How to use cordova-admob-pro plugin with Quasar2/Vue3?

[david-katona]

Hi,

I'm trying to make https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro plugin work in my application but I think there's some missing link so I ask for your help.

I followed the steps from https://quasar.dev/quasar-cli/developing-cordova-apps/preparation so I have cordova set up. With quasar dev -m android I can run my app both in emulator and on physical device successfully.

Then I installed the admob plugin with cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-admobpro following the plugin Quick start guide. Apparently it also succeeded. However my app fails to load because the AdMob object is undefined.

How can I access the AdMob object from my app? Should it be available in the component setup() method? Or from the component template? Or from a boot file? If so how? Or is there any missing steps I should register the plugin?

Thank you,
David

[ontwikkelfabriek]

@david-katona

Have you realized that the admob plugin you are referring to has not been updated in 2 year?

Here's a plugin for Capacitor and Cordova that is maintained:
https://admob-plus.github.io/

Cordova install doc:
https://admob-plus.github.io/docs/cordova/installation

[david-katona]

Thank you @ontwikkelfabriek I'll check this admob-plus out.

(Yes I saw it's old but I found it in the comment section of a very recent Quasar mobile app YouTube video so I was hoping it still works.)

[ontwikkelfabriek]

@david-katona

so I was hoping it still works

It might still work

[david-katona]

Thanks again, the newer one worked OOB, I could display a test interstitial.
The only caveat is that it throws a TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined (coming from node_modules) after the app starts but this might be due to my project configuration. So probably I can suppress it.

I'll check out Qodo, too.

[capslockoff]

@david-katona I am running into some issues getting the admob-plus to work with cordova. I am running into some kind of dependency issue.

Do you mind sharing your android/app/build.gradle dependencies?

Mine is like this and I have a feeling something is a mismatch

    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:15.0.1"
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:15.0.1"
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:20.4.0"

Execution failed for task ':app:transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug'.
> com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives:
  Learn how to resolve the issue at https://developer.android.com/studio/build/dependencies#duplicate_classes.
  Program type already present: com.google.android.gms.common.api.internal.zzc

[ontwikkelfabriek]

@david-katona

Btw here's a github with a very nice project that uses admob:
https://github.com/vycoder/qodo

[ASQUAREEE]

I'm continuing to struggle with admob plus cordova; can somebody provide a repository or show me how to call cordova plugins into a quasar vue component? @david-katona @ontwikkelfabriek @capslockoff @steveclarke