Unity Ads 4.3 - Throw exception - just want to go back to 4.2.1 !

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Hello, I have been updating my sdk to 4.3 but now I am stuck because it throws Exception with the banner placement :

AndroidJavaException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.unity3d.services.banners.view.BannerPosition

Others have the same issue and suggest to go back to previous version.

I just want to go back to 4.2.1 which worked just fine.
→ but it only suggest 3.7.5 which doesn’t work with me…

Please, how do I just downgrade to 4.2.1 ? No link are available and it is shame…

Thank you

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Hi, just manually edit the manifest.json file for your project and set version number for com.unity.ads package. See Unity - Manual: Project manifest

/Rasmus

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Hello, thank you, it worked.

How is it so easy but not written directly in the package manager or more obvious in the documentation ?

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Thanks for feedback, I’ll see how we can update docs.

/Rasmus

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I’m having the same issue, but I don’t think I’ve ever installed 4.2.1
Will this method still work for me ?

I tried installing 3.7.5, but then the Ads won’t initialize.

I’ve changed the Ads package to 4.2.1 in manifest.json, but I don’t understand what this has done.
It feels like I’ve just told it to think it has a different package, but I haven’t actually changed anything.

Edit: So it worked. I’d still like to understand what just happened. Did I actually install a different package by changing a few numbers in a text file ?

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@anthonyjamesgirdler That text file is what informs the Editor what packages it should be pulling in. This is an entirely valid way of changing package versions if that package version is not available in the Package Manager UI.
You can even use this method to specify a local path for a package that you wish to use.

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Hey guys, what is the proper way of fixing this bug, I know the question was about going back to the working version, but 4.3.0 is an LTS release and it having broken banner ad positioning doesn’t seem right to me. There should be a proper fix. I just couldn’t find anything in the docs or online. Docs documentation on banners didn’t change, still uses BannerPosition and SetPosition APIs.

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Do you still have any issue if following the latest documentation?

https://docs.unity.com/ads/en/manual/ImplementingBannerAdsUnity

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I still have problem with 4.3.0, new documentation didn’t changed anything related to problem there is still Advertisement.Banner.SetPosition(_bannerPosition); and this is still has error on 4.3.0
I downgraded to 4.2.1 (manually by changing packages manifest file) and problem is fixed.