error with admob and GPS 21.5.0 in apk

rodri · March 2023

Help please.

I am using Admob with the ads plugin configured with google play services 21.5.0

my application runs fine in the pc player and also in the android player.

When I export to APK or ABB it exports everything fine.

Then I install the APK on android and when running it immediately exits with an apk error.

I am using the latest gideros 2023.2
ads with gps 21.5.0

the "gaming" plugin does not accept google play services 21.5.0, so I use it with 16.0.0 or it also accepts 20.0.0

my app works fine on pc player and android player but the installed apk gets exited immediately. it only shows the initial gideros logo.

(It is similar to a problem that I read here in the forum when you use, for example, a .jpg file and it has a upper case letter, eg ".JPg" works fine in the player and in the android player, but nothing works in the installed APK)

This is my APK for testing, I made it super simple, just use an image and the ads plugins with 21.5.0 and gaming with 20.0.0

fondo = Bitmap.new(Texture.new("play.png", true))
fondo:setPosition(110,110)
fondo:setScale(2)
stage:addChild(fondo)

the APK is broken I tried it on android 7 and android 9

Can someone please confirm if it doesn't run?

someone was able to use ADMOB with 21.5.0 and was able to upload a real ABB or APK to google play?

(I went up to google play and I just realized that the installed one does not run)

this is my apk

It won't let me upload the APK file because of the size, but it looks like this:

generates the APK well, works on pc player and android player

but the installed APK is broken immediately

I tried it with several configurations, but the installed one always breaks.
It exports fine but the installed apk doesn't run. try removing plugin JSON, REQUIRE, etc...

please @hgy29 Could I test if an installed APK can run or is it broken or what am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

MoKaLux · March 2023

rodri said:
(It is similar to a problem that I read here in the forum when you use, for example, a .jpg file and it has a upper case letter, eg ".JPg" works fine in the player and in the android player, but nothing works in the installed APK).

To avoid such problems be sure to put all your assets in the assets folder in the file explorer (not where the .gproj file is). Your play.png file when you click it in Gideros Studio should show assets/play.png.

I haven't tested ads plugin in a long time but it seems you are putting the ca-app-pub-... in the wrong field?!

To further test why it is not working you can plug your phone (via cable or wifi) in Android Studio and look at the debug logs that should tell you exactly where your app fails.

Hope this can help.

hgy29 · March 2023

@rodri, the best thing to do to diagnose such issues on android is to capture android logs (logcat) with Android Studio as @MoKaLux said. The log is very verbose, but gideros will report lua issues here, and android will report application crashes here too. It is better to have a look at it then just guessing. If you post it here (or PM it to me) I'll be able to help.

rodri · March 2023

@hgy29 , thanks for your help

here is the logcat of android studio.

It is the extract where the application breaks...

2023-03-08 22:11:34.994  8741-8741  AndroidRuntime          pid-8741                             E  FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                                                    Process: com.yourdomain.yourapp, PID: 8741
                                                                                                    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException: 
 
                                                                                                    ******************************************************************************
                                                                                                    * Invalid application ID. Follow instructions here:                          *
                                                                                                    * h ttps://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/admob-android-update-manifest         *
                                                                                                    * to find your app ID.                                                       *
                                                                                                    * Google Ad Manager publishers should follow instructions here:              *
                                                                                                    * h ttps://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/ad-manager-android-update-manifest.   *
                                                                                                    ******************************************************************************
 
 
                                                                                                    	at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6483)
                                                                                                    	at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:6072)
                                                                                                    	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6011)
                                                                                                    	at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap3(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                                                    	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1714)
                                                                                                    	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                                                    	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
                                                                                                    	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6836)
                                                                                                    	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                                                    	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1520)
                                                                                                    	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1410)
                                                                                                    Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: 
 
                                                                                                    ******************************************************************************
                                                                                                    * Invalid application ID. Follow instructions here:                          *
                                                                                                    * h ttps://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/admob-android-update-manifest         *
                                                                                                    * to find your app ID.                                                       *
                                                                                                    * Google Ad Manager publishers should follow instructions here:              *
                                                                                                    * h ttps://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/ad-manager-android-update-manifest.   *
                                                                                                    ******************************************************************************
 
 
                                                                                                    	at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.client.zzek.attachInfo(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite@<a href="https://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/21" rel="nofollow">@21</a>.5.0:15)
                                                                                                    	at com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider.attachInfo(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite@<a href="https://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/21" rel="nofollow">@21</a>.5.0:1)
                                                                                                    	at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:6480)
                                                                                                    	... 10 more
2023-03-08 22:11:34.995 11559-11559 ImageWallpaper          pid-11559                            D  onVisibilityChanged: mVisible=true visible=false
2023-03-08 22:11:34.995 11559-11559 ImageWallpaper          pid-11559                            D  Visibility changed to visible=false
2023-03-08 22:11:34.996  2887-1860  Debug                   pid-2887                             D  !<a href="https://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/DumpState" rel="nofollow">@DumpState</a> : SHIP
2023-03-08 22:11:34.996  2887-1860  Debug                   pid-2887                             D  !<a href="https://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/DumpState" rel="nofollow">@DumpState</a> : debug level:0x4f4c
2023-03-08 22:11:34.996  2887-1860  Debug                   pid-2887                             D  !<a href="https://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/Dumpstate" rel="nofollow">@Dumpstate</a> : Finally, system will skip dumpstate
2023-03-08 22:11:34.997  2887-1860  ActivityManager         pid-2887                             W    Force finishing activity com.yourdomain.yourapp/com.giderosmobile.android.holamundoActivity
2023-03-08 22:11:34.997  2887-1860  MultiScree...gerService pid-2887                             W  moveTaskBackToDisplayIfNeeded(): root is not base activity
2023-03-08 22:11:35.000  2887-1860  ActivityManager         pid-2887

The app crashes as soon as it starts.
but in the gideros player it shows even the test advertising..

