In my admob account i was getting the following warning message:
Starting March 18, 2013, we will no longer support ad requests made through AdMob SDKs released before 2011. Please upgrade to the latest version of the AdMob SDK here.
i have updated my AdMob SDK in my app that had the old sdk, but in my sites/apps page, next to my app name i have a warning as (urgent SDK update required) .
Has anyone experienced with the same problem?how can i fix it?
i'm getting adds fine in my app,my only problem is that i have this warning in my account
You will still get this message if you still have lingering users on old versions of your app that are making ad requests using old SDKs. If you already launched with a newer version of the Google AdMob SDK, you just have to play the waiting game for those users to upgrade.
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We have added this command in build.gradle:
compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.26.0'
Still, we are getting an error in FB portal saying "Ensure that most of your ad traffic is coming from SDK 4.23 or above (4.22 for Unity)"
Screenshot from FB portal showing the error is also pasted below for more reference
How can I solve this problem?
This error should be gone once most of the traffic is going to the newer app version, where the newer SDK is used.
Even though you updated the app, probably still more users use older version. Wait a couple of days, once most of your users update the app and majority of them use the newer version, the warning will be gone.
I received this message today:
Hi AdMob Publisher, In early July, we sent out a notice to AdMob
Publishers who have apps running on SDK version 6.4.1 and lower, to
inform them about deprecating SDK versions and the need to upgrade by
September 15, 2016. We apologize for any inconvenience or unclarity
that the email may have caused to some developers. To ensure that you
have sufficient time to make the changes, we have extended the
deprecation date to October 17, 2016. We also reevaluated the SDK
versions being deprecated, so here is the updated information. What
will happen starting on October 17, 2016: • All support for non-Google
Play Services supported SDKs and Google Mobile Ads SDK version listed
here will be deprecated. • This means that all traffic from these SDKs
will be disabled. What you will need to do: In order to ensure that
your AdMob ads continue to serve after October 17, 2016, please
upgrade your apps to run on the minimum SDK versions listed here. If
you are using a Google Mobile Ads SDK version from Play Services that
is listed on this link, you are not required to take any action. If
you have any questions, please contact us on the developer forum.
Thank you, and stay tuned for more updates and tips. Cheers, The
AdMob Team
I am using Play services Version 4.4.52-000. Is this version ok? Do I need to update?
Click on link provided in email https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/android-legacy-release-notes
"Prior to becoming part of Google Play services, AdMob had a
standalone SDK with the following versions and release notes listed
below ( Refer to link ).
On October 17th, 2016, AdMob will stop serving ads to the SDK versions
listed below. If your apps are still using any of these SDKs, follow
our Get Started to integrate with AdMob's Google Play services SDK."
The note you have gotten about the SDK needing to be higher than v6.4.1 refers to a legacy, standalone Mobile Ads SDK that was deprecated back in February 2014, and that had its own versioning system.
If your google_play_services_version > 4 , you don't need to make immediate update however it's good practice to upgrade to latest versions of play services library.
EDIT 7-Oct-2016: If you are using a Google Mobile Ads SDK version from Play Services that is listed on this link, you are not required to take any action.
I think majority of confusion occurred due to version numbers between Admob Standalone SDK and version number of Google Play Services.
I recently have received an email update that AdMob will stop serving ads on 17 Oct 2016 to the SDK versions listed in this link https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/android-legacy-release-notes and has to be amended to one included in this link https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/release-notes#android
I am currently using Android Eclipse and was generating ads by the library GooglePlayServices, with codes as follows:
Code:
Question:
How could I check the GooglePlayServices library version? I opened the Android SDK Manager and found no updates of GooglePlayServices library is available.
How could I ensure Admob implementation is ok for ads to continue? Is the prerequisite necessary for Admob ads? I am still using Eclipse.
