Request: for Applovin ad-network source for mediation , update docs according to what's new

[Liran Barsisa]

Seems it now supports MREC banner ads, right?

https://developers.applovin.com/en/max/android/changelog/

https://developers.google.com/admob/android/mediation/applovin#supported_integrations_and_ad_formats

And also that various initialization functions of it don't require Context, such as:
com.applovin.sdk.AppLovinPrivacySettings.setDoNotSell

Meaning you don't need Context as written here:
https://developers.google.com/admob/android/mediation/applovin#us_states_privacy_laws

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Liran,

Thank you for contacting the Mobile Ads SDK support team.

Yes, I see that support for MREC size banner ads was added in the version 11.8.2. So having said that I will check this document update request with the wider team. Meanwhile your patience is appreciated.

Regarding the second query of not requiring context, according to Google AdMob US states privacy laws documentation the AppLovin SDK includes the setDoNotSell method to let publishers opt out of the sale of personal information. AppLovinPrivacySettings.setDoNotSell(true, context); passes this consent information to the AppLovin SDK. You must set these options before you initialize the Google Mobile Ads SDK to ensure they get forwarded properly to the AppLovin SDK.

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Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[2025-04-22 07:24:02Z GMT] This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1U01174p.!500Ht01qUXLo:ref" (ADR-00300583)

[Liran Barsisa]

About MREC, it's not just the docs website that I've provided.

It's actually really that the Admob SDK itself couldn't show MREC on Applovin, and instead used small banners and also lied about it being MREC:
https://groups.google.com/g/google-admob-ads-sdk/c/y9j--NoFaKo/m/ZhCORrU3AAAJ

This needs to be fixed before you update the docs.

Also the docs need to be clearer. The text there is very weird. Should just mention which ad-sizes are supported, and same should be for other ad networks. 
For example, I know that Pangle supports only BANNER 320*50, MEDIUM_RECTANGLE 300*250 , and that's not even mentioned on the docs:
https://developers.google.com/admob/android/mediation/pangle

https://groups.google.com/g/google-admob-ads-sdk/c/Ws70QyIB7nE/m/hgA-G1nBAAAJ

About "setDoNotSell", you didn't read what I wrote correctly:
The docs of Applovin state that it's not needed to provide Context as a parameter anymore, meaning what's on Admob's docs is deprecated.

I didn't say we don't have to call it.

Check here on their docs:
https://developers.applovin.com/en/max/android/overview/privacy#multi-state-consumer-privacy-laws

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Liran,

The issue concerning MREC has been raised to the attention of the broader team.

For the second query the context is an expected parameter from the GMA SDK, and the SDK might be doing some internal handling that I don't have information about. Could you please confirm if you are experiencing any issues with ads loading by using context? If so, please provide the Charles logs for further investigation.

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[2025-04-22 11:54:45Z GMT] This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1U01174p.!500Ht01qUXLo:ref" (ADR-00300583)

[Liran Barsisa]

About MREC, thanks.

About "Context" as a parameter, I wrote only about "setDoNotSell" and saw that it seems to work fine with it, and as they also have a query API for it, it makes it even easier to test:

com.applovin.sdk.AppLovinPrivacySettings.setDoNotSell(!isDataShareAllowed)
Log.d("AppLog", "AppLovinPrivacySettings.setDoNotSell:${!isDataShareAllowed} test:${com.applovin.sdk.AppLovinPrivacySettings.isDoNotSell()}")

It doesn't crash, and it also shows that indeed the boolean I've passed there affects the result of the query. I wish all other ads SDK had this, to make sure things work properly. 

I have no idea where they get the Context from, and also why they even needed it there (it's just a boolean...). Maybe you should contact them to understand what's going on.

If you've found other places that have removed "Context", you need to check them out. 

You should check the changes in general (including "setDoNotSell"), as you've updated the adapter to use the new SDK version...

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Liran,

Thanks for the suggestion, as of now kindly consider this as an expected behavior only, in future if it’s required we will suggest this comment.

Reach out to us again if you’ve any other issue related to Mobile Ads SDK.

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[2025-04-22 18:10:28Z GMT] This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1U01174p.!500Ht01qUXLo:ref" (ADR-00300583)

[Liran Barsisa]

Please explain:

What is "expected behavior" ? 
Have you talked and verified with Applovin about both of these?
Meaning, have you tested that Context isn't needed anymore for various functions, and have you tested Admob mediation with Applovin that indeed it can show now MREC banner ads?
Can I start requesting MREC banner ads that include Applovin as a mediation ad-source, or the bug I've described (showing much smaller banner when I requested MREC, and even claim it's MREC) still exists?

Both of these need proper, full investigation, because you've updated the version of the adapter, yet you didn't update anything in the docs. There is no "what's new" for admob mediation either that talks about Applovin, either.