Integrate Moloco with mediation

This guide shows you how to use the Google Mobile Ads SDK to load and display ads from Moloco using mediation, covering bidding integrations. It covers how to add Moloco to an ad unit's mediation configuration, and how to integrate the Moloco SDK and adapter into a Unity app.

Supported integrations and ad formats

The AdMob mediation adapter for Moloco has the following capabilities:

Integration
Bidding
Waterfall
Formats
App Open
Banner
Interstitial
Rewarded
Rewarded Interstitial

Requirements

  • Latest Google Mobile Ads SDK
  • Unity 5.6 or higher
  • Moloco Unity Plugin 1.2.0 or higher
  • To deploy on Android
    • Android API level 23 or higher
  • To deploy on iOS
    • iOS deployment target of 12.0 or higher
  • A working Unity project configured with the Google Mobile Ads SDK. See Get Started for details.
  • Complete the mediation Get started guide

Step 1: Set up configurations in Moloco UI

Log in to the Moloco Publisher Portal.

Navigate to Overview > Apps tab, then click the Add App button to create a new app.

Select the OS and Privacy Settings for your app, fill out the rest of the form, and then click Create.

Android

iOS

Once your app is created, select it from the Apps tab to view the details and take note of the App Key.

Android

iOS

Navigate to the Overview > Ad Units tab, select the app from the drop-down menu, and then click New Ad Unit.

Select In-app bidding as the Auction method and fill out the rest of the form. Then, click Create.

Navigate to your newly created ad unit under the Ad Units tab to view its details. Take note of the Ad Unit ID.

Step 2: Set up Moloco demand in AdMob UI

Configure mediation settings for your ad unit

Android

For instructions, see step 2 in the guide for Android.

iOS

For instructions, see step 2 in the guide for iOS.

Add Moloco Ads to GDPR and US state regulations ad partners list

Follow the steps in European regulations settings and US state regulations settings to add Moloco Ads to the European and US state regulations ad partners list in the AdMob UI.

Step 3: Import the Moloco SDK and adapter

OpenUPM-CLI

If you have OpenUPM-CLI installed, you can install the Google Mobile Ads Moloco Ads SDK Mediation Plugin for Unity to your project by running the following command from your project's root directory:

openupm add com.google.ads.mobile.mediation.moloco

OpenUPM

In your Unity project editor, select Edit > Project Settings > Package Manager to open the Unity Package Manager Settings.

Under the Scoped Registries tab, add OpenUPM as a scoped registry with the following details:

  • Name: OpenUPM
  • URL: https://package.openupm.com
  • Scope(s): com.google

OpenUPM Details

Then, navigate to Window > Package Manager to open the Unity Package Manager and select My Registries from the drop-down menu.

Unity Registries

Select the Google Mobile Ads Moloco Mediation package and click Install.

Install from OpenUPM

Unity Package

Download the latest version of Google Mobile Ads mediation plugin for Moloco Ads SDK from the download link in the Changelog and extract the GoogleMobileAdsMolocoMediation.unitypackage from the zip file.

In your Unity project editor, select Assets > Import Package > Custom Package and find the GoogleMobileAdsMolocoMediation.unitypackage file you downloaded. Make sure that all the files are selected and click Import.

Import from Unity

Then, select Assets > External Dependency Manager > Android Resolver > Force Resolve. The External Dependency Manager library will perform dependency resolution from scratch and copy the declared dependencies into the Assets/Plugins/Android directory of your Unity app.

Force Resolve

Step 4: Add required code

No additional code is required for Moloco integration.

Step 5: Test your implementation

Enable test ads

Make sure you register your test device for AdMob.

Verify test ads

To verify that you are receiving test ads from Moloco Ads SDK, enable single ad source testing in ad inspector using the Moloco (Bidding) ad source(s).

Error codes

If the adapter fails to receive an ad from Moloco, publishers can check the underlying error from the ad response using ResponseInfo under the following classes:

Android

com.moloco.sdk
com.google.ads.mediation.moloco.MolocoMediationAdapter

iOS

MolocoSDK.MolocoError
GADMediationAdapterMoloco

Here are the codes and accompanying messages thrown by the Moloco adapter when an ad fails to load:

Android

Error code Domain Reason
101 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Missing or invalid Moloco App Key.
102 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Missing or invalid Moloco Ad unit ID.
103 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Moloco ad object returned was null.
-1 to 5000 com.moloco.sdk Moloco SDK returned an error. See Moloco's documentation for more details.

iOS

Error code Domain Reason
101 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Moloco SDK does not support serving ads on iOS 12 and below.
102 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Missing or invalid Moloco App Key.
103 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Missing or invalid Moloco Ad unit ID.
104 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Ad is not ready to be shown.
105 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Ad failed to show.
106 com.google.ads.mediation.moloco Rendering data not available to render the ad.
-1 to 5000 Sent by Moloco SDK Moloco SDK returned an error. See Moloco's documentation for more details.

Rewarded Server-side verification

If you Validate server-side verification (SSV) callbacks, the ad source identifier for Moloco is 8267622065755668722.

Moloco Unity Mediation Plugin Changelog

Version 1.5.0

Version 1.4.0

Version 1.3.1

Version 1.3.0

Version 1.2.1

Version 1.2.0

Version 1.1.0

Version 1.0.0