AppLovinMax and Admob -- Issue

Solar2D Android
#1

I’ve included AppLovinMax in one of my games. Previously Admob was my monetization network. But I have this problem: when I made the build and i open the game, it crashed and doesn’t open.

My subtable ‘applicationChildElements’ in build.settings:

applicationChildElements = {
          
          [[
              <meta-data android:name="applovin.sdk.key" android:value="myAppLovinSdkKey"/>
          ]],
}

The strange thing is that when I include the element corresponding to Admob, the build doesn’t crash when you open it, like the following:

applicationChildElements = {
          [[
              <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
                         android:value="myAdmobAppID"/>
          ]],
          [[
              <meta-data android:name="applovin.sdk.key" android:value="myAppLovinSdkKey"/>
          ]],
}

I really don’t understand why this is happening. The element corresponding to Admob should not be there, since Applovin is now the mediator for ads

#2

Does your Applovin MAX mediation setup include Admob as one of the adaptors?
If so that would be why you still need the Admob meta-data entry in your build.settings.

#3

That’s the point. My game don’t need the entry for Admob because AppLovin include it, but If I remove it, the app doesn’t open, it simply crash when you try to open it, no dialog is shown, it just doesn’t open.

#4

If you have anything that uses AdMob, you need you to have your AdMob ID in the build.settings file. (We’ll leave google-services.json out of this discussion, since it is likely irrelevant.)

#5

Great … thank you @colinmorgan

#6

Yes, if your mediation is using admob provider, you should include that meta-data lines in the config for both iOS and Android

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