Install GMA Next-Gen SDK

To adopt Android latency and stability improvements, use GMA Next-Gen SDK . This guide covers configuring Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin to use GMA Next-Gen SDK for Android.

Prerequisites

Before you continue, do the following:

• Install Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin version 10.6.0 or higher.
• Use Unity version 2019.4 or higher.
• Set up Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin .
• Have a Unity project.

Update minimum API level to 24

GMA Next-Gen SDK requires a minimum API level of 24. To update the minimum API level, do the following:

1. From the menu bar, click File > Build Profiles > Player Settings > Android > Other Settings > Identification.
2. Set Minimum API Levelto Android 7.0 'Nougat' (API Level 24)or higher.

Modify the dependency file

To enable GMA Next-Gen SDK for your Android builds, do the following:

1. In your Unity project, navigate to the Assets/GoogleMobileAds/Editor/GoogleMobileAdsDependencies.xml file.

   • If you use Unity Package Manager, navigate to Packages > Google Mobile Ads for Unity > GoogleMobileAds > Editor > GoogleMobileAdsDependencies.xml.

2. Locate the <androidPackage> element with spec com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads .

3. Replace the element with the latest available version of com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk:ads-mobile-sdk :

    <androidPackage  
   spec="com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk:ads-mobile-sdk:0.25.0-beta01">  
   <repositories>  
   <repository>https://maven.google.com/</repository>  
   </repositories>
   </androidPackage> 
   

4. Save the file.

During the build process, Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin detects the presence of GMA Next-Gen SDK and uses your implementation.

View the full example

The following example shows the updated GoogleMobileAdsDependencies.xml file:

 <dependencies>  
<androidPackages>   
<androidPackage  
spec="com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk:ads-mobile-sdk:0.25.0-beta01">  
<repositories>  
<repository>https://maven.google.com/</repository>  
</repositories>  
</androidPackage>  
<androidPackage  
spec="androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4">  
<repositories>  
<repository>https://maven.google.com/</repository>  
</repositories>  
</androidPackage>  
<androidPackage  
spec="androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-process:2.6.2">  
<repositories>  
<repository>https://maven.google.com/</repository>  
</repositories>  
</androidPackage>  
</androidPackages>  
<iosPods>  
<iosPod  
name="Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK"  
version="~>  
12.11.0">  
<sources>  
<source>https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs</source>  
</sources>  
</iosPod>  
</iosPods>
</dependencies>