Feedback Application.RequestAdvertisingIdentifierAsync and UnityAds

Hi,

From other threads I read that
Application.RequestAdvertisingIdentifierAsync method Android support was removed for Unity 2020+

Unity Team members told, it was a required step for apps that dont use Ads and dont use tracking. I can understand that.

But, in apps where UnityAds is installed, this method should be a part of UnityAds API.
Because UnityAds does send an idfa for attribution. So a developer should have access to the method as well.

Does it make sense? Or maybe there is a way to get Advertising ID if you have UnityAds package already?

 

Well, I can't downgrade anymore, files become corrupted.

That method is really needed for install tracking, would be great if you add it into Unity Ads package.
I saw you have one in a standalone Unity Ads package for Android apps made without in Unity.

Or maybe a guide how to implement it in Docs, Java plug-ins story is a bit hard to understand.

 

I also asumed it was moved into the Unity Ads SDK. I was able to retrieve it through third party ads sdks, but it would be more than convenient to have it on Unity itself. Accesing it behind a custom define as @kyle-unity initially suspected would be the solution to the original issue, which was avoiding to have it on all builds by default.

 

Actually, Java class for obtaining advertisment ID already present in the Unity Ads package, it just doesn't have a method for a developer to access it with C#.

I hope it will be considered to add it. Thanks for looking into the problem.

 

I'm sorry for asking that, I know its totally my fault that I upgraded the Unity to 2020 and didn't make a proper testing to find out that Application.RequestAdvertisingIdentifierAsync stopped worked.

I stopped my advertising campaign as soon as I found that out. I know, because of that, I wasnt charged for some installs that happened during that time, because my attribution system was dependent on that method.

I have now fixed it and wrote my own Android Library for obtaining advertisement ID, but my attribution system is now sort of penalized because for few hours I wasnt sending postbacks on installs, and now my campaign gets 0 views.

@kyle-unity can I have a call with someone regarding that, so I can show that it is working properly and get a penalty removed. It was just a bad coinsidence.

 

I made a simple package that works in Unity 2020+
https://github.com/Mini-IT/AdvertisingIdentifierFetcher

 

Is this still working? I am trying to use and get some id. But, when I try to get an id where the user's google account has ads settings defined as "not personalized", it stills return a random number. My current theory is that it should work only at Android 12 devices...

 

Just call the Java code directly:

Code (CSharp):

1.         public static string GetAndroidAdvertiserId()
2.         {
3.             string advertisingID = "";
4.             try
5.             {
6.                 AndroidJavaClass up = new AndroidJavaClass ("com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer");
7.                 AndroidJavaObject currentActivity = up.GetStatic<AndroidJavaObject> ("currentActivity");
8.                 AndroidJavaClass client = new AndroidJavaClass ("com.google.android.gms.ads.identifier.AdvertisingIdClient");
9.                 AndroidJavaObject adInfo = client.CallStatic<AndroidJavaObject> ("getAdvertisingIdInfo", currentActivity);
10.      
11.                 advertisingID = adInfo.Call<string> ("getId").ToString();
12.             }
13.             catch (Exception)
14.             {
15.             }
16.             return advertisingID;
17.         }