Problem when trying to install AdMob SDK

App Development
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When I run my app I get this error:“The Google Mobile Ads SDK was initialized incorrectly. Google AdMob publishers, follow instructions here: https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/admob-ios-update-plist to include the AppMeasurement framework, set the -ObjC linker flag, and set GADApplicationIdentifier with a valid app ID. Google Ad Manager publishers, follow instructions here: https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/ad-manager-ios-update-plist”.I did all of googles steps.

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Have you followed those instructions? At what point do you see this error?

Does it show a specific line of code?

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The build succeeds for 2 secs and after that it closes and says the upper message along with :

0x1b17e3fa8 <+8>: b.lo 0x1b17e3fc4 <+36>. Thread 3: “The Google Mobile Ads SDK was initialized incorrectly. Google AdMob publishers, follow instructions here: https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/admob-ios-update-plist to include the AppMeasurement framework, set the -ObjC linker flag, and set GADApplicationIdentifier with a valid app ID. Google Ad Manager publishers, follow instructions here: https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/ad-manager-ios-update-plist”

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What have you done so far? Only added the SPM package?

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I added the SPM package and wrote the code in view controller and on app delegate

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You have this in your AppDelegate, and you added the right info to the Info.plist

GADMobileAds.sharedInstance().start(completionHandler: nil)
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yes I copied the google info open the source code and changed only the app key

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So you’re using UIKit, and you’re adding the code to the right function in the AppDelegate?

Also what have you written in the ViewController?

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this is what I wrote in the view controller

import UIKit
import GoogleMobileAds

class ViewController: UIViewController, GADBannerViewDelegate {

var bannerView: GADBannerView!
@IBOutlet weak var buttontap: UIButton!

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

  bannerView.adUnitID = "ca-app-pub-“
    bannerView.rootViewController = self
  bannerView.load(GADRequest())
// In this case, we instantiate the banner with desired ad size.
bannerView = GADBannerView(adSize: GADAdSizeBanner)
  bannerView.delegate = self
addBannerViewToView(bannerView)

}

func addBannerViewToView(_ bannerView: GADBannerView) {
bannerView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
view.addSubview(bannerView)
view.addConstraints(
[NSLayoutConstraint(item: bannerView,
attribute: .bottom,
relatedBy: .equal,
toItem: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide,
attribute: .bottom,
multiplier: 1,
constant: 0),
NSLayoutConstraint(item: bannerView,
attribute: .centerX,
relatedBy: .equal,
toItem: view,
attribute: .centerX,
multiplier: 1,
constant: 0)
])
func bannerViewDidReceiveAd(_ bannerView: GADBannerView) {
print(“bannerViewDidReceiveAd”)
}
}

}

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Has AdMob indicated whether or not your app has successfully connected to it? Also side note you can definitely make these constraints way easier

I deleted the ad unit ID, because you shouldn’t share that publicly

Do you also have Firebase in the project? Or only AdMob?

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only admob

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plz help

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I retried with a different app and it say the google Mobile Ads Sdk was initialised without app measurement

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@efthimis You are needing step by step instructions on how to install ads. Have you tried checking out resources online? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=instal+AdMob+SDK+ios

I know Mikaela Caron is more than happy to help, but there’s a difference between helping, and walking you through an entire process.

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I would try to uninstall the package and then reinstall it (because if you’ve followed all the steps, it should work)

I recently installed AdMob with SPM and didn’t have issues after following the instructions you linked, but I did also have Firebase Analytics installed too

But also I would HIGHLY recommend adding at least Firebase analytics (cause AdMob and analytics work well together, and you can do more with them together)

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I made it work just by adjusting the package from 10.0.0 ti 9.0.0

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Oh geez haha!
You should actually set it to “up to next major version” more so than a specific version number

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Ok I also wrote -ObjC on linking tab and that’s it

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and yes I set it to 9.0.0 up to next major version thank you a lot you are the BEST!

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