How to know your Google Mobile Ads SDK version

[CodedCloudz]

Hi, I just received the below notice in my Admob dashboard:

Starting January 23, 2018, we will no longer be supporting Android and iOS Google Mobile Ads SDKs lower than version 7.0.0. To continue serving ads from AdMob after this date, please upgrade to the latest Google Mobile Ads SDK.

Please how can I check and detect the Google Mobile Ads SDK version in this plugin. I am using the below versions in all my apps: cordova-admob-sdklibs version = 2.1.4

cordova-plugin-admob-simple = 3.1.8

Hope to hear from you soon

[Reactor13]

+1

[jakeydevs]

The Google Mobile Ads SDK for Android is now a part of the Google Play services platform. It is no longer available as a standalone SDK. Therefore if you have the latest version of Google Play services you should be fine and dandy.

Just an FYI - version 7.0.0 of the Android Mobile SDK was released in March 2015, so I am sure the version you are running is a lot later than that

[hellyeah0]

@JakePrice86 I fear this update will breaks everything, because new ver of admob require new entity AppId that doesn't supported by this plugin. See google example https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-android-examples/blob/master/java/admob/BannerExample/app/src/main/java/com/google/android/gms/example/bannerexample/MyActivity.java

[jakeydevs]

No - I don't think it will. As Google report, they will force you to use version 7, not the version you have quoted here.

[hellyeah0]

@JakePrice86 well, I have updated admob account to 2.0 and it breaks - no more ads showing. I only guess that it related with MobileAds.initialize func which missing in java code of plugin.

[jakeydevs]

I have also updated to the newest version of the admob account last month, and I still have adverts displaying

[hellyeah0]

Good for you :(

[prantikv]

Is there a way to check and make sure of the version? or We just have to go by the date March 2015?

[wo-github]

Please have a look here https://github.com/ratson/cordova-plugin-admob-free/issues/144 The admob appId is a required field and this plugin doesn`t support this. Could you add this value?

[jakeydevs]

Not sure if this helps at all - but there is one way to check what version of the SDK you are using as far as I can tell:

1. Open devtools when you have your debug code running
2. Look for a webpage starting with "https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net" on your device. Thats your advert being loaded in
3. Inspect it
4. Re-request an advert, and you'll get a new network request. In the query string parameters it'll give you a version. For example, my version is showing me v:4-production-admob_sdk_javascript_20180103_RC00

[jakeydevs]

I have found another way to check what version gets compiled when Gradle merges files together. First, compile and run on device. Then go this file: platforms/android/build/outputs/logs/manifest-merger-debug-report.txt

Next, search for this line: "com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:" the number after is the SDK that gets imported to your project. For example, I am using version 0.12.0 of this plugin, and the SDK appears to be 11.0.2 that gets used.

[jakeydevs]

Now the fated January 23rd is here has anyone's adverts turned off?

[shuhikari]

Mine won't show, already changed the banner id codes, but nothing so far.