react-native-google-mobile-ads

React Native Google Mobile Ads lets you monetize your app with Google AdMob or Google Ad Manager. It wraps the native Google Mobile Ads SDKs for iOS and Android.

[!IMPORTANT] Use React Native 0.86 or newer with the New Architecture turned on. If the New Architecture is off, the native install fails. A missing app ID crashes startup or fails the build. The package has native code, so Expo Go cannot run it. Check out Prerequisites for more information.

Install

Prompt your agent:

Read https://docs.page/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/prerequisites.md, then https://docs.page/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/installation/expo.md (use …/installation/react-native.md for bare RN CLI), then https://docs.page/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/consent-basics.md, https://docs.page/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/initialization.md, and https://docs.page/invertase/react-native-google-mobile-ads/first-ad.md. After install, read node_modules/react-native-google-mobile-ads/AGENTS.md. React Native 0.86 or newer. New Architecture required. Consent before initialize. Test ad units until the integration is verified.

Or set it up yourself with Expo:

1. Install the package. This also installs the development client.

   npx expo install react-native-google-mobile-ads expo-dev-client
   

2. Add your AdMob app IDs to the config plugin in app.json, then create a development build. The module does not run in Expo Go.

   {
     "expo": {
       "plugins": [
         [
           "react-native-google-mobile-ads",
           {
             "androidAppId": "ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxx~xxxxxxxx",
             "iosAppId": "ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxx~xxxxxxxx"
           }
         ]
       ]
     }
   }
   

3. Gather consent, initialize the SDK, and show your first ad. Getting Started is that path.

Bare React Native CLI projects start at Install with React Native CLI.

Consent and test ads

Before you initialize, gather consent. The Consent and privacy page and the Initialize the software development kit page describe that order.

Until you verify the integration, use test ad units. The Test ads page shows a test unit for one format.

Native implementation status

Every surface below works on the New Architecture. Surfaces marked To-Do still run through React Native's interoperability layer and have not yet been ported to a native Turbo Module or Fabric component. The port does not change the JavaScript API.

Platform	Feature	Status
iOS	Mobile Ads SDK Methods (Turbo Native Module)	✅ Complete
iOS	Banners (Fabric Native Component)	✅ Complete
iOS	Full Screen Ads (Turbo Native Module)	✅ Complete
iOS	Native Ads (Turbo Native Module, Fabric Native Component)	✅ Complete
iOS	User Messaging Platform (Turbo Native Module)	✅ Complete
iOS	EventEmitter (Turbo Native Module)	⏳ To-Do
Android	Mobile Ads SDK Methods (Turbo Native Module)	⏳ To-Do
Android	Banners (Fabric Native Component)	🟡 Partial: multi-format banner ported, standard banner To-Do
Android	Full Screen Ads (Turbo Native Module)	⏳ To-Do
Android	Native Ads (Turbo Native Module, Fabric Native Component)	✅ Complete
Android	User Messaging Platform (Turbo Native Module)	⏳ To-Do
Android	EventEmitter (Turbo Native Module)	⏳ To-Do

More information

• Ad formats to understand each format.
• Migrating to v17 to upgrade from an older release.
• Reference API to read the generated reference.

Contributing

• Discord
• GitHub Issues
• Pull requests
• Code of Conduct

License

Apache-2.0. The terms are in the LICENSE file.

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