The AdMob App ID is required even if the AdMob adapter is not installed.

[rolandvar]

Hello everyone, I updated to version 3.10.0, but when I try to launch my Android application, it closes automatically and I get the following error in the console

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: app.dev.android, PID: 9380
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException: 

******************************************************************************
* Missing application ID. AdMob publishers should follow the instructions    *
* here:                                                                      *
* https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/admob-android-update-manifest         *
* to add a valid App ID inside the AndroidManifest.                          *
* Google Ad Manager publishers should follow instructions here:              *
* https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/ad-manager-android-update-manifest.   *
******************************************************************************


	at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:7869)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:7375)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7103)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1700(ActivityThread.java:275)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2189)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:211)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:300)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8305)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:577)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1074)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: 

******************************************************************************
* Missing application ID. AdMob publishers should follow the instructions    *
* here:                                                                      *
* https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/admob-android-update-manifest         *
* to add a valid App ID inside the AndroidManifest.                          *
* Google Ad Manager publishers should follow instructions here:              *
* https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/ad-manager-android-update-manifest.   *
******************************************************************************


	at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.client.zzey.attachInfo(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite@@23.6.0:26)
	at com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider.attachInfo(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite@@23.6.0:1)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:7864)
	... 11 more

I don't have AdMob in my application, and we added the following lines to the exclusions

  { "group": "com.applovin.mediation", module: "google-ad-manager-adapter" },
  { "group": "com.applovin.mediation", module: "google-adapter" },
  { "group": "com.appodeal.ads.sdk.networks", module: "admob" },
  { "group": "com.unity3d.ads-mediation", module: "admob-adapter" },

Have any settings changed?

EDIT: This only happens on Android.

Best regards

[rolandvar]

Hello everyone,
I’m sharing this update in case it might be useful to someone.

If you want to use the library on Android without initializing AdMob (for example, if you don’t use it like us), you can disable the com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider provider in the manifest by setting the following meta keys:
android:enabled="false", android:exported="false", and tools:node="replace".

In our case, everything seems to be working fine. I’m not sure if there are any negative side effects to doing this, but if anyone has other insights, they’re welcome to share.

[da2gl]

@rolandvar Thank you for describing your problem and solution.