Firebase Apple 12.4.0

The Firebase Apple SDK (12.4.0) 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

• Temporarily replace absl::flat_hash_map by @cherylEnkidu in #15300
• Safely copy MIMEType to prevent use after free (Issue #14734) by @JesusRojass in #15313
• feat(ci): Run cron jobs on workflow dispatch by @ncooke3 in #15316
• fix(ci): Fix syntax error in common_cocoapods_cron.yml by @ncooke3 in #15324
• fix(ci): Update indentation in auth.yml by @ncooke3 in #15325
• feat(carthage): Add Carthage artifacts from M170 by @ncooke3 in #15328
• [Firebase AI] Add macOS / Xcode 26 CI testing by @andrewheard in #15326
• feat: Update versions for Release 12.4.0 by @ncooke3 in #15329
• fix(ci): Update common_cocoapods_cron.yml by @ncooke3 in #15334
• [AI] Developer API and Imagen generate GA by @paulb777 in #15336
• [Firebase AI] Add macOS / Xcode 26 testing to spm job by @andrewheard in #15330
• chore(deps): bump rexml from 3.3.9 to 3.4.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #15337
• chore(deps): bump rexml from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2 in /.github/actions/notices_generation by @dependabot[bot] in #15342
• [Firebase AI] Add URLContext tool by @andrewheard in #15221
• [AI] Add Public Preview annotations to URL context APIs by @dlarocque in #15354
• [AI] Update empty parts check for urlContextMetadata by @paulb777 in #15355
• Swift AsyncSequence APIs for real-time streams: design document by @peterfriese in #15350
• fix(ci): Change how FIREBASE_CI is enabled by @ncooke3 in #15364
• Adding development platform setter APIs to context init promise chain by @themiswang in #15356
• Analytics 12.4.0 by @pcfba in #15367
• chore(m171): Version changelogs by @ncooke3 in #15369
• feat(ai): Live API by @daymxn in #15309
• chore(m172): Update changelogs by @daymxn in #15370
• chore(m172): Update firestore target for release by @daymxn in #15374
• fix(ai): Use location in websocket endpoint by @daymxn in #15373
• chore(ci): Upload build log in spm.yml job by @ncooke3 in #15376
• fix(ai): Add missing available to extension by @daymxn in #15378
• feat(ci): Add verbose option to reusable lint workflow by @ncooke3 in #15377
• fix(ai): Fix error propagation during setup by @daymxn in #15379

New Contributors

• @JesusRojass made their first contribution in #15313

Full Changelog: 12.3.0...12.4.0