Question Admob for iOS initialization error?

I'm making a 2D game for iOS that includes Google Admob ads. Every time I try to play the game in the editor, I get this error message:



My code should be correct because I have an Android version of my game on the Google Play Store that is working just fine with that same code.

I don't know what this error message means. If anyone has an idea, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

That means "I couldn't connect to the underlying library," which in the editor makes sense.

Usually these things are guarded by #if directives so they don't throw exceptions in the editor, constructs such as:

Code (csharp):

1. #if !UNITY_EDITOR
2.    // code to actually access the library here
3. #endif

But perhaps this package is not properly guarded and is still trying to access the native ios library in the editor.

 

Interesting... I'm running the latest version of Unity (2019.3.14), and I have the latest Admob package installed (5.1.0).

Do you think this could be an error in the Admob package itself or something on my end that I might be doing wrong?

 

Really could be either... It should be an error you can just ignore. Is it interrupting some of your own initialization?

You can always make a script that destroys a GameObject when you're in the editor, then mark those Admob objects with it. But they still might run earlier, depending on how they're set up. Or just put your own code in to bypass startup of the library when in the editor.

 

Well, when I click the play button in the editor to run the scene, it displays the error message, but the scene continues to run. The real problem is when I try to build the game for iOS to test on a physical device. The same error message pops up and the editor says I have to fix the error before I can build.

This is preventing me from publishing to the Apple App Store. I have an Android version of the game Already published on Google Play that is working just fine.

 

Ah, I assumed from this sentence that it was an editor-only problem. I don't have anything else to suggest except to go over the AdMob installation and setup steps carefully once again, google the specific error, etc.

 

Okay, I'll try going through everything once again.
Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it!