You have just integrated the Appodeal SDK. You compiled your build, launched the app on a simulator or device, and immediately—before the splash screen even fades—the app crashes. Checking the Logcat (Android) or Xcode Console (iOS), you are greeted with a variation of this fatal exception: Android: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The Google Mobile Ads SDK was initialized incorrectly. iOS: Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'GADInvalidInitializationException', reason: 'The Google Mobile Ads SDK was initialized incorrectly.' This guide explains strictly why this happens within a mediation environment like Appodeal and provides the exact code implementation required to fix it in modern Android and iOS projects. The Root Cause: Automatic SDK Initialization To solve this permanently, you must understand the architecture of the AdMob SDK (Google Mobile Ads). In ...
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