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Android API reference

Unity Ads Monetization

SDK 4.20.0

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Android developer guides
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Android developer guides
  • Android SDK integration guide
  • Unity Ads privacy guide
  • Unity Ads SDK troubleshooting guide
  • Android developer API references
  1. Unity Ads SDK Android developer monetization
  2. Unity Ads SDK integration guide for Android developers

Initialize the SDK in Android

Initialize the Unity Ads SDK in your Android app. Set your Game ID and configure a listener to handle initialization status and enable ad monetization.
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Important
You must configure user consent before or during SDK initialization. Serving ads without consent configuration may violate privacy regulations in some regions.
To initialize the SDK, you need your app's Game ID for the target platform. To locate it, go to the Unity Monetization Dashboard, then navigate to Monetization > Apps > [your app] > Network.
Initialize the SDK early in your project's run-time life cycle before you need to load an ad. Refer to the following code sample to understand how to initialize the Unity Ads SDK.

SDK initialization example

Use
InitializationConfiguration.Builder
to construct a configuration object with your Game ID, test mode flag, and mediation metadata, then pass it to
UnityAds.initialize()
along with an
InitializationListener
. The listener's
onInitializationComplete
callback receives a
UnityAdsError
if initialization fails, or
null
on success.
InitializationConfiguration config = new InitializationConfiguration.Builder("YOUR_GAME_ID") .withTestMode(true) .build();InitializationListener listener = error -> { if (error == null) { // Initialization successful } else { // Handle initialization error }};UnityAds.initialize(config, listener);
val config = InitializationConfiguration.Builder("YOUR_GAME_ID") .withTestMode(true) .build()val listener = InitializationListener { error -> if (error == null) { // Initialization successful } else { // Handle initialization error }}UnityAds.initialize(config, listener)
Next steps: To continue your integration, refer to the Implement interstitial ads in Android documentation.

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