Changing APP_ID

[robertnicjoo]

Hi, I've installed this plugin on Ionic 4 with my old app_id and then I got issue with admob that says I had duplicated account etc.

Anyway I've made new email and new admob account completely now I think I need to update my admob id which I added by installation code

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-admob-free --save --variable ADMOB_APP_ID="<YOUR_ANDROID_ADMOB_APP_ID_AS_FOUND_IN_ADMOB>"

Question

Where can I find my old YOUR_ANDROID_ADMOB_APP_ID_AS_FOUND_IN_ADMOB in order to update it to my new account?

thanks.

[robertnicjoo]

Anyone?

[tominou]

It is in platforms/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

This line <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID" android:value="ca-app-pub-XXXXXXX~XXXXXXX" />

[robertnicjoo]

@tominou Ok, so I've changed value in file you mentioned also I've found it in package.json and changed it there as well but when I tried to build release version I got this error

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:processReleaseManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed with multiple errors, see logs

* Try:
> Task :app:processReleaseManifest FAILED

So I've opened again AndroidManifest.xml file and i saw this:

//my edited line
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID" android:value="ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxx~xxxxxxxx" />

//added line after build command with OLD VALUE
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID" android:value="ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxxxx~xxxxxxxxxxxx" />

any idea where this old value comes from? it seems it's stored somewhere else and it's higher priority than my edited line so it keeps adding to AndroidManifest.xml file.

Thanks.

[tominou]

Check in platforms/android/app/src/. You should have a main folder, and if you have some others, check inside in they contain a AndroidManifest.xml file. If so, edit it to use the new APP_ID.

[robertnicjoo]

@tominou I checked every single file there nothing refer to my old app_id, except I found androind.json and fetch.json there I changed the value and run the command again. Same result happen (old error and added old value) so my best guess is i can fix it by reinstall the plugin.

Question

How do I remove this plugin in order to install it again?

[tominou]

cordova plugin rm --save cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-admob-free

[robertnicjoo]

something isn't right here, I tried to remove plugin by command it says Error: Variable(s) missing: ADMOB_APP_ID so i removed all files and folders by myself also removed dependencies from package.json etc. and reinstall it again. Yet it includes old value and new one both!!

[tominou]

Strange that it asks the variable when we want to remove it. Try this: cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-admob-free --save --variable ADMOB_APP_ID="blabla" Then reinstall it.

Let me know if it finally works ^^

[robertnicjoo]

ok will try this but the problem is that <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID" is duplicated that's why my app can't be build and i don't get it why this old value keeps adding to my manifest file!

[tominou]

Okay so try this command from the root of your project (if you are on linux): grep -rnw '.' -e 'com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID'

Then change the APP_ID manually in all those files.

[robertnicjoo]

OK I solved my issue this way:

1. removed this plugin
2. removed ionic native admob-free
3. removed android platform
4. add android platform
5. add this plugin
6. add ionic native admob-free

this does clean whatever cache was to add my old value.

hope it help others.