How to "Require" the modular version of Appodeal?

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#1

Hi all,

Having finished my first Corona App  :)  It was time to monitize it. I looked around in the available plugins. Ideally I wanted an Admob plugin but that was too expensive. After further consideration I decided on Appodeal (even though it looks like they might drop Corona support soon if they haven’t already).

I followed the steps from here:

https://docs.coronalabs.com/plugin/appodeal/index.html

I wanted to use the modular version to remove the AdColony (as it was reported to cause crashes in a different post).

When I added:

local appodeal = require( "plugin.appodeal" )

I got:

18:19:05.410  ERROR: validate-settings: problem loading C:\Users\ammar\Documents\Corona Projects\FirstApp\build.settings:  18:19:05.904  ERROR: Runtime error 18:19:05.904  ?:0: attempt to call a nil value 18:19:05.904  stack traceback: 18:19:05.904  ?: in function 'require' 18:19:05.904  C:\Users\ammar\Documents\Corona Projects\FirstApp\main.lua:11: in main chunk

What am I doing wrong?

I am using Build: 2018.3326

Many thanks.

#2

False alarm. Restarting the simulator solved the issue.

#3

They still support me and have not heard that they plan to drop me. Also, something people don’t realize is that you can have just 2 Appodeal plugins and it will work. I wouldn’t recommend it since you would lose out on the very good Amazon and Facebook revenue.

Also, remember that:

  1. If you use Flurry, Facebook or/and Unity (if the box is checked for Unity Id), Appodeal is just a passthrough and you will need to add your unit ids into Appodeal or you won’t get any ads for those networks.

  2. If you switched over to full transparency Appodeal (or whatever they are calling it now), you’ll need to provide the ids for all the networks you integrate.

This should work:

-- Appodeal ['plugin.appodeal.beta.base'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }, ['plugin.appodeal.beta.GoogleAdMob'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }

And this is how I usually roll:

-- Appodeal ['plugin.appodeal.beta.base'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }, ['plugin.appodeal.beta.FacebookAudience'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }, ['plugin.appodeal.beta.AmazonAds'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }, ['plugin.appodeal.beta.GoogleAdMob'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }
#4

@agramonte

Thanks for the info.

#5

False alarm. Restarting the simulator solved the issue.

#6

They still support me and have not heard that they plan to drop me. Also, something people don’t realize is that you can have just 2 Appodeal plugins and it will work. I wouldn’t recommend it since you would lose out on the very good Amazon and Facebook revenue.

Also, remember that:

  1. If you use Flurry, Facebook or/and Unity (if the box is checked for Unity Id), Appodeal is just a passthrough and you will need to add your unit ids into Appodeal or you won’t get any ads for those networks.

  2. If you switched over to full transparency Appodeal (or whatever they are calling it now), you’ll need to provide the ids for all the networks you integrate.

This should work:

-- Appodeal ['plugin.appodeal.beta.base'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }, ['plugin.appodeal.beta.GoogleAdMob'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }

And this is how I usually roll:

-- Appodeal ['plugin.appodeal.beta.base'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }, ['plugin.appodeal.beta.FacebookAudience'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }, ['plugin.appodeal.beta.AmazonAds'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }, ['plugin.appodeal.beta.GoogleAdMob'] = { publisherId = 'com.coronalabs', supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }
#7

@agramonte

Thanks for the info.