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Upgrading Android Google Mobile Ads (Admob) SDK to Continue Serving Ads After October 17th

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abarrach

Guest
Hello,

I received an e-mail from Google; it says that Android Google Mobile Ads (Admob) SDK 6.4.1 and below will be depreciated and won't be able to receive ads after October 17th. It doesn't exactly say that I am using an SDK below the required; so I am a bit confused.

I have some questions:
  • Which Google Mobile Ads SDK does the current Google Play Services Extension (2.4.0) uses?
  • Do we need to do anything, or is our SDK version already higher than the minimum version? Is it the same for Android and iOS?
  • Also is there a way we can manually check the SDK version on our own?
Some of these questions have been asked and answered at this thread here: https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.php?threads/countdown-to-google-madness.4888/#post-43710
However, after Nocturne says that the extension uses v7.6 and we are fine; obsidiannovels says that he got word from the support and that the extensions are not ready for this transition. This is what worries me.

Thank you!
 
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obsidiannovels

Member
Hi,

Have you tried updated the extension from the marketplace? Maybe they are updated?
It seems I will have to update to current BETA, since stable version does not appear to be ready before the crucial date...
 
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abarrach

Guest
There was no extension update after you wrote the message I have mentioned. By the way, I have confirmed that the extension indeed uses v7.6 of Google Mobile Ads SDK. The thing that I cannot understand is that v7.6 is supposed to be iOS SDK according to their page here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/release-notes#ios

How do we get it to work in Android is beyond me.
 
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