Amazon SDK: initialize on startup to fix the UI freeze.

1Weather/Ads/AdManager.swift

@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ public class AdManager {
     }
     }
     
     
     private func initializeA9(a9AppKey: String) {
     private func initializeA9(a9AppKey: String) {
-        DTBAds.sharedInstance().setAppKey(a9AppKey)
-        DTBAds.sharedInstance().mraidPolicy = MOPUB_MRAID
+    // As of DTB 3.4.6 the Amazon SDK freezes the main thread on startup for a couple of seconds, which got us rejected during an AppStore Review. We're going to move this initialization to the AppDelegate for now. The consent status is going to be set earlier within CCPAHelper.shared.onAppLaunch(), so make sure CCPAHelper's onAppLaunch is called before Amazon's setAppKey
+    // DTBAds.sharedInstance().setAppKey(a9AppKey)
+        
         DTBAds.sharedInstance().setCmpFlavor(.GOOGLE_CMP)
         DTBAds.sharedInstance().setCmpFlavor(.GOOGLE_CMP)
         DTBAds.sharedInstance().mraidPolicy = DFP_MRAID
         DTBAds.sharedInstance().mraidPolicy = DFP_MRAID
         updateAmazonTestMode(for: EnvironmentManager.shared.environment)
         updateAmazonTestMode(for: EnvironmentManager.shared.environment)

1Weather/AppDelegate.swift

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import Flurry_iOS_SDK
 import MoEngage
 import MoEngage
 import GoogleMobileAds
 import GoogleMobileAds
 import Swarm
 import Swarm
+import DTBiOSSDK
 
 
 private let WDT_APP_ID = "e3b73414"
 private let WDT_APP_ID = "e3b73414"
 private let WDT_APP_KEY = "25e8d6b72de3bcd528f7769b073cc335"
 private let WDT_APP_KEY = "25e8d6b72de3bcd528f7769b073cc335"
@@ -30,7 +31,15 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
         )
         )
         
         
         self.window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
         self.window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
+        
+        // Note that the Amazon SDK will get assigned a proper value for consent status inside CCPAHelper.onAppLaunch
+        // So, make sure this call happens after the
         CCPAHelper.shared.onAppLaunch()
         CCPAHelper.shared.onAppLaunch()
+        
+        // As of DTB 3.4.6 the Amazon SDK freezes the main thread on startup for a couple of seconds, which got us rejected during an AppStore Review. We're going to move this initialization to the AppDelegate for now. The consent status is going to be set earlier within CCPAHelper.shared.onAppLaunch(), so make sure CCPAHelper's onAppLaunch is called before Amazon's setAppKey
+        // TODO: remove setAppKey from here, if Amazon has fixed the freeze on startup.
+        Logger(componentName: "Amazon A9").info("Amazon SDK initialization start")
+        DTBAds.sharedInstance().setAppKey(a9AppKey)
         FirebaseApp.configure()
         FirebaseApp.configure()
         ConfigManager.shared.updateConfig()
         ConfigManager.shared.updateConfig()
         
         

1Weather/Model/CCPA/CCPAHelper.swift

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import CommonCrypto
 import CryptoKit
 import CryptoKit
 import FBAudienceNetwork
 import FBAudienceNetwork
 import PSMLocationSDK
 import PSMLocationSDK
+import DTBiOSSDK
 
 
 fileprivate let APP_NAME = "ONE_WEATHER"
 fileprivate let APP_NAME = "ONE_WEATHER"
 fileprivate let DEVICE_TYPE = "IOS"
 fileprivate let DEVICE_TYPE = "IOS"
@@ -129,9 +130,13 @@ class CCPAHelper {
 //        https://ams.amazon.com/webpublisher/uam/docs/web-integration-documentation/integration-guide/uam-ccpa.html?source=menu
 //        https://ams.amazon.com/webpublisher/uam/docs/web-integration-documentation/integration-guide/uam-ccpa.html?source=menu
         if self.canCollectData == nil {
         if self.canCollectData == nil {
             A9Cache.shared.ccpaPrivacyString = "1Y-"
             A9Cache.shared.ccpaPrivacyString = "1Y-"
+            log.debug("Amazon A9: set consent status UNKNOWN")
+            DTBAds.sharedInstance().setConsentStatus(.UNKNOWN)
         }
         }
         else {
         else {
             A9Cache.shared.ccpaPrivacyString = canCollectData ? "1YN" : "1YY"
             A9Cache.shared.ccpaPrivacyString = canCollectData ? "1YN" : "1YY"
+            DTBAds.sharedInstance().setConsentStatus( canCollectData ? .EXPLICIT_YES : .EXPLICIT_NO)
+            log.debug("Amazon A9: set consent status \(canCollectData ? "EXPLICIT_YES" : "EXPLICIT_NO")")
         }
         }
         
         
         //Google AdMob Settings - https://developers.google.com/admob/ios/ccpa
         //Google AdMob Settings - https://developers.google.com/admob/ios/ccpa