Welcome to the release repository of Unity Ads SDK 1.5. Unity Ads SDK 1.5 is now deprecated in favor of Unity Ads SDK 2.0.

Unity Ads SDK 2.0

First stable version of Unity Ads SDK 2.0 was released on 17th August 2016. It is recommended that all developers using Unity Ads SDK 1.x upgrade to Unity Ads 2.0. Old integrations using Unity Ads 1.x will continue to work but Unity Ads SDK 1.x will no longer get upgrades or bug fixes.

Android releases are available at https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/unity-ads-android

Android transition guide from 1.5 to 2.0 is available at https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/unity-ads-android/wiki/sdk_android_transition_guide

iOS releases are available at https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/unity-ads-ios

iOS transition guide from 1.5 to 2.0 is available at https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/unity-ads-ios/wiki/sdk_ios_transition_guide

Unity Ads SDK 1.5 instructions

To get started, make sure you have an account registered with Unity Ads. If you don't have one, you can create an account at https://unityads.unity3d.com/admin/

For integration and generic documentation, go to http://unityads.unity3d.com/help/index

For source code access or code review, check https://github.com/Applifier/unity-ads

Unity Ads SDK is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html)

In any issues, please file in issue against https://github.com/Applifier/unity-ads/issues repository, or log a ticket with us by emailing [email protected]

Unity Ads SDK Release Notes

v1.5.8 July 1st, 2016

Android

• Fix crash with cache directory I/O errors

v1.5.6 January 5th, 2016

• Fix crash on Android 4.1 and older

v1.5.5 December 16th, 2015

Android

• Fix issues with Arabic locales
• Clean ProGuard configuration

v1.5.4 November 19th, 2015

Android

• Add minimum SDK version to AAR package so Android Studio will not add unnecessary permissions

iOS

• Fix reachability check crash on iOS 9

v1.5.3 October 9th, 2015

Android

• Minor fixes
• Add ProGuard configuration to AAR package

iOS

• Fix Bitcode support
• Bug fixes for iOS 9

v1.5.2 September 16th, 2015

iOS

• Support for Bitcode in Xcode 7

v1.5.1 September 11th, 2015

iOS

• Remove CFBundleExecutable from bundle .plist for compatibility with new App Store submission guidelines

v1.5.0 September 4th, 2015

Android

• Refactored activity and context handling
• Images and resources are now in resource files
• External storage permission is completely removed
• Support for legacy Applifier Impact API has been removed

iOS

• Refresh ad inventory after all ads have been watched
• Fixes for appsheet autorotation and mute button issues
• Support for legacy Applifier Impact API has been removed

v1.4.7 July 1st, 2015

Android

• Minor fixes

v1.4.5 June 25th, 2015

iOS

• Fixes for upcoming iOS 9

v1.4.4 June 18th, 2015

Android

• Remove need for external storage permission from Android 4.4 and later
• Add getZone method for getting current zone
• Bug fixes

iOS

• Improved app sheet handling on iOS 8
• Add getZone method for getting current zone
• Bug fixes

v1.4.2 April 15th, 2015

First public release of 1.4 SDK.

Android

• Lots of fixes and stability improvements
• Improved video caching

iOS

• Lots of fixes and stability improvements
• Improved video caching

v1.3.12 March 10th, 2015

Android

• Check for ad blockers on rooted devices
• Prevent opening caching connections twice
• Android-only release, no changes for iOS

v1.3.10 November 12th, 2014

Android

• Allow caching videos over cellular networks

v1.3.9 October 30th, 2014

Android

• Restored runtime configuration of debug logging
• Minor fixes

iOS

• Minor fixes

v1.3.8 September 10th, 2014

Android

• If game sets a zone that does not exist, then treat the zone as disabled instead of falling back to default zone
• Minor bug fixes

iOS

• If game sets a zone that does not exist, then treat the zone as disabled instead of falling back to default zone
• Minor bug fixes

Unity

• Remove deprecated Unity plugin. Please use Unity Ads package from Unity Asset Store instead.

v1.3.7 August 27th, 2014

Android

• Fix handling of backgrounding during video play for launch mode singleTask applications, like Unity

v1.3.6 August 19th, 2014

Android

• Fix timer crashes

v1.3.5 August 12th, 2014

Android

• Fix null reward item key in video completed callbacks

v1.3.4 August 12th, 2014

Unity

• Fixes for Unity plugin

Android

• Fixes for several crashes and null pointers
• Fix issues when destroyed activity gets recreated
• Don't allow ads if there is no network connectivity

v1.3.3 July 29th, 2014

Android

• Fix incorrect initialization logic to a more robust version

iOS

• Fail gracefully on invalid server configuration in an edge case

v1.3.2 July 21st, 2014

Android

• Move to using Android advertising identifier as a primary tracking identifier

v1.3.1 July 3rd, 2014

iOS

• Fixes for ApplifierImpact compability layer
• Minor fixes

Android

• Fixes and improvements for Android activity handling
• Minor fixes

v1.3.0 June 11th, 2014

Applifier Impact/Everyplay GameAds are now being fully transformed into Unity Ads SDK! Yes, this time SDK API internals and documentation will be around for long term usage.

