Merge branch 'xcode_16' of https://github.com/firebase/firebase-cpp-sdk into xcode_16

Author: jonsimantov

cpp_sdk_version.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "released": "12.7.0",
-  "stable": "12.7.0",
-  "head": "12.7.0"
+  "released": "12.8.0",
+  "stable": "12.8.0",
+  "head": "12.8.0"
 }