Integrate Moloco with mediation

  • This guide explains how to use the Google Mobile Ads SDK to integrate Moloco ads into a Unity app via mediation.

  • The Moloco mediation adapter supports bidding and waterfall integrations for various ad formats including App Open, Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded, and Rewarded Interstitial ads.

  • Integration requires specific versions of the Google Mobile Ads SDK, Unity, and the Moloco Unity Plugin, along with Android API level 23+ or iOS deployment target 12.0+.

  • Steps involve setting up configurations in the Moloco UI to obtain App Key and Ad Unit ID, configuring mediation settings in the Ad Manager UI, and importing the Moloco SDK and adapter into your Unity project using OpenUPM or Unity Package.

  • Testing your implementation includes enabling test ads through Ad Manager and verifying them with the ad inspector.
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This guide shows you how to use Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin to load and display ads from Moloco Ads SDK using mediation, covering bidding integrations. It covers how to add Moloco Ads SDK to an ad unit's mediation configuration, and how to integrate the Moloco Ads SDK SDK and adapter into a Unity app.

Supported integrations and ad formats

The Ad Manager mediation adapter for Moloco Ads SDK has the following capabilities:

Integration
Bidding
Waterfall
Formats
App Open
Banner
Interstitial
Rewarded
Rewarded Interstitial

Prerequisites

Before you continue, verify the following:

  • Latest Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin version.
  • Unity Editor version 5.6 or later.
  • Moloco Unity Plugin 1.2.0 or later.
  • To deploy on Android
    • Android API level 24 or later.
  • To deploy on iOS
    • iOS deployment target of 13.0 or later.
  • A working Unity project configured with Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin. See Set up Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin for details.
  • Set up mediation.

Step 1: Set up configurations in Moloco Ads SDK UI

Log in to the Moloco Publisher Portal.

Navigate to Overview > Apps tab, then click the Add App button to create a new app.

Select the OS and Privacy Settings for your app, fill out the rest of the form, and then click Create.

Android

iOS

Once your app is created, select it from the Apps tab to view the details and take note of the App Key.

Android

iOS

Navigate to the Overview > Ad Units tab, select the app from the drop-down menu, and then click New Ad Unit.

Select In-app bidding as the Auction method and fill out the rest of the form. Then, click Create.

Navigate to your newly created ad unit under the Ad Units tab to view its details. Take note of the Ad Unit ID.

Step 2: Set up Moloco Ads SDK demand in Ad Manager UI

Configure mediation settings for your ad unit

Android

For instructions, see step 2 in the guide for Android.

iOS

For instructions, see step 2 in the guide for iOS.

Add Moloco Ads to GDPR and US state regulations ad partners list

Follow the steps in European regulations settings and US state regulations settings to add Moloco Ads to the European and US state regulations ad partners list in the Ad Manager UI.

Step 3: Import the Moloco Ads SDK SDK and adapter

OpenUPM-CLI

If you have OpenUPM-CLI installed, you can install the Google Mobile Ads Moloco Ads SDK Mediation Plugin for Unity to your project by running the following command from your project's root directory:

openupm add com.google.ads.mobile.mediation.moloco

OpenUPM

In your Unity project editor, select Edit > Project Settings > Package Manager to open the Unity Package Manager Settings.

Under the Scoped Registries tab, add OpenUPM as a scoped registry with the following details:

  • Name: OpenUPM
  • URL: https://package.openupm.com
  • Scope(s): com.google

OpenUPM Details

Then, navigate to Window > Package Manager to open the Unity Package Manager and select My Registries from the drop-down menu.

Unity Registries

Select the Google Mobile Ads Moloco Mediation package and click Install.

Install from OpenUPM

Unity Package

Download the latest version of Google Mobile Ads mediation plugin for Moloco Ads SDK from the download link in the Changelog and extract the GoogleMobileAdsMolocoMediation.unitypackage from the zip file.

In your Unity project editor, select Assets > Import Package > Custom Package and find the GoogleMobileAdsMolocoMediation.unitypackage file you downloaded. Make sure that all the files are selected and click Import.

Import from Unity

Then, select Assets > External Dependency Manager > Android Resolver > Force Resolve. The External Dependency Manager library will perform dependency resolution from scratch and copy the declared dependencies into the Assets/Plugins/Android directory of your Unity app.

Force Resolve

Step 4: Implement privacy settings on Moloco SDK

To comply with the Google EU User Consent Policy, you must make certain disclosures to your users in the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK, and Switzerland, and obtain their consent for the use of cookies or other local storage where legally required, and for the collection, sharing, and use of personal data for ads personalization. This policy reflects the requirements of the EU ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You are responsible for verifying that consent is propagated to each ad source in your mediation chain.

Moloco Ads SDK Unity adapter version 1.0.0 and later supports passing GDPR consent signals from consent management platforms that integrate with IAB's Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) to Moloco Ads SDK SDK. For more information, see MolocoPrivacy documentation for Android and TCF Consent String for iOS.

US states privacy laws

US states privacy laws require giving users the right to opt out of the "sale" of their "personal information" (as the law defines those terms), with the opt-out offered through a prominent "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link on the "selling" party's homepage. The US states privacy laws compliance guide offers the ability to enable restricted data processing for Google ad serving, but Google is unable to apply this setting to each ad network in your mediation chain. Therefore, you must identify each ad network in your mediation chain that may participate in the sale of personal information and follow guidance from each of those networks to ensure compliance.

The Google Mobile Ads Unity mediation plugin for Moloco Ads SDK includes the Moloco.SetDoNotSell(bool) method to pass consent information to the Moloco Ads SDK SDK. The following sample code shows how to pass this consent information to the Moloco Ads SDK SDK. If you choose to set these flags, it is recommended that you do so prior to requesting ads through Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin.

using GoogleMobileAds.Api.Mediation.Moloco;
// ...

Moloco.SetDoNotSell(true);

See Moloco Ads SDK's recommended implementation instructions for Android and iOS for more details.

Step 5: Add required code

No additional code is required for Moloco Ads SDK integration.

Step 6: Test your implementation

Enable test ads

Make sure you register your test device for Ad Manager.

Verify test ads

To verify that you are receiving test ads from Moloco Ads SDK, enable single ad source testing in ad inspector using the Moloco (Bidding) ad source(s).

Error codes

If the adapter fails to receive an ad from Moloco, publishers can check the underlying error from the ad response using ResponseInfo under the following classes:

Android

com.moloco.sdk
com.google.ads.mediation.moloco.MolocoMediationAdapter

iOS

MolocoSDK.MolocoError
GADMediationAdapterMoloco

Here are the codes and accompanying messages thrown by the Moloco adapter when an ad fails to load:

Android

Error code Domain Reason
101 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Missing or invalid Moloco App Key.
102 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Missing or invalid Moloco Ad unit ID.
103 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Moloco ad object returned was null.
-1 to 5000 com.moloco.sdk Moloco SDK returned an error. See Moloco's documentation for more details.

iOS

Error code Domain Reason
101 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Moloco SDK does not support serving ads on iOS 12 and below.
102 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Missing or invalid Moloco App Key.
103 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Missing or invalid Moloco Ad unit ID.
104 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Ad is not ready to be shown.
105 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Ad failed to show.
106 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Rendering data not available to render the ad.
-1 to 5000 Sent by Moloco SDK Moloco SDK returned an error. See Moloco's documentation for more details.

Moloco Unity Mediation Plugin Changelog

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