Release 9.0

[RodrigoSMarques]

⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES

• Minimum Flutter version: 3.38.0 (was 3.19.0)
• Minimum Dart SDK: 3.10.0 (was 3.3.0)
• **Minimum iOS version : 13

🎉 Features

iOS UISceneDelegate Support (iOS 13+) Fluuter UISceneDelegate adoption

• Added full support for iOS 13+ UISceneDelegate lifecycle
• Maintains full backward compatibility with UIApplicationDelegate for apps not using scenes

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Release 9.0.0 updating SDK constraints and adding iOS UISceneDelegate lifecycle support (iOS 13+) for Branch initialization and deep link handling.

Changes:

• Bumped package version to 9.0.0 and raised minimum Flutter/Dart SDK constraints.
• Added iOS 13+ UISceneDelegate lifecycle integration in the iOS plugin implementation.
• Updated iOS platform minimums and release documentation (README/CHANGELOG), plus minor repo ignore changes.

Reviewed changes

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Show a summary per file

File	Description
pubspec.yaml	Bumps plugin version to 9.0.0 and raises Flutter/Dart minimum constraints.
pubspec.lock	Updates locked SDK constraints to match the new minimums.
ios/flutter_branch_sdk/sources/flutter_branch_sdk/FlutterBranchSdkPlugin.swift	Adds UISceneDelegate support and refactors shared Branch config/session initialization logic.
ios/flutter_branch_sdk/Package.swift	Raises Swift Package iOS minimum from 12.0 to 13.0.
README.md	Documents UISceneDelegate support and lifecycle behavior.
CHANGELOG.md	Adds 9.0.0 release notes describing breaking changes and UISceneDelegate support.
.gitignore	Adds new ignore entries (including test/).

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[Copilot]

NSUserActivity.activityType is non-optional, so userActivity.activityType ?? "unknown" is a compile-time error. Log userActivity.activityType directly (or make the optionality explicit if you intended a different field).

Suggested change

	LogUtils.debug(message: "Scene connectionOptions UserActivity: \(userActivity.activityType ?? "unknown")")
	LogUtils.debug(message: "Scene connectionOptions UserActivity: \(userActivity.activityType)")

[Copilot]

initSession is triggered from both application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) and scene(_:willConnectTo:options:). For scene-based apps (iOS 13+ with a Scene manifest), both callbacks occur, so Branch session initialization may run twice and emit duplicate deep-link callbacks. Consider guarding so session init runs only once (e.g., detect UIApplicationSceneManifest and defer init to the Scene lifecycle, or add an internal hasInitializedSession flag).

Suggested change

	// Perform Branch configuration (shared logic)
	configureBranchSDK()
	// Initialize Branch session
	initializeBranchSession(launchOptions: launchOptions)
	// For apps using scenes on iOS 13+, defer Branch initialization to the Scene lifecycle
	if #available(iOS 13.0, *),
	Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "UIApplicationSceneManifest") != nil {
	// Scene-based app: Branch will be configured/initialized in SceneDelegate callbacks
	} else {
	// Non-scene-based app or iOS < 13: perform Branch configuration and initialization here
	configureBranchSDK()
	// Initialize Branch session
	initializeBranchSession(launchOptions: launchOptions)
	}

[Copilot]

The bullet for iOS minimum version is missing the closing **, which breaks the Markdown formatting. Consider updating it to match the other bullets (e.g., - **Minimum iOS version**: 13).

Suggested change

	- **Minimum iOS version : 13
	- **Minimum iOS version**: 13

[Copilot]

Typo in link text: "Fluuter" should be "Flutter".

Suggested change

	**iOS UISceneDelegate Support (iOS 13+)** [Fluuter UISceneDelegate adoption](https://docs.flutter.dev/release/breaking-changes/uiscenedelegate)
	**iOS UISceneDelegate Support (iOS 13+)** [Flutter UISceneDelegate adoption](https://docs.flutter.dev/release/breaking-changes/uiscenedelegate)

[Copilot]

scene(_:willConnectTo:options:) builds launchOptions as [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any], but initializeBranchSession expects [AnyHashable: Any]?. This won’t type-check in Swift; either change initializeBranchSession to accept [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]? (and update callers), or build/cast the dictionary to [AnyHashable: Any] before passing it.

Suggested change

	initializeBranchSession(launchOptions: launchOptions)
	let branchLaunchOptions: [AnyHashable: Any] = Dictionary(uniqueKeysWithValues: launchOptions.map { (key, value) in (key as AnyHashable, value) })
	initializeBranchSession(launchOptions: branchLaunchOptions)