chore: Release v9.0.0

[mparticle-automation]

Release v9.0.0

Bump type: major

This PR contains the version bump for release 9.0.0.

Files updated

• All podspecs (core, Swift, kits) → 9.0.0
• mParticle-Apple-SDK/MPIConstants.m
• Kit source version strings (Rokt kMPRoktKitVersion, CleverTap kLibVersion, Branch registerPluginName)
• Framework/Info.plist
• Integration test mappings
• Kit Package.swift: let version → core SDK SPM pin (major bumps only)

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On merge: The Release – Publish workflow will automatically build, tag, and create GitHub releases for the core SDK and all mirrored kit repos.

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PR Summary

Low Risk
Low code risk since changes are primarily version metadata updates, but the major version bump may impact downstream dependency resolution and release automation if any version pins are missed.

Overview
Releases v9.0.0 by updating version metadata across the repo.

Updates core SDK version strings and packaging (VERSION, Framework/Info.plist, MPIConstants.m, core podspecs) and bumps all kit CocoaPods podspec versions to 9.0.0.

Pins each kit’s SwiftPM Package.swift to depend on the core SDK 9.0.0 release (instead of an unpinned/branch dependency) and records the 9.0.0 release notes and compare links in CHANGELOG.md.

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📦 SDK Size Impact Report

Measures how much the SDK adds to an app's size (with-SDK minus without-SDK).

Metric	Target Branch	This PR	Change
App Bundle Impact	1.75 MB	1.75 MB	+N/A
Executable Impact	848 bytes	848 bytes	+N/A
XCFramework Size	6.38 MB	6.38 MB	+N/A

➡️ SDK size impact change is minimal.

Raw measurements

Target branch (main):

{"baseline_app_size_kb":84,"baseline_executable_size_bytes":75464,"with_sdk_app_size_kb":1880,"with_sdk_executable_size_bytes":76312,"sdk_impact_kb":1796,"sdk_executable_impact_bytes":848,"xcframework_size_kb":6532}

This PR:

{"baseline_app_size_kb":84,"baseline_executable_size_bytes":75464,"with_sdk_app_size_kb":1880,"with_sdk_executable_size_bytes":76312,"sdk_impact_kb":1796,"sdk_executable_impact_bytes":848,"xcframework_size_kb":6532}