GMA SDK major version update 7.0.0 (#1369)

* Fix Native Ads templates

* Updated iOS project, updated inline banner ad unit in example app

* Correctly set new low bounds for Flutter and Dart versions

* Updated minSdk for Android to make it compatible with Flutter versions

* Format fix

* Added more contraints on Native Ad template to avoid unexpected button behaviors

* Made the release a major release (7.0.0)

* Updated Android GMA SDK to 24.9.0

* Modified layout contraints to let CTA button in Native Ad to not be pushed away

Author: LTPhantom

packages/google_mobile_ads/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+## 7.0.0
+* Added character limits expected for Native Ad Templates. Issues [1243](https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-flutter/issues/1243) and [1332](https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-flutter/issues/1332)
+* Fixed padding for Native Ads small template. [Issue 1357](https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-flutter/issues/1357)
+* Updated to use Gradle plugin 9.2.1 [Issue 1361](https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-flutter/issues/1361)
+* Updates dependencies. [Issue 1366](https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-flutter/issues/1366)
+* Updates GMA [Android](https://developers.google.com/admob/android/rel-notes) dependency to 24.9.0
+* Updates GMA [iOS](https://developers.google.com/admob/ios/rel-notes) dependency to 12.14.0
+* Uses latest UMP SDK:
+  * [Android](https://developers.google.com/admob/android/privacy/release-notes) UMP SDK version 4.0.0.
+  * [iOS](https://developers.google.com/admob/ios/privacy/download#release_notes) UMP SDK version 3.1.0.
+
 ## 6.0.0
 * Updates minimum Flutter SDK to 3.27.0
 * Updates Dart SDK low bound to 3.6.0.

packages/google_mobile_ads/android/build.gradle

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 group 'io.flutter.plugins.googlemobileads'
-version '6.0.0'
+version '7.0.0'
 
 buildscript {
+    ext {
+        agp_version = '8.13.1'
+    }
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.3.2'
+        classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:$agp_version"
     }
 }
 
@@ -22,29 +25,29 @@ rootProject.allprojects {
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 
 android {
-    compileSdk 35
+    compileSdk 36
 
     if (project.android.hasProperty('namespace')) {
         namespace 'io.flutter.plugins.googlemobileads'
     }
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdk 23
+        minSdk 24
     }
     lintOptions {
         disable 'InvalidPackage'
     }
     dependencies {
-        api 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:24.1.0'
-        implementation 'com.google.android.ump:user-messaging-platform:3.2.0'
-        implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4'
-        implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-process:2.6.2'
-        implementation 'com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.16'
+        api 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:24.9.0'
+        implementation 'com.google.android.ump:user-messaging-platform:4.0.0'
+        implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.2.1'
+        implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-process:2.10.0'
+        implementation 'com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.44.0'
         testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
         testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:3.0'
-        testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.15.2'
-        testImplementation 'org.robolectric:robolectric:4.14.1'
-        testImplementation 'androidx.test:core:1.5.0'
+        testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.20.0'
+        testImplementation 'org.robolectric:robolectric:4.16'
+        testImplementation 'androidx.test:core:1.7.0'
     }
     testOptions {
         unitTests {
@@ -54,15 +57,11 @@ android {
 }
 
 afterEvaluate {
-    def containsEmbeddingDependencies = false
-    for (def configuration : configurations.all) {
-        for (def dependency : configuration.dependencies) {
-            if (dependency.group == 'io.flutter' &&
+    def containsEmbeddingDependencies = configurations.any { configuration ->
+        configuration.dependencies.any { dependency ->
+            dependency.group == 'io.flutter' &&
                     dependency.name.startsWith('flutter_embedding') &&
-                    dependency.isTransitive()) {
-                containsEmbeddingDependencies = true
-                break
-            }
+                    (dependency instanceof ModuleDependency && dependency.isTransitive())
         }
     }
     if (!containsEmbeddingDependencies) {

packages/google_mobile_ads/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sat May 13 14:37:03 CEST 2023
+#Thu Dec 04 10:45:11 PST 2025
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.2.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

packages/google_mobile_ads/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/googlemobileads/Constants.java

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /** Constants used in the plugin. */
 public class Constants {
   /** Version request agent. Should be bumped alongside plugin versions. */
-  public static final String REQUEST_AGENT_PREFIX_VERSIONED = "Flutter-GMA-6.0.0";
+  public static final String REQUEST_AGENT_PREFIX_VERSIONED = "Flutter-GMA-7.0.0";
   /** Prefix for news template */
   public static final String REQUEST_AGENT_NEWS_TEMPLATE_PREFIX = "News";
 

packages/google_mobile_ads/android/src/main/res/layout/gnt_medium_template_view.xml

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
                 android:layout_height="@dimen/gnt_no_size"
                 android:layout_weight="0.5"
+                android:maxLength="25"
                 android:gravity="left"
                 android:background="@android:color/transparent"
                 app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/row_two"
@@ -197,17 +198,21 @@
           android:paddingBottom="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
           android:paddingLeft="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
           android:id="@+id/body"
+          android:maxLength="90"
+          android:maxLines="2"
+          android:ellipsize="end"
           app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/cta"
           app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
           app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
           app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/middle"
+          app:layout_constraintHeight_max="50dp"
           android:paddingStart="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
           android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/gnt_small_margin"
           />
       <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
           android:id="@+id/cta"
           android:layout_width="match_parent"
-          android:layout_height="0dp"
+          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:background="@color/gnt_blue"
           android:textColor="@color/gnt_white"
           android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
@@ -217,7 +222,7 @@
           app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
           app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
           app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
-          app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/body"
+          app:layout_constraintHeight_max="50dp"
           app:layout_constraintHeight_min="35dp"
       />
 

packages/google_mobile_ads/android/src/main/res/layout/gnt_small_template_view.xml

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
       <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
           android:layout_width="@dimen/gnt_no_size"
           android:layout_height="@dimen/gnt_no_size"
-          android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
-          android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
-          android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
-          android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
+          android:paddingEnd="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
+          android:paddingStart="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
+          android:paddingTop="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
+          android:paddingBottom="@dimen/gnt_default_margin"
           app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="H,4:1"
           app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
           app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
               android:layout_width="match_parent"
               android:layout_height="@dimen/gnt_no_size"
               android:layout_weight="@dimen/gnt_text_row_weight"
+              android:maxLength="25"
               app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/row_two"
               app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
               app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"

packages/google_mobile_ads/example/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if (flutterVersionName == null) {
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdk 35
+    compileSdk 36
 
     namespace 'io.flutter.plugins.googlemobileadsexample'
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "io.flutter.plugins.googlemobileadsexample"
-        minSdkVersion 23
+        minSdkVersion flutter.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion 34
         versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
         versionName flutterVersionName

packages/google_mobile_ads/example/android/gradle.properties

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4G
 android.enableJetifier=true
 android.useAndroidX=true

packages/google_mobile_ads/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sat May 13 14:40:00 CEST 2023
+#Tue Nov 25 09:25:58 PST 2025
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.2.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

packages/google_mobile_ads/example/android/settings.gradle

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ pluginManagement {
 
 plugins {
     id "dev.flutter.flutter-plugin-loader" version "1.0.0"
-    id "com.android.application" version "8.3.2" apply false
-    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "1.8.22" apply false
+    id "com.android.application" version "8.13.1" apply false
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "2.2.21" apply false
 }
 
 include ":app"