImagenInlineImage from b64 by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Add error handling for decoding ImagenInlineImage from b64 firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14458
• Make suspend threads for on-demand fatal thread recording configurable by @themiswang in Make suspend threads for on-demand fatal thread recording configurable firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14391
• [Vertex AI] Add integration tests for modality usage metrics by @andrewheard in [Vertex AI] Add integration tests for modality usage metrics firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14446
• Migrate FCM codebase to new NSKeyedUnarchiver APIs. by @leojaygoogle in Migrate FCM codebase to new NSKeyedUnarchiver APIs. firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14457
• [Release] Update unreleased CHANGELOG entries for 11.9.0 by @andrewheard in [Release] Update unreleased CHANGELOG entries for 11.9.0 firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14466
• [Functions] Pass placeholder app check tokens on error by @ncooke3 in [Functions] Pass placeholder app check tokens on error firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14467
• [Functions] Update CHANGELOG.md for App Check fix by @ncooke3 in [Functions] Update CHANGELOG.md for App Check fix firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14471
• Analytics 11.9.0 by @pcfba in Analytics 11.9.0 firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14472
• Firestore: pin googletest to a commit that supports c++14 in cmake builds by @dconeybe in Firestore: pin googletest to a commit that supports c++14 in cmake builds firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14474
• [Auth] Compile-out recaptchaToken(...) for 1P by @andrewheard in [Auth] Compile-out recaptchaToken(...) for 1P firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14477
• [Release] Update Firestore SPM binary for M160 by @andrewheard in [Release] Update Firestore SPM binary for M160 firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14485

New Contributors

• @thatfiredev made their first contribution in update vertex ai sample to use gemini 2.0 flash firebase/firebase-ios-sdk#14432

Full Changelog: firebase/firebase-ios-sdk@11.8.1...11.9.0