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Initialize the SDK in Unity

Initialize the Unity Ads SDK with your Game ID to enable monetization and access Unity Ads public APIs in your Unity project.
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To initialize the SDK, you must reference your project's Game ID for the appropriate platform. You can locate the Game ID from the Unity Ads Monetization dashboard by selecting the Monetization suite, navigating to your current project, then Settings in the secondary navigation bar, and scrolling to the Game IDs section.
Note
Starting from SDK version 4.4.1, the Unity Ads package is now called the Advertisement Legacy package in the Unity Editor. The Advertisement Legacy package version 4.12 is still functional but will not receive any further updates for new or enhanced features. SDK version 4.12 supports the Apple Privacy Manifest update, with no further updates planned for the package.
In your game script header, include the 
UnityEngine.Advertisements
 namespace. Initialize the SDK early in the game's run-time life cycle, preferably at launch, using the 
Initialize
 function. In SDK versions 3.7.0 and later, you can use 
IUnityAdsInitializationListener
 callbacks to receive a notification when initialization is complete, or receive the details when an error occurs.

SDK initialization example

using UnityEngine;using UnityEngine.Advertisements;public class AdsInitializer : MonoBehaviour, IUnityAdsInitializationListener{  [SerializeField] string _androidGameId;  [SerializeField] string _iOSGameId;  [SerializeField] bool _testMode = true;  private string _gameId;  void Awake()  {    InitializeAds();  }  public void InitializeAds()  {    #if UNITY_IOS    _gameId = _iOSGameId;    #elif UNITY_ANDROID    _gameId = _androidGameId;    #elif UNITY_EDITOR    _gameId = _androidGameId; //Only for testing the functionality in the Editor    #endif    if (!Advertisement.isInitialized && Advertisement.isSupported)    {      Advertisement.Initialize(_gameId, _testMode, this);    }  }  public void OnInitializationComplete()  {    Debug.Log("Unity Ads initialization complete.");  }  public void OnInitializationFailed(UnityAdsInitializationError error, string message)  {    Debug.Log($"Unity Ads Initialization Failed: {error.ToString()} - {message}");  }}
Next steps: To continue your integration, refer to the Implement interstitial ads in Unity documentation.