iOS: Wrong instruction in installing Google Mobile Ads SDK? - ios

Question

I'm following this tutorial to put Google Ad on my page: https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/ios/quick-start
At the step:
GADMobileAds.configureWithApplicationID("ca-app-pub-8123415297019784~8909888406");
And the error occurred:
AppDelegate.swift:58:9: Type 'GADMobileAds' has no member 'configureWithApplicationID'
And after the checking, i see there is no member configureWithApplicationID.
What's wrong with this instruction?
And why i have to install Firebase/Core in this version?
Here are methods in GADMobileAds, there is no configureWithApplicationID like Objective C version. How stupid is that http://i.imgur.com/Od0vkPg.png

Answer 1

Remove the cocoapods line from the instruction and replace with this line:
pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK'
It will install the google sdk version 7.9.0 and you'll see the configureWithApplicationID method. This is the error from Google for Swift.

Answer 2

Xcode 7.3, iOS9.3.3
Followed the instructions above, but wanted to expand, in hopes of saving someone time. If you had 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK' pod already installed, then check the version to make sure it is 7.9.0+. Otherwise, you will keep installing the old version over and over.
To update the version, follow the instruction taken from Cocoapods website https://cocoapods.org/pods/Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK click "Installation Guide" (bottom right):
The '~> 7.9' bit will force an update.
What I had that did not work:
What it needs to be:
Again, note the version is 7.9.1
The Podfile looks like this:
# Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
# platform :ios, '9.0'
target 'AppName' do
# Uncomment this line if you're using Swift or would like to use dynamic frameworks
# use_frameworks!
# Pods for AppName
pod 'Firebase'
pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK', '~> 7.9'
target 'AppNameTests' do
inherit! :search_paths
# Pods for testing
end
end
Now you will be able to configure GADMobileAds with the Google prescribed method:
[GADMobileAds configureWithApplicationID:#""];
Or the Swift equivalent:
GADMobileAds.configureWithApplicationID("");
Hope this helps! Cheers.

Answer 3

Try to update Podfile to the following:
#pod 'Firebase/AdMob'
pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK'

Answer 4

I recently tried to update my pod to pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK', '~> 7.9' and it did not work for me. Because I already had a version of Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK in my file, I simply needed to run pod update. The problem was that Google has updated the SDK beyond 7.9 and updating versus naming a specific version ensures you get the latest one.

Answer 5

The instructions in the Google documentation are ok. I was running into the same issue with CocoaPods installing the old version. Use the Cocoa Pods update command and it fetches the latest version of Admob and the error goes away.

Answer 6

I see it right here in GADMobileAds.h. Check to see if you have the most up to date version.
//
// GADMobileAds.h
// Google Mobile Ads SDK
//
// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
//
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#interface GADMobileAds : NSObject
/// Returns the shared GADMobileAds instance.
+ (GADMobileAds *)sharedInstance;
/// Configures the SDK using the settings associated with the given application ID.
+ (void)configureWithApplicationID:(NSString *)applicationID;