Migration notes: https://github.com/Applifier/unity-ads/wiki/Transition-from-Applifier-Impact-and-Everyplay-GameAds

iOS

• Compability layer with old ApplifierImpact interface
• Several minor bug fixes

Android

• Always send Google Play advertising ID (mandatory from 1st August 2014)
• Compability layer with old ApplifierImpact interface
• SDK is now available as Android library project
• Refactored SDK to use safer singleton pattern
• Several minor bug fixes

Unity

• Many improvements to Unity plugin integration
• Improved Android integration support
• Added a legacy cleanup script against older Applifier Impact or Everyplay GameAds plugin releases, see migration notes
• Separate game IDs for Android and iOS
• Fix for delays after closing video ad

v1.2.5 May 19th, 2014

Android

• Fix video caching issue

v1.2.4 May 13th, 2014

Android

• Fix issues with Unity plugin Android manifest

v1.2.3 May 8th, 2014

Android

• Fix a rare race condition in video caching code

v1.2.2 May 6th, 2014

iOS

• Fix release build to universal binary
• Fix unneccessary asserts on invalid campaign data while using the debug build

Android

• Fix multiple initializations in certain cases

v1.2.1 May 2nd, 2014

Android

• Fix crash when buffering over very slow connections
• Fix crash when closing end screen on certain zone configurations

v1.2.0 April 30th, 2014

iOS & Android

• Improved caching of videos
• Various fixes on both platforms

v1.1.0 February 20th, 2014

iOS & Android

• Support for multiple ad-placements with different settings for ads (aka. zones) API
• various minor fixes on both platforms

Android

• Support for Android Advertising ID, requires Google Play Services libraries
• Better adplan performance on Android (New ads checked more frequently)

iOS

• device model detection improvements on iOS

v1.0.10 September 25th, 2013

iOS:

• Support for iOS 7

v1.0.9 July 19th, 2013

All platforms:

• Added a boolean for the video completion delegate for telling whether the video was skipped or not.

iOS:

• Removed MAC Address and ODIN1 from iOS7 and added plain text Advertising Identifier (IDFA) sending.
• Enabled skipping stalled video.
• Fixed a bug which caused the video end event not being sent always although the user reached the end.

v1.0.8 July 5th, 2013

All platforms:

• Improved video playback error handling

iOS:

• Moved network reachability test to background
• Removed duplicate logging events

Unity:

• Fixed a build error on Android
• Fixed Unity wrapper calling outdated canShow instead of canShowAds

v1.0.7 June 18th, 2013

All platforms:

• Fixed reward item showing up in the offer screen. Previously it always showed the default item set on the server side. Now the item selection works on the client side, too.

v1.0.6 May 31st, 2013

All platforms:

• Fixed mute button functionality when developer settable video muting was on.

v1.0.5 May 23rd, 2013

iOS:

• Fixed a bug that crashed Unity Ads when user attempted to close the Unity Ads window immediately after starting video playback (Thank you First Touch Games for reporting this issue!).

Android:

• Fixed a bug in instrumentation where WebApp would get erroneous data from native side and log javascript errors.

v1.0.4 May 22nd, 2013

All platforms:

• Support for muting video sounds & controlling the default setting from code
• Support setting Unity Ads orientation to locked or unlocked to device orientation
• Ability to skip videos after n seconds as a server side configuration
• Better handling of opening iTunes / Google Play
• Improved instrumentation of network status
• Preview capability for loading campaigns of specific advertiser for previewing campaigns on the device

iOS:

• Option to use a Native iOS UI instead of UIWebView in order to save memory

Android:

• Unity Ads no longer requires CHANGE_WIFI_STATE permission
• android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" require new possible options depending on the developers targetSdk etc. All possible options Unity Ads needs are: "keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"

v1.0.3.2 March 13, 2013

Android:

• Support for Unity3D
• Minor edge-case bugfixes

iOS:

• Support for Unity3D

v1.0.3.1 February 27, 2013

Android:

• Android support is now officially released, get it while it's hot!

iOS:

• Bugfixes

v1.0.3 January 23, 2013

iOS:

• Support for multiple reward items

v1.0.2 December 11, 2012

Adobe AIR:

• Support for Adobe AIR when running on iOS platforms

iOS:

• Better fallbacks in some cases if data is not received correctly

v1.0.1 November 28, 2012

iOS:

• Refactored view logic for easier integration
• Bug fixes, improved cache policies for video ad caching

Android:

• Android version still in development, should not be used in production apps