Running Android Studio 1.0 or higher
Developing for Android level 9 or higher
An Android Studio project
search for version.xml inside your google-play-services_lib
<integer name="google_play_services_version">4323000</integer>
find detail explanation here Upgrade your Android Google Mobile Ads SDK to ensure ads keep serving
I just got an e-mail from Google saying that they are deprecating the version 6.4.1 of AdMob and I need to upgrade the library in order to use the Ads in the application:
...we are deprecating versions 6.4.1 and lower of the Android Google Mobile Ads SDK on September 15th, 2016.
In order to ensure that your ads continue to serve after September 15th, 2016, please upgrade to Google Mobile Ads SDK 7.0.0 or higher...
The problem is that I have lost the entire project (source code) and certificates, and I want to know the version of my AdMob. This is what I got from reverse-engineering:
public static final int GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION_CODE = 6587000;
This is the constants value of: android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version"
Is this the version of the Google Play Services or the Admob? What version 6587000 represents (6.5.8)? I cannot find anything on the internet compared to the Google Play Services release notes.
Last version of Admob standalone SDK is 6.4.1. After that all new versions comes with Play Services. I could not find which version it was introduced but as far as I remember It was with Play Services 8.
But android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version" comes with the Play Services 13. So if your app has integer/google_play_services_version then it is using new versions of Admob, so you will not have any problem with the depreciation.
Also consider this old note from Google; "On August 1, 2014, the Play Store will stop accepting new or updated apps that use the standalone Google AdMob SDK. The SDK does not use the Advertising ID, and will therefore be non-compliant with the Google Play Ad Policy on this date."
Version 6.4.1 does not have Advertising ID. So if you updated your app after August 1, 2014, then your app will have newer versions of Admob.
yes , eg play service version 4.1.00 has code 4100000 and version 6.5.87 has code 6587000.but you can not decide the ad sdk version (especially for android). In the mail they mentioned the ad sdk version. you can view some confusing version history for android here and here
if your app is published after August 1, 2014. you are not worry much about this email.
google play service introduce sdk 4.0 onwards release_notes.
note if your app has integer/google_play_services_version then that is not mean you are using new versions of Admob (after 6.4.1 introduce gps module in the ad).
Email from Admob was very confusing to me.
Here is reply I found out on admob developer forum by Admob team. Hope this helps to clarify further
****"Hi Josue,
After talking with the rest of the team, the note you have gotten about the SDK needing to be higher than v6.4.1 refers to a legacy, standalone Mobile Ads SDK that was deprecated back in February 2014, and that had its own versioning system. That deprecation does NOT refer at all to the use of Google Play services. What that means is even if you are using Google Play services 4.0 which was released back in October 2013, you are still OK.
Vu Chau
Mobile Ads SDK Team"****
Last line makes it very clear, if your google_play_services_version > 4 , you don't need to make immediate update however it's good practice to upgrade to latest versions of play services library
Date 9/9/2016 Updated link from Admob for further clarification- https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/android-legacy-release-notes
I was checking my developer console and I found a yellow high lighted message on the top of Application list saying : "We have identified a potential advertising ID policy violation with your app(s) , Please review the flagged apps".
and I can see a yellow flag on the apps list with another message saying :"We have determined that your app uses a library or SDK (com.revmob.client) that is in violation of the Developer Program Policy. Please note that beginning Aug 1st, 2014 the Developer Program Policy requires all updates and new apps uploaded to be compliant with the advertising ID provision of the Developer Program Policy. Apps in violation may be subject to permanent removal from the Store"
And i understood that the issue is due to an older version of revmob sdk. In my app, the revmob sdk version is 6.4.2 and the latest version available is 6.9.8
And when i searched over google regarding the same, i found few saying updating the sdk is enough and few saying remove the sdk completely.
Anyone here who faced the same issue please help me out, should i update sdk or remove it completely?
Try install new libs version Revmob Android SDK 7.0.0 - 2014/11/28;
http://s3.amazonaws.com/sdks/revmob-android-sdk-7.0.0.zip
It helped me.