com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads has added this note for play-services-ads:21.4.0

[mecrayavcin]

Hi Kivy lovers.

Today i got two mails from Google Play Console Developers

Problems are:

com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads has added this note for play-services-ads:21.4.0
and
com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite has added this note for play-services-ads-lite:21.4.0

com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads has added this note for play-services-ads:21.4.0:

As of June 30th 2025, this version is sunset. For more information, please visit https://developers.google.com/admob/android/deprecation.

Please consider upgrading com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:21.4.0 in order to avoid issues in your future releases.

Affected app bundles and APKs:

version: 1024503 (5.3), release: 1024503 (5.3)
If you have questions about this SDK, contact the SDK provider.

Learn more
Sincerely,
The Google Play team

com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite has added this note for play-services-ads-lite:21.4.0:

As of June 30th 2025, this version is sunset. For more information, please visit https://developers.google.com/admob/android/deprecation.

Please consider upgrading com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite:21.4.0 in order to avoid issues in your future releases.

Affected app bundles and APKs:

version: 1024503 (5.3), release: 1024503 (5.3)
If you have questions about this SDK, contact the SDK provider.

Learn more
Sincerely,
The Google Play team

• How can we fix this?
• I have shared my Buildozer SPEC file.
• Could you please help me?
• Thanks for each comment!

buildozer_spec.txt

[mecrayavcin]

Old Code:

android.gradle_dependencies = com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:21.4.0, androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1, androidx.activity:activity:1.6.1

GEMINI Recommend

android.gradle_dependencies = com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:23.1.0, androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1, androidx.activity:activity:1.6.1

I will try that

[github-actions]

👋 @mecrayavcin,
Sorry to hear you are having difficulties with Kivy's python-for-android; Kivy unites a number of different technologies, so building apps can be temperamental.
We try to use GitHub issues only to track work for developers to do to fix bugs and add new features to python-for-android.
However, this issue appears to be a support request. Please use our support channels to get help with the project.
If you're having trouble installing python-for-android, please see our quickstart guide.
If you're having trouble using python-for-android, please see our troubleshooting guide and FAQ.
Let us know if this comment was made in error, and we'll be happy to reopen the issue.

[mecrayavcin]

Old Code:

android.gradle_dependencies = com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:21.4.0, androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1, androidx.activity:activity:1.6.1

GEMINI Recommend

android.gradle_dependencies = com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:23.1.0, androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1, androidx.activity:activity:1.6.1

I will try that
@T-Dynamos
The code above did not work

Bt the way Claude suggested me:

Old
android.gradle_dependencies = com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:21.4.0, androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1, androidx.activity:activity:1.6.1

New
android.gradle_dependencies = com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:23.6.0, androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1, androidx.activity:activity:1.6.1

Should i try it?
Still seaching for fix...

[Novfensec]

@mecrayavcin

# (list) Gradle dependencies to add
[app:android.gradle_dependencies]
# Google Admob
androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0
androidx.activity:activity:1.10.1
com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:24.3.0

android.enable_androidx = True

android.meta_data = com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID=Application_ID

Complete setup could be found at https://github.com/CarbonKivy/Carbonify

With latest java source and xml and kivmob.

[mecrayavcin]

android.gradle_dependencies = com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:21.4.0, androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1, androidx.activity:activity:1.6.1

GEMINI Recommend

android.gradle_dependencies = com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:23.1.0, androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1, androidx.activity:activity:1.6.1

I will try that

fixed my problem