AdMob Consent Form not showing on iOS

Solar2D iOS
#1

I think the AdMob plugin by itself isn’t enough to show the Consent Form to iOS users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland.
I have users from those regions, but in my AdMob console there’s no record of anyone who’s been shown the Consent Form.
On android it works just fine, and the implementation is correct, it’s the exact same code on both platforms.

Is there anyone here with an iPhone who’s in the EEA (like Italy, France, Spain, etc.) who could download one of my apps and check if the consent form actually shows up?

Here’s the link to one of my games:

#2

I live in Europe and downloaded your game on my iPhone.
No Consent Form is shown.

I checked my code and its the same for Android and iOS.

Here is a stripped down part of my module handling Admob from a game of mine that 100% shows the Consent Form.

function A:initializeAds()
	adsListener = function(event)
	    if ( event.phase == "init" ) then 
	      
        	admob.updateConsentForm({ underage=false })
	
	        timer.performWithDelay( 1000, function()
	            local formStatus, consentStatus = admob.getConsentFormStatus()
	            print( "formStatus: " .. tostring( formStatus ) .. ", consentStatus: " .. tostring( consentStatus ) )
	
	            if (formStatus == "available" and consentStatus == "required") then -- show only once
	                admob.loadConsentForm()
	            end
	        end )
	
	    elseif ( event.phase == "failed" ) then  
	     
	    elseif event.phase == "reward" then 
	    
		if (event.phase == "loaded" and event.type == "ump") then
			admob.showConsentForm()
		end
    	
	admob.init( adsListener, { appId="ca-app-pub-xxx~xxx"} )
end

I have a question too :smiley:
How did you make the loading bar?

#3

Thanks @CaseyFields . I checked your code and it looks a lot like mine, so I don’t get why it’s not showing up.
But there’s something important I need to ask you… where or when do you call the ATT popup?
By the way, did you get any banner or interstitial to show up?

About the progress bar, here’s my code:

-- loading bar border
local barBorder = display.newImageRect( sceneGroup, "assets/img/loadingBar2.png", 225, 25 )
barBorder.x, barBorder.y = display.contentCenterX, display.contentCenterY + display.contentHeight*0.25

-- loading bar
local loadingBar = display.newImageRect( sceneGroup, "assets/img/loadingBar.png", barBorder.contentWidth, barBorder.contentHeight )
loadingBar.x, loadingBar.y = 0, 0
loadingBar.anchorX = 0

local widthContainer = barBorder.contentWidth - 7
local container = display.newContainer( sceneGroup, 0, barBorder.contentHeight )

container.x, container.y = barBorder.x - widthContainer*0.5, barBorder.y
container.anchorX = 0
container.anchorChildren = false

container:insert( loadingBar )

barBorder:toFront()

function scene:loading( t, f )
    -- 't' -> loading bar fill time
    transition.to(container, {
        time=t, width = widthContainer,
        onComplete=function()
            if f then f() end
        end
    })
end

scene:loading( 3000, function()
    composer.gotoScene( "menu", {time=0, effect="fade"} )
end)
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#4

Since you’re showing the consent form without checking if consent has already been obtained, doesn’t that mean that EU users will get the consent form every time they launch the app? (Or does AdMob have some baked-in check where it won’t show the consent form if consent has already been obtained?)

#5

It shows only once. Probably Admob controls that.

@aclementerodrguez ty for the code!
edit: I thought it was showing actual loading progress :smiley: .

On the game I copied the code I trigger the Admob Consent Form in a scene after main.lua where checks if player can turn a wheel to get coins and ATT in level select scene.

#6

It’s pretty unpredictable to know the actual loading time.

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#7

The condition in the ‘init’ phase that checks if consentStatus is required makes sure it only shows up when it hasn’t been fetched yet.

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#8

I’m not 100% sure but I think that if enough time passes the consent form is showing again. Maybe every month. It could be my imagination though :smiley: .