(GAM SDK 8.0.0) (iOS 9) GAMBannerView - This device's OS version is below the minimum supported by GMA SDK

[Maarten Meijer]

Since 2 Februari 2021, Google Mobile Ads has released GAM SDK 8.0.0.

But we have encountered a critical issue that prevent us from using this update, because on iOS 9+ devices we are unable to requests advertisements and we will get the following error from the GAMBannerView with a GAMRequest request. 

Error message:
Error Domain=com.google.admob Code=4 “Request Error: This device’s OS version is below the minimum supported by GMA SDK

The devices used:
iOS 9.01 (13A404) - iPad
iOS 9.3.4 (13G35) - iPhone

Documentation that states iOS 9 is supported:
https://developers.google.com/admob/ios/quick-start
- Target iOS 9.0 or higher

https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs/blob/master/Specs/5/9/a/Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK/8.0.0/Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK.podspec.json
-  "platforms": { "ios": "9.0" }

Does someone else experience the same issue? and when can we expect this issue to be resolved.

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Maarten,

Thank you for bringing up to us this issue that our latest iOS SDK doesn't work on iOS 9 contrary to our documentation. Let me bring this up with the rest of my team. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

Regards,

Aryeh Baker Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Max]

> Does someone else experience the same issue?

Yes, I have the same issue.

среда, 3 февраля 2021 г. в 19:13:31 UTC+4, Maarten Meijer:

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Max,

Thank you for responding to this post. As stated previously the current SDK version does not work with iOS 9.0.1 and in fact requires a higher version. We have passed it along to our team that this needs to be updated in our documents. Which we should hopefully see soon.

Regards,

William Pescherine Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Max]

Hi!

Will you change minimum iOS version to 10.0 in Podspec?

среда, 10 февраля 2021 г. в 19:42:47 UTC+4, mobileadssdkforumadvisor:

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Max,

Thanks for your message. My colleague already raised this issue with the team which is now being worked on. However there’s no update yet so we can't confirm what would be the minimum iOS version supported. Once we receive an update, we will let you know.


Regards,

Sherwin Diesta Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi all,

Thank you for your patience on this concern. The team just got back to me with an update on this.

Kindly note that the AdMob SDK now requires iOS 10.0 and Xcode 12.0.0 at the minimum. The guides have been updated to reflect these requirements.
 

Ziv Yves Sanchez Mobile Ads SDK Team

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