Fix #7467: Add support for using component updater to fetch background & sponsored images

App/iOS/Delegates/SceneDelegate.swift

@@ -445,19 +445,16 @@ extension BrowserViewController {
           let retryDeadline = Date() + retryTime
 
           Preferences.NewTabPage.superReferrerThemeRetryDeadline.value = retryDeadline
-
-          self.backgroundDataSource
-            .fetchSpecificResource(.superReferral(code: code))
-        } else {
-          self.backgroundDataSource.startFetching()
+
+          // TODO: Set the code in core somehow if we want to support Super Referrals again
+          //       then call updateSponsoredImageComponentIfNeeded
         }
 
         guard let url = offerUrl?.asURL else { return }
         self.openReferralLink(url: url)
       }
     } else {
       urp.pingIfEnoughTimePassed()
-      self.backgroundDataSource.startFetching()
     }
   }
 }

Package.swift

@@ -425,22 +425,7 @@ var braveTarget: PackageDescription.Target = .target(
     .copy("Frontend/Reader/Reader.css"),
     .copy("Frontend/Reader/Reader.html"),
     .copy("Frontend/Reader/ReaderViewLoading.html"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/ntp-data.json"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/alain_franchette_ocean.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/boris_baldinger.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/caline_beulin.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/corwin-prescott_beach.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/corwin-prescott_canyon.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/corwin-prescott_crestone.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/curt_stump_nature.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/david_malenfant_mountains.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/dylan-malval_sea.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/geran_de_klerk_forest.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/joshn_larson_desert.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/priyanuch_konkaew.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/spencer-moore_desert.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/spencer-moore_fern.jpg"),
-    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/spencer-moore_ocean.jpg"),
+    .copy("Frontend/Browser/New Tab Page/Backgrounds/Assets/NTP_Images/corwin-prescott-3.jpg"),
     .copy("Frontend/UserContent/UserScripts/Scripts_Dynamic/Scripts/DomainSpecific/Paged/BraveSearchScript.js"),
     .copy("Frontend/UserContent/UserScripts/Scripts_Dynamic/Scripts/DomainSpecific/Paged/BraveSkusScript.js"),
     .copy("Frontend/UserContent/UserScripts/Scripts_Dynamic/Scripts/DomainSpecific/Paged/nacl.min.js"),

Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/BrowserViewController.swift

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class BrowserViewController: UIViewController {
   let collapsedURLBarView = CollapsedURLBarView()
 
   // Single data source used for all favorites vcs
-  public let backgroundDataSource = NTPDataSource()
+  public let backgroundDataSource: NTPDataSource
   let feedDataSource = FeedDataSource()
 
   private var postSetupTasks: [() -> Void] = []
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ public class BrowserViewController: UIViewController {
     self.migration = migration
     self.crashedLastSession = crashedLastSession
     feedDataSource.historyAPI = braveCore.historyAPI
+    backgroundDataSource = .init(service: braveCore.backgroundImagesService)
 
     let configuration: BraveRewards.Configuration = .current()
 
@@ -456,7 +457,6 @@ public class BrowserViewController: UIViewController {
       self.updateRewardsButtonState()
       self.setupAdsNotificationHandler()
     }
-    Preferences.NewTabPage.selectedCustomTheme.observe(from: self)
     Preferences.Playlist.webMediaSourceCompatibility.observe(from: self)
     Preferences.PrivacyReports.captureShieldsData.observe(from: self)
     Preferences.PrivacyReports.captureVPNAlerts.observe(from: self)
@@ -3012,9 +3012,6 @@ extension BrowserViewController: PreferencesObserver {
     case Preferences.Rewards.hideRewardsIcon.key,
       Preferences.Rewards.rewardsToggledOnce.key:
       updateRewardsButtonState()
-    case Preferences.NewTabPage.selectedCustomTheme.key:
-      Preferences.NTP.ntpCheckDate.value = nil
-      backgroundDataSource.startFetching()
     case Preferences.Playlist.webMediaSourceCompatibility.key:
       if UIDevice.isIpad {
         tabManager.allTabs.forEach {