This guide shows you how to use the Google Mobile Ads SDK to load and display ads from AppLovin using mediation, covering both bidding and waterfall integrations. It covers how to add AppLovin to an ad unit's mediation configuration, and how to integrate the AppLovin SDK and adapter into a Flutter app.
Supported integrations and ad formats
The AdMob mediation adapter for AppLovin has the following capabilities:
Integration | |
---|---|
Bidding | |
Waterfall | |
Formats | |
Banner | 1 |
Interstitial | |
Rewarded |
Banner ads (excluding MREC banners) are supported only in mediation. Bidding does not support any type of banner ads.
Requirements
- Latest Google Mobile Ads SDK
- Flutter 3.7.0 or higher
- To deploy on Android
- Android API level 21 or higher
- To deploy on iOS
- iOS deployment target of 12.0 or higher
- A working Flutter project configured with Google Mobile Ads SDK. See Get Started for details.
- Complete the mediation Get started guide
Step 1: Set up configurations in AppLovin UI
Sign up or log in to your AppLovin account.
To set up your AdMob ad unit, you'll need your AppLovin SDK Key and Report Key. To find them, go to the AppLovin UI > Account > Keys to see both values.
If you plan on just integrating bidding, you can proceed to configure your mediation settings.
Select app for mediation
Bidding
This step isn't required for bidding integrations.
Waterfall
On the AppLovin UI, select Applications under the Monetization section to get to your registered apps. Select the app you'd like to use with mediation from the list of available apps.
Create a zone
Bidding
This step isn't required for bidding integrations.
Waterfall
On the AppLovin UI, select Zones under the Monetization section to get to your registered zone IDs. If you have already created the required zones for your app, skip ahead to Step 2. To create a new zone ID, click Create Zone.
Enter the name of Zone ID, select Android as the Platform, and choose the Ad Type.
Configure Pricing for the zone by selecting either Flat CPM or Optimized by AppLovin. CPMs can be configured on a per country basis for the Flat CPM option. Then, click Save.
Android
iOS
Once the zone is created, the zone ID can be found under the Zone ID column.
Android
iOS
Turn on test mode
Follow the instructions in AppLovin's MAX Test Mode guide on how to enable AppLovin test ads.
Step 2: Set up AppLovin demand in AdMob UI
为广告单元配置中介设置
Add AppLovin Corp. to GDPR and US state regulations ad partners list
按照 GDPR 设置 和 美国州级法规设置 中的步骤,将 AppLovin Corp. 添加到 AdMob 界面中的 GDPR 和美国州级法规广告合作伙伴列表中。
Step 3: Import the AppLovin SDK and adapter
通过 pub.dev 进行集成
将以下依赖项与最新版本的
AppLovin 软件包的
pubspec.yaml
文件:
dependencies:
gma_mediation_applovin: ^1.0.0
手动集成
下载针对以下指标的最新版 Google 移动广告中介插件:
AppLovin、
将下载的文件解压缩,然后添加提取的插件文件夹
(及其内容)添加到您的 Flutter 项目中。然后,在
pubspec.yaml
文件,通过添加以下依赖项:
dependencies:
gma_mediation_applovin:
path: path/to/local/package
Step 4: Implement privacy settings on AppLovin SDK
EU consent and GDPR
Under the Google EU User Consent Policy, you must ensure that certain disclosures are given to, and consents obtained from, users in the European Economic Area (EEA) regarding the use of device identifiers and personal data. This policy reflects the requirements of the EU ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). When seeking consent, you must identify each ad network in your mediation chain that may collect, receive, or use personal data and provide information about each network's use. Google currently is unable to pass the user's consent choice to such networks automatically.
AppLovin supports reading the consent string from shared preferences and setting the consent status accordingly.If you are
not using a CMP that writes the consent string into the shared
preferences, you can use
GmaMediationApplovin.setHasUserConsent()
and
GmaMediationApplovin.setIsAgeRestrictedUser()
methods. The following sample code shows how
to pass consent information to the AppLovin SDK. These options must be set
before you initialize the Google Mobile Ads SDK
to ensure they get forwarded properly to the AppLovin SDK.
import 'package:gma_mediation_applovin/gma_mediation_applovin.dart';
// ...
GmaMediationApplovin.setHasUserConsent(true);
GmaMediationApplovin.setIsAgeRestrictedUser(true);
See AppLovin's privacy settings for more information.
US states privacy laws
U.S. states privacy laws require giving users the right to opt out of the "sale" of their "personal information" (as the law defines those terms), with the opt-out offered via a prominent "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link on the "selling" party's homepage. The U.S. states privacy laws compliance guide offers the ability to enable restricted data processing for Google ad serving, but Google is unable to apply this setting to each ad network in your mediation chain. Therefore, you must identify each ad network in your mediation chain that may participate in the sale of personal information and follow guidance from each of those networks to ensure compliance.
The Google Mobile Ads mediation plugin for AppLovin
includes the
GmaMediationApplovin.setDoNotSell()
method. The following sample code shows how to pass
consent information to the AppLovin SDK. These options must be set before you
initialize the Google Mobile Ads
SDK
to ensure they get forwarded properly to the AppLovin SDK.
import 'package:gma_mediation_applovin/gma_mediation_applovin.dart';
// ...
GmaMediationApplovin.setDoNotSell(true);
See AppLovin's Privacy documentation for more information.
Step 5: Add required code
Android
No additional code is required for AppLovin integration.
iOS
SKAdNetwork integration
Follow AppLovin's documentation to add the SKAdNetwork identifiers to your project's Info.plist` file.
Step 6: Test your implementation
启用测试广告
请务必为AdMob 注册您的测试设备,并在 AppLovin 界面中启用测试模式。
验证测试广告
如需验证您收到的是来自AppLovin的测试广告,请使用相应广告来源在广告检查器中启用单一广告来源测试。 AppLovin (Bidding) and AppLovin (Waterfall)
Optional steps
Network-specific parameters
The AppLovin adapter supports passing a AppLovinMediationExtras
object to the
ad request to set network-specific parameters. The following sample code shows
how to disable audio on video ads using the isMuted
parameter:
AppLovinMediationExtras applovinExtras = AppLovinMediationExtras(isMuted: true)
AdRequest request = AdRequest(
keywords: <String>['foo', 'bar'],
contentUrl: 'http://foo.com/bar.html',
mediationExtras: [applovinExtras],
);
Optimizations
Adding a call to
GmaMediationApplovin.initializeSdk('sdkKey')
to your launch activity provides
AppLovin the ability to track events as soon as the app starts.
Error codes
If the adapter fails to receive an ad from AppLovin,
publishers can check the underlying error from the ad response using
ResponseInfo
under the
following classes:
Android
com.google.ads.mediation.applovin.mediation.ApplovinAdapter
com.google.ads.mediation.applovin.AppLovinMediationAdapter
iOS
GADMAdapterAppLovin
GADMAdapterAppLovinRewardBasedVideoAd
GADMediationAdapterAppLovin
Here are the codes and accompanying messages thrown by the AppLovin adapter when an ad fails to load:
Android
Error code | Reason |
---|---|
-1009 to -1, 204 | AppLovin SDK returned an error. See AppLovin's documentation for more details. |
101 | The requested ad size does not match an AppLovin supported banner size. |
103 | Context is null. |
104 | AppLovin bid token is empty. |
105 | Requested multiple ads for the same zone. AppLovin can only load 1 ad at a time per zone. |
106 | Ad is not ready to display. |
108 | AppLovin Adapter does not support the ad format being requested. |
iOS
Error code | Reason |
---|---|
-1009 to -1, 204 | AppLovin SDK returned an error. See AppLovin's documentation for more details. |
101 | The requested ad size does not match an AppLovin supported banner size. |
102 | AppLovin server parameters configured in the AdMob UI are missing/invalid. |
103 | Failed to show AppLovin ad. |
104 | Requested multiple ads for the same zone. AppLovin can only load 1 ad at a time per zone. |
105 | AppLovin SDK key not found. |
107 | Bid token is empty. |
108 | AppLovin Adapter does not support the ad format being requested. |
110 | AppLovin sent a successful load callback but loaded zero ads. |
AppLovin Flutter Mediation Adapter Changelog
1.1.0
- API for the GmaMediationApplovin is no longer static.
- Verified compatibility with AppLovin Android adapter version 12.4.3.0.
- Verified compatibility with AppLovin iOS adapter version 12.4.2.0.
- Built and tested with the Google Mobile Ads Flutter Plugin version 5.1.0.
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Verified compatibility with AppLovin Android adapter version 12.3.0.0
- Verified compatibility with AppLovin iOS adapter version 12.2.1.0
- Built and tested with the Google Mobile Ads Flutter Plugin version 5.0.0.