AdMob rewarded video not working before app is published

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Created Feb ’21

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Hi, my app got rejected because the review team said it is not working as intended.
In effect I have a button that opens a page only after the user watches an AdMob rewarded video. In the version I submitted, after I updated my real AdMob app ID and ad unit ID for the rewarded video, the video doesn't launch hence the page that the use should access by clicking the button won't open.

Google says that new iOS apps will show ads only after the app is published on the Store so now I am in a loop where the review team doesn't seem to publish because they think there is a bug but the rewarded video won't start until the app is published. Do you have any suggestion about how to solve this?

Google AdMob says the following in the page related to "common reasons for ads not showing": Note: New iOS apps will not show Google ads until they’re listed in the Apple App Store.

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DaG152 OP

Apr ’21

I have exactly the same situation like you. Did you manage to get it done?

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i6apptester OP

Oct ’21

You can't always rely on ads showing, in cases where a reward ad is not ready to be shown you'll either need to hide/show on the button that the reward is not yet ready or tell the user a reward is not yet available after they press the button.

Having a button which just does nothing and gives no feedback to the user about why they didn't see what they expected will generally be rejected for not working as intended.

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