We need non-mobile options for AdMob (not AdSense)

[Júlio César Ködel]

Flutter is advertising how wonderful it is by allowing us to build Windows, MacOS, Linux and Web apps, but, without ads, most apps have no means of monetizing.

So, we need AdMob support for those platforms as well!

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Júlio,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

With regard to your concern, can you confirm if you are referring to application program or application software to those operating system and web apps to be supported in the Mobile Ads SDK? Currently, the Mobile Ads SDK are only supported to the Mobile platforms (Android, iOS, Unity, Flutter). Can you provide us your use case for us to provide it to the wider team when requesting on this non-mobile platforms?

Regards,

Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Luccas Clezar]

Hi,

I agree with Júlio. Ads on Flutter are only supported on Android and iOS, which severely limits the business models that can be used when developing a Flutter app.

Either the app is made available only on Android and iOS, or it can't be monetized with ads at all. And seeing that freemium apps with ads are a huge share of the market, I would think making ads available to all Flutter platforms would be beneficial to everyone and a priority to any ad publishing platform.

[Júlio César Ködel]

>   Currently, the Mobile Ads SDK are only supported to the Mobile platforms (Android, iOS, Unity, Flutter)

>

Flutter (and Unity) are available for almost any platform, including Web and Desktop.

Flutter Google Ads official package is available ONLY for Android and iOS.

So, Google Ads for Flutter, controlled by AdMob, should be available for all platforms running Flutter, including Windows, MacOS, Linux and Web (and I'm not mentioning AdSense for web (which doesn't work for APPS)).

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Lucas and Júlio,

Thank you for your response, and for providing your use case. Let me raise this to the wider team as a feature request which will undergo review. You may monitor our blog (https://ads-developers.googleblog.com/search/label/admob_sdk) post for future updates.

[Ohilo Games]

Hi Mobile Ads SDK team,

I second the need raised before and wish to know if any updates are on the horizon.

We develop cross-platform games using Unity to run on both mobile platforms and now on the non-mobile platforms starting with MacOS and then soon on PC and VR headsets. It would be great to have an extension of Admob to the non-mobile platforms.

Best,

Ohilo Games

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting the Mobile Ads SDK support team.

By reviewing your concern, I understand that you need support for non-mobile platforms for AdMob like in MacOS, PC and VR.

We’re glad to hear that. However, According to the Mobile Ads SDK documentation, we support the following platforms: 

• Android
• iOS
• Unity
• C++
• Flutter

Since non-mobile is not on the list of the supported platforms mentioned above, we will not be able to support the same.

Having said that, I will raise this as a feature request in the Mobile Ads SDK. I cannot provide a scheduled timeline for the availability of this feature in the SDK. I would recommend you to please follow our release notes and blog post for further updates.

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Thanks,

 

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Ohilo Games,

Thank you for getting back to us.

Please ignore the previous email.

I see already a feature request raised for this non-platform support and the status of that feature request won't be fixed. This means Supporting non-mobile apps is not on the roadmap for Engines like Unity/Flutter. We appreciate your support in this matter.