Error in Building with Appodeal

bamazy · December 17, 2020, 5:28am

@agramonte, thanks a lot for testing and letting me know. After your post, I took the plugin settings from solar2dplugins.com and solar2dmarketplace.com, and the built worked I also uploaded as an internal test and tested on a device, everything seems to be working! Probably the ones I was using had conflict with the library. Writing this I remembered that I had disabled requiring Notifications and FirebaseAnalytics plugins inside the code. I’ll enable them and test again.

Thanks a lot one more time!

burdin.a.d · December 25, 2020, 12:47pm

Hello
Could you help me please
We use your appodealAdaptersA plugin
but as I understand correctly it contains Vungle
Google Play don’t like Vungle now and delete some of our apps for this reason.
How can I exclude Vungle in build settings?

Best regards

agramonte · December 25, 2020, 3:21pm

If you are using it from Github there is no Vungle in adapter A or B.

Adapter A:

amazon_ads:2.8.1.2
applovin:2.8.1.9
admob:2.8.1.8
mraid:2.8.1.2
unity_ads:2.8.1.7
vast:2.8.1.2
adcolony:2.8.1.8

Adapter B:

facebook:2.8.1.8’
ogury:2.8.1.6’
ironsource:2.8.1.8’
startapp:2.8.1.7’

It takes me considerable time to update the plugins in Solar2dPlugin, but I can help you if you need it working from Github.

github.com

agramonte/com.cabagomez/blob/master/README.md

# com.cabagomez

These are my local plugin folder. There is absolutely no support but you can use them. If you find an issue please open up a ticket here, but don't expect a response.   

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.   

Use: 
1. Clone this repo to the location of your plugins. On a typical mac this would be "/Users/yourname/Solar2DPlugins/". The content of this repo should be at the root of "/Users/yourname/Solar2DPlugins/com.cabagomez/". Not sure of the location on a pc.   
2. Now add the particular plugin you want to use by adding this to your build settings. For example for the base of ironsource:
```
["plugin_ironsource"] = 
        {
            publisherId = "com.cabagomez"
        },

```

github.com

agramonte/com.cabagomez/blob/master/Appodeal.md

# solar2d-Appodeal-Plugin
Appodeal Plugin for solar2d

This plugin should work exactly like the official verison since it is just a repackage of the official solar2d version.   

Android: Version 2.8.1   
-- Appodeal has removed Chartboost and Mopub from the documentation. I have also removed them from the plugin.
Base:   
    a4g:2.8.1.7   
    bidmachine:2.8.1.3   

PluginA:   
    amazon_ads:2.8.1.2   
    applovin:2.8.1.9   
    admob:2.8.1.8   
    mraid:2.8.1.2   
    unity_ads:2.8.1.7   
    vast:2.8.1.2   
    adcolony:2.8.1.8

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burdin.a.d · January 3, 2021, 10:38am

Thank you for reply.
Could you tell me how to know what ads SDK inside this version of plugin https://www.solar2dplugins.com/plugins/appodeal-274---adapters-a ?

colinmorgan · January 3, 2021, 11:45am

According to the documentation, it’s got:
– Amazon
– AppLovin
– Chartboost
– Admob
– UnityAds
– Vungle
If you’re concerned about Vungle, Google doesn’t have a problem with Vungle in general- it’s our outdated version of the plugin specifically that gets apps pulled from the Play Store. Our version has the potential to allow side loading, which is a violation of Play Store policies. Presumably @agramonte is using a more-current version, but you’d need to double-check with him.

agramonte · January 3, 2021, 5:03pm

The official version has been updated as far my version on Solar2dMarketPlace (which I don’t update):

Vungle to 6.4.11 (latest that I can find on Appodeal Site).

My version on GitHub:

Does not include Vungle.

colinmorgan · January 4, 2021, 10:55am

In that case, DO NO USE the Adapters-A plugin with builds targeting Google Play.
From a correspondence I received from Vungle on May 8, 2020:

In Vungle’s SDK versions prior to SDK 6.5, there was a capability for Publishers for Android apps called “Side-Loading.” This feature will no longer be supported by Google. Therefore, we are asking Publishers on SDK versions lower than SDK 6.5 to upgrade to SDK 6.5 or higher as soon as possible.

Presuming Appodeal’s version numbering lines up with Vungle’s, their version still allows side-loading and will result in your app being pulled from the Play Store and a strike against your developer account.

This will happen even if you upload a build into an internal testing channel, so everything to do with Vungle needs to be treated with extreme caution.

agramonte · January 4, 2021, 4:26pm

Again. I want to mention that I am not updating the version on the marketplace. It is just too much work. I also can’t take it down because it does not allow me to.

The version on Github does not have Vungle and in any case, the official version is now up to date. This entire conversation is much to do about nothing.

Either use my version on Github or use the official version.

colinmorgan · January 4, 2021, 5:30pm

Agreed, but if Appodeal’s most-current version of Vungle is still 6.4.11, people still shouldn’t be including it in Google Play builds. (A braver developer than I am is welcome to test that out- I already talked my way out of trouble in December owing to Vungle/Appodeal, and I’m not eager to repeat the experience.)

agramonte · January 4, 2021, 8:12pm

I agree with you. I would avoid Vungle for the Appodeal build since even their latest version appears to be 6.4.11