Using advertising IDs

Advertising IDs are unique IDs provided by Google Play services. They're used to serve ads to users who consent to personalized ads. Users can opt out of personalized ads or reset the ID in the settings. In this case, ad networks can't use it to serve relevant ads.

Adding the permission to use the advertising ID

If your app uses a Yandex Mobile Ads SDK version lower than 4.5.0, add the com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID permission to your app's AndroidManifest.xml file:

  <manifest>
      <application>
      <!-- For apps targeting Android 13 or higher and Yandex Mobile Ads SDK versions lower than 4.5.0 -->
          <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID"/>
      </application>
  </manifest>

Removing the permission to use the advertising ID

You can remove the permission, if necessary. For example, you may need to do this if a policy, such as the Families Policy, doesn't allow using the ID to serve ads.

To prevent the permission from being added to your app's main manifest, add the following to the AndroidManifest.xml file:

  <manifest>
      <application>
          <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID" tools:node="remove"/>
      </application>
  </manifest>