MobileAds.Initialize(initStatus => { }); Vs MobileAds.Initialize((InitializationStatus initStatus) => { });

[MuhammadWaqasOfficial]

[REQUIRED] Step 1: Describe your environment

• Unity version: not required
• Google Mobile Ads Unity plugin version: not required
• Platform: not required
• Platform OS version: not required
• Any specific devices issue occurs on: not required
• Mediation ad networks used, and their versions: not required

[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

What's the difference between these two lines because its conflicting in Admob Unity Plugin Docs. Sometime docs refers to MobileAds.Initialize(initStatus => { }); and sometime refers MobileAds.Initialize((InitializationStatus initStatus) => { });.

Why i am asking this? -> Its leading to potential ANRs and crashes which i will update later in discussion. How? -> calling load ads without knowing status of initStatus can leads to ANRs and crashes. MobileAds.Initialize((InitializationStatus initStatus) => { //call load ads, like LoadBannerAd(); LoadInterstitialAd(); LoadRewardedAd(); LoadRewardedInterstitialAd(); });

To resolve this either use MobileAds.Initialize(initStatus => { //call load ads }); where it goes in MobileAds.Initialize(initStatus => { //call load ads }); when initStatus is true (as far i understand)

Or use below approach as implemented in sample projects MobileAds.Initialize((InitializationStatus initStatus) => { if(initStatus !=nulll) { //call load ads } }); I am sharing this for my understanding and someone else making same mistake. I will facing huge anr spike. i will share my ANR and crashes stats after this. Please discard this post if not helpful.

[NVentimiglia]

In both cases you are calling the same API method. The difference you are seeing is a feature of C# which allows it to infer the type InitializationStatus even if it is not included.

// All three of these snippets are the same.

MobileAds.Initialize(initStatus => { });

MobileAds.Initialize(InitializationStatus initStatus) => { });

MobileAds.Initialize(OnInit);

void OnInit(InitializationStatus initStatus);