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The following global functions may be used to control certain information
collected by the Mobile Ads SDK.
Publisher first-party ID, formerly known as same app key
The Google Mobile Ads C++ SDK uses Publisher first-party ID to help you
deliver more relevant and personalized ads by using data collected from the app
the user is using.
Publisher first-party ID is enabled by default, but you can disable it with the
following code prior to initialization:
The Google Mobile Ads C++ SDK inspects exceptions that occur in an iOS app and
records them if they are caused by the SDK. These exceptions are collected so we
can prevent them in