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Unity Ads Android integration requirements

Review the integration requirements for Unity Ads SDK to ensure your Android app meets the necessary prerequisites to implement ad formats.
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Review the requirements and supported tools to complete the Unity Ads integration with your Android app before installing, initializing, and implementing interstitial, rewarded, or banner ads to earn revenue.

App prerequisites

Your Android gradle plugin version must be at least 4.2.0 or higher.
Ensure your 
build.gradle
file specifies the following:
  • minSDKversion
    to be 
    19
    or higher
  • compileSdkVersion
    to be 
    33
    or higher
  • Java 8 targeting for the Unity Ads SDK version 4.7.0 and higher
  • Protobuf-kotlin-lite
    or 
    protobuf-java-lite
    and the version used
    Note
    The Unity Ads SDK isn’t compatible with the full protobuf version (
    protobuf-kotlin
    or 
    protobuf-java
    ) due to a known dependency conflict with 
    protobuf-kotlin-lite
    or 
    protobuf-java-lite
    , which is required by the SDK.
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