Installing the Unity Ads SDK for Android#

You can use Gradle dependencies to integrate the Unity Ads SDK. Unity supports Android 4.4 "KitKat" (API level 19) and later.

Add the Unity Ads SDK to your project#

1. Add the following code to your app-level build.gradle file inside the repositories section:

   repositories {
       mavenCentral()
   }

2. Add the following code to the dependencies section:

   dependencies {
       implementation 'com.unity3d.ads:unity-ads:4.7.0'
   }

3. If your project is not already using Java 8+, set your Java version to 8 in build.gradle in the compileOptions section:

   android { 
      compileOptions {
               sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
               targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
       }
   }

Advertising ID#

When an Android user opts out of interest-based advertising or ads personalization, the advertising identifier will not be available. Publishers will receive a string of zeros in place of the identifier.

Additionally, when apps update their target to Android 13 or later, they need to declare a Google Play services normal permission in the manifest file as follows:

<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID"/>

Next steps: To continue your integration, refer to the Initializing the SDK in Android documentation.