iOS: Wrong instruction in installing Google Mobile Ads SDK?

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.