Please if you can help me find what is wrong.

rodri · March 2023

I think you can't see the log

I send it in this file please to review better...

(
sorry, it won't let me send a file and it was posted twice...
I'll see how to send the log...)

rodri · March 2023

I think you can't see the log

I send it in this file please to review better...

MoKaLux · March 2023

I see you are loading App Open ads (https://developers.google.com/admob/android/test-ads) I am not sure Gideros supports it?!
Can you try with a simple Banner ad?

rodri · March 2023

MoKaLux said:
I see you are loading App Open ads (https://developers.google.com/admob/android/test-ads) I am not sure Gideros supports it?!
Can you try with a simple Banner ad?

hello,

Yes, I did tests with banner

In gideros player I get like this:

but the installed APK is broken with that logcat that I posted..

In the plugin I only put the "application id", I put the banner codes by code.

as I show here, but this was just for testing.

i use something like this:

------------------------ads
 
 
   self.ADMOB_APP_ID = "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/3419835294" 
   self.ADMOB_UNIT_ID = "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111" 
 
   -- admob (setup for simple banner adverts), note: only visible on phone/tablet
   if application:getDeviceInfo() == "Android" then
      require 'ads' --create real object for on device
 
      self.ADMOB = Ads.new('admob')
	   --self.ADMOB:enableTesting(true)
 
 
      self.ADMOB:setKey(self.ADMOB_APP_ID)
      self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_RECEIVED, function(e) -- show ad
        if e.type=="banner" then
		--self.ADMOB_cargado=true
		 self.ADMOB:showAd('banner')
         self.ADMOB:setAlignment('center', 'bottom')
         --self.ADMOB:setAlignment('center', 'top')
		 --print ("banner recibido")
		 end
      end)
     -- self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_FAILED, function(e) end)
     -- self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_ACTION_BEGIN, function() end)
     -- self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_ACTION_END, function() end)
     -- self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_DISMISSED, function() end)
 
	  self.ADMOB:loadAd("banner", self.ADMOB_UNIT_ID)
	  --print ("banner requerido")
   else
      self.ADMOB = {} -- create fake object for testing in windows player
      self.ADMOB.loadAd = function() end
      self.ADMOB.showAd = function() end
   end
 
 
 
----------------------end ads

Actually I always did it like this... I already have games uploaded to google play from the previous year, but I used gideros 2022.12 and google play services 16.0.0

and I use banners, interstitials and rewarded, they work well.
the problem came after gideros 2023.2 with google play services 21.5.0, but only in the APK, in the player a complete project runs fine with banners, interstitials and rewards...

please let me know if you can see the logcat correctly...

Thanks for the help.

MoKaLux · March 2023

yes I can see your logcat, it is a bit aligned to the right but we can see it (I copied it to notepad).

hgy29 · March 2023

@rodri, the logcat message seems to point to an app id issue, did you set it in the ads plugin properties page ?

EDIT: By the way the first arg of setKey() call is no longer used in version 21.5.0, since the app id must be specified in the manifest instead, but I added a second argument to setKey() to set the test id.

rodri · March 2023

@MoKaLux @hgy29
thanks for the support, now it works fine..

Greetings and success...

MoKaLux · August 2023

ok I managed to build latest Gideros 2023.8 for android using the Ads plugin

https://github.com/mokalux/gideros-player-for-android

And a working sample code with admob banners

PS: google test banners
PS2: I don't know if Google Play plugin and Google Ads plugin are still linked together (for building the android player I had to add both plugins but in the demo app only the Ads plugin was needed

)

You did a great job hgy29

MoKaLux · August 2023

some code and ss

function LevelX:init()
	-- BG
	application:setBackgroundColor(0xaa557f)
	-- LISTENERS
	self:addEventListener("enterBegin", self.onTransitionInBegin, self)
	self:addEventListener("enterEnd", self.onTransitionInEnd, self)
	self:addEventListener("exitBegin", self.onTransitionOutBegin, self)
	self:addEventListener("exitEnd", self.onTransitionOutEnd, self)
	-- ads
	self.ADMOB_UNIT_ID = "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111" -- google banner test id
	-- admob (setup for simple banner adverts), note: only visible on phone/tablet
	if application:getDeviceInfo() == "Android" then
		print("ADS")
		require 'ads' --create real object for on device
		self.ADMOB = Ads.new('admob')
		self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_RECEIVED, function() -- show ad
			print("AD_RECEIVED")
			self.ADMOB:showAd('banner')
			self.ADMOB:setAlignment('center', 'bottom')
		end)
		self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_FAILED, function(e)
			print("AD_FAILED")
		end)
		self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_ACTION_BEGIN, function()
			print("AD_ACTION_BEGIN")
		end)
		self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_ACTION_END, function()
			print("AD_ACTION_END")
		end)
		self.ADMOB:addEventListener(Event.AD_DISMISSED, function()
			print("AD_DISMISSED")
		end)
 
		self.ADMOB:loadAd("banner", self.ADMOB_UNIT_ID) -- load ad
	else
		print("NO ADS")
		self.ADMOB = {} -- create fake object for testing in windows player
		self.ADMOB.loadAd = function() end
		self.ADMOB.showAd = function() end
	end
end

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