Question Set test mode when using mediation package?

I am using the mediation package, and on this page I read the following:

If you build this project to a device, you must enable test mode to prevent the Unity Ads SDK from serving live ads, which could lead to your account being flagged or suspended for fraud.

In the advertisement package I could set the test mode as an argument for Advertisement.Initialize, but when using the mediation package I have not found a way to set test mode. Can someone tell me how to set it, or is the documentation outdated?

 

@Ortiz_Daniel Thanks for clearing that up.

It is rather inconvenient that it is no longer possible to set test mode through code though. We now have to add all devices of all employees to ensure no live ads are served when testing our app in general. Previously we could just set test mode for development builds.

We are now going to disable ads altogether in development builds, which will require us to make a special build that can only be run on marked devices to test ads :'(

 

@Ortiz_Daniel Thanks for considering the issue. What would be even better imo is if test mode was automatically enabled in development builds in addition to the editor

 

Hi,

I've turned on test mode in ad mediation settings, and I've also setup my iphone as a test device, but I'm still seeing real ads when building from xcode and running on-device.

Is there a delay before turning on test mode kicks in? Or are ads cached on-device somehow and will continue to display after test mode is turned on?

The first time I saw a real ad I enabled test mode but I kept seeing real ads. I added my phone as a test device to see if that helped, but I still see real ads.

Thanks

 

I'm getting the same problem as newtquestgames on an iPad (don't have an iPhone, so use iPad to test iOs) (i.e. I see live ads when i've asked for test ads)

For Android I was getting the same thing but managed to fix it:

If you use the old Monetization->Setup->Test Devices -> Add New Device it does not ask you to specify platform, but if you add/edit a test device on the testing page under monetization you get to choose Android/iOs
....setting that on my android test device seems to have worked (i now see test ads), unfortunately the same doesn't seem to work for iOs.

Settings->Test mode (Using test ads for all devices) doesn't seem to work for me on either device


UPDATE: spoke too soon about the android fix: it seems to be intermittent - sometimes it will display test ads, seems ok for half an hour or so, then goes back to live ads for a bit, and then test ads again without me changing anything - Are there server problems at unity???

 

Hi, while waiting for this fix is it safe to play these ads during testing? Or could my Unity account be flagged for playing my own ads and banned?