Defold 1.2.165 BETA

[britzl]

@lrx

it is not clear to me what dependencies to add in build.gradle to make it work properly

The dependencies should be listed in the official AdMob documentation:

Get Started  |  Android  |  Google for Developers

The example on that page shows this:

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:18.3.0'
}

And I believe that what you need is only the com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads dependency in the build.gradle file for the AdMob extension. Ignore the other two lines.

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:18.3.0'
}

Version 18.3.0 does however use AndroidX and that could cause a conflict with other extensions (maybe). In that case you can try an older version of com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads. Available versions can be seen here for instance:

https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.android.gms/play-services-ads

[roccosaienz]

My apologize for the following maybe stupid question. I am using 1.2.164 and the editor show me “Update Available”. Is this 1.2.165 or just the Beta? I have never downloaded a Beta and I would prefer not.

Thanks!

[Mathias_Westerdahl]

In your “About” dialog, you should see channel: editor-alpha which is the up-to-date editor changes, together with the latest engine release (1.2.164).

Clicking the Update button will give you the next release in that channel.
You can check the about dialog afterwards to confirm.

[roccosaienz]

I am sorry, but probably I am missing something. With “Update Button” do you mean the text “Update Available” in the right bottom corner of the editor?

(Just to confirm: I read “editor-alpha” and “1.2.164” as engine release)

[lrx]

@Mathias_Westerdahl

Build server

Note that the beta builds should use the beta server: https://build-stage.defold.com

On Windows this setting is shared by all version of Defold Editor

I’ve changed it in 1.2.165 beta, but it appears also in 1.2.164

[dapetcu21]

Yeah, but it seems that even with build-stage, building with NEs on 1.2.164 will work correctly, so unless it causes issues, I’ll leave it like that.

[britzl]

@roccosaienz

I am using 1.2.164 and the editor show me “Update Available”.

@mats.gisselson pushed an editor fix yesterday and that fix should go straight to production. This is probably why you have an update.

[roccosaienz]

@britzl thank you! yes, update taken and the engine is still 1.2.164.

[Mathias_Westerdahl]

40e9ca1299d22eed12bb0148ed117f418162cb19

Released a new beta right now with a fix for this issue where the android resources in the project.bundle_resources weren’t used.

Also, even failed builds now output a log.txtfile from the extender server, in the <project folder>/build/<platform>/log.txt

[lrx]

Now works great!

[britzl]

@Mathias_Westerdahl

The beta period will be 2 weeks and the next planned stable release is February 3nd.

The planned release of 1.2.165 has run into an Apple Notarization issue (https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=12232019a). We are working to resolve the problem and hope to release tomorrow instead.