Changing to real ads for release

[Felipe634]

To change to real ads ready for release, is all I have to do tick the box saying 'is_real' in the 'MobileAds.tscn', or is there more to be done, also, does it matter if I leave it configured to 'release.a' even for testing?

[gumaciel]

Hey, thank you for opening this issue.

To change to real ads ready for release, is all I have to do tick the box saying 'is_real' in the 'MobileAds.tscn', or is there more to be done?

When you tick the box saying is_real we are doing this: https://developers.google.com/admob/android/test-ads

• Google:

It's important to enable test ads during development so that you can click on them without charging Google advertisers.
If you click on too many ads without being in test mode, you risk your account being flagged for invalid activity.

So we always recommend you uncheck the box is_real when you are testing your application, when you go to to release your app just check the box is_real.

Also: You will need to do this:

• Add your AdMob App ID to your app's res://android/build/AndroidManifest.xml file by adding a <meta-data> tag with name com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID, as shown below.

<!-- Sample AdMob app ID: ca-app-pub-3940256099942544~3347511713 -->
<meta-data
	tools:replace="android:value"
	android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
	android:value="ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~yyyyyyyyyy"/>

And this: (this is for banner, but can be for interstitial and rewarded)

• https://support.google.com/admob/answer/7311346?hl=en

Please watch this video marked at this time, might help you better: https://youtu.be/AZFV0L0DXoU?t=84

Does it matter if I leave it configured to 'release.a' even for testing?
No, you can test using the release.a, theres no big diferences between the release and debug.

[Felipe634]

For the app tracking transparancy, is all I need to do is the bit in xcode which is in the instructions, or is there more for it to work.

[gumaciel]

Just the Xcode instructions:

[gumaciel]

Oops, sorry, it's already placed when you export the game (thanks for new iOS Plugin), i forgot to delete this part on the instructions.

[Felipe634]

I submitted my app for review and it was rejected because of how I did the app tracking transparancy, it said that the permission request pop up is showing up before the permission request to encourage the user to accept tracking, how do I fix this? Also the screenshot that they gave me to change showed a picture of a pop up saying 'consent' or 'do not consent', and at the top of that pop up it says test ads even though I changed to real ads or does that not matter?

[gumaciel]

Very strange, I submitted a game with this plugin a few days ago and it was approved normally.

Those were the settings

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[gumaciel]

I will convert this issue to a discussion because was a question, please open a discussion if you have other doubts: https://github.com/Poing-Studios/Godot-AdMob-Android-iOS/discussions

[alexisbogarin]

how long does it take for the actual ads to appear? :)

[gumaciel]

Hi, if you are testing with Android, then will appear in few hours, if is on Apple, you need to add the app on AdMob.com