Admob shifting from 6.4.1 to 7.0.0 after 15 sep 2016

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Hello Sir,

I have received a mail from Admob as follows:

Hi, AdMob is committed to providing you the most effective monetization solutions. As we innovate, it’s important that we leverage the latest technologies to bolster our platform. As part of this movement, we are deprecating versions 6.4.1 and lower of the Android Google Mobile Ads SDK on September 15th, 2016. In order to ensure that your ads continue to serve after September 15th, 2016, please upgrade to Google Mobile Ads SDK 7.0.0 or higher. The newer Google Mobile Ads SDKs have many more benefits for you:

  • Seamless auto-updates.  Changes to the Google Mobile Ads SDK for Android get pushed seamlessly to users through Google Play services, so you can focus your time where it matters
    • You won’t need to spend time updating your apps with the latest versions of the ads SDK each time it changes
    • New features and bug fixes will also reach users through auto-updates
  • Better user experiences.  Users will find it easier to manage updating their apps as some improvements will automatically be received in the background.
    To upgrade your SDK, add the latest version of play-services (listed under dependencies) in your Gradle Build configuration file. For example, the following added v9.0: apply plugin: ‘com.android.application’
    …
    dependencies {
        compile ‘com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.0.2’
    }

Now i am worried if my Ads will fail after 15 sep or will keep showing. If it fails then it would be a huge loss for me as i have invested a lot of amount for marketing.

Please check this little more and provide any help.

Thanks in Advance,

#2

When they refer to 6.4.1, they are referring to the standalone AdMob plugin that is not part of their Google Play Services library. We haven’t supported that version in a long time. The current AdMob V2 plugin that we offer is part of the Google Play Services system and should not be subject to this email.

Rob

#3

Hello Mr. Rob Miracle,

Thanks for the quick reply, I knew you will definitely help me with this before posting this issue.

I am little confused with standalone Admob plugin and Google play support library part.

What we use right now in build.settings is: 

[“plugin.google.play.services”] =

{

publisherId = “com.coronalabs”

},

Looks like this is a part of Google play services and not standalone.

So is it means i am going to be barred of getting Ads or is it means i will keep getting Ad’s with no issue at all.

Just let me know that Are we standing on the safer side with Ad’s or on trouble side.

Thanks in Advance,

Sahil sharma

#4

We actually combined the Admob SDK and the Google Play Services SDK into a single plugin that we call plugin.google.play.services. This is the one that will work with Google’s new rules.

Rob

#5

Thats great, Thanks Mr. Rob Miracle Looks like we will keep getting Ads with no issues.

#6

On a report form I have to send to Google (there is no impressions shown on the dashboard although the ads are displayed), I have to enter the AdMob SDK version we are using for Android.

Can you please provide us with that information so I can send the report.

Thank you.

#7

On Android we are using the version bundled with Google Play Services 4.2.

Rob

#8

When they refer to 6.4.1, they are referring to the standalone AdMob plugin that is not part of their Google Play Services library. We haven’t supported that version in a long time. The current AdMob V2 plugin that we offer is part of the Google Play Services system and should not be subject to this email.

Rob

#9

Hello Mr. Rob Miracle,

Thanks for the quick reply, I knew you will definitely help me with this before posting this issue.

I am little confused with standalone Admob plugin and Google play support library part.

What we use right now in build.settings is: 

[“plugin.google.play.services”] =

{

publisherId = “com.coronalabs”

},

Looks like this is a part of Google play services and not standalone.

So is it means i am going to be barred of getting Ads or is it means i will keep getting Ad’s with no issue at all.

Just let me know that Are we standing on the safer side with Ad’s or on trouble side.

Thanks in Advance,

Sahil sharma

#10

We actually combined the Admob SDK and the Google Play Services SDK into a single plugin that we call plugin.google.play.services. This is the one that will work with Google’s new rules.

Rob

#11

Thats great, Thanks Mr. Rob Miracle Looks like we will keep getting Ads with no issues.

#12

On a report form I have to send to Google (there is no impressions shown on the dashboard although the ads are displayed), I have to enter the AdMob SDK version we are using for Android.

Can you please provide us with that information so I can send the report.

Thank you.

#13

On Android we are using the version bundled with Google Play Services 4.2.

Rob