Bug The transitions from ads back to my game are really abrupt !

Hello !

I'm working on implementing ads in a game.
I noticed the transition when returning from ads back to the game being really abrupt. So I've created an empty project with just one scene and a button to trigger an ad, and still have the same issue ...

Here's an illustration of what I mean (at 37 seconds) ->

The screen "flickers" when it gets back to the game.
On such a simple scene it's not that bad but when there is actual gameplay + animation, perception gets much worse.

I've used Unity 2021.3.17, also tried with 2022.1.14.
Using the classic Unity Ad package.
Recorded on Android phone.

Any idea how to fix that ?

Thanks for your help

 

Thanks SamOY for your quick reply, much appreciated !

I did test on 3 devices yes :

• Realme GT Master Edition running Realme UI 4.0
• Xiaomi Mi9T running MIUI 12.1.1
• Redmi 7A running MIUI 12.5.3

They all have this "sideways sliding page" transition, which almost always ends up flickering.

I also thought it came from my devices but other games I've tested so far that use ads on Unity don't trigger the same behavior.

Here's the .apk -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/18e0RHjkJ3gHIw_x4rjm9WSNF1piHq_5-/view?usp=drive_link (folder is public so you should have access, otherwise let me know !)

Thanks again for your support.

 

Good point, I also see this error in Android Logcat.

However I'm not sure why this is happening.

The project couldn't be much simpler actually.
I have an AdsInitializer script that basically initializes the ads. Straight up copy paste from there https://docs.unity.com/ads/en-us/manual/InitializingTheUnitySDK
And I've just added the "LoadAd()" call once it's initalized :

Code (CSharp):

1. public void OnInitializationComplete()
2.     {
3.         Debug.Log("Unity Ads initialization complete.");
4.         rewardedAdsButton.LoadAd();
5.     }

And I have a RewardedAdsButton script attached to the single button from the scene. Straight up copy paste from there also : https://docs.unity.com/ads/en-us/manual/ImplementingRewardedAdsUnity

So there is just one ad that gets loaded, and I press the button just once which shows the ad (I cannot press it twice actually since it becomes non interactable once it's pressed).

Here's a zip file containing the whole project, would it help you help me ?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QVtDe7yJoqCQpjQLHcmuG4EMWH7-y2yW/view?usp=drive_link

Thanks a lot,
Pierre

 

Additional information : I tested on iOS (iPhone 6S), there is still a "sliding page" transition but no flickering it seems (00:33)

So:

1. It looks like it's something that happens on Android only
2. I really wish this transition could be deactivated. Do you know if there is a way to configure that somehow ?

 

Hi there !

@SamOYUnity3D I might have another lead...
Don't know if it's related or not, but when I switch from another app to my app, I get the "flicker". I guess this is related to the app going to focus again (which might be what happens when I get back from an ad ?)

In this video, I switch back and forth from my app to Dunk Shot (which I believe is also made in Unity), and Dunk Shot doesn't get the flicker but my App does ...

Could it be related to some sort of "out of focus" configuration ?

 

Good question, so I created a completely empty project, no Ads SDK at all, to see if I could repro this and yes, same issue :

I also thought this might come from Mono vs IL2CPP compilation.
So I tried creating another completely empty project, no Ads, in IL2CPP and still get the flicker (note that it's a little bit emphasized by the recording ; it's still there without recording but a bit less pregnant) :

 

Ok will do that, thanks for your help
Have a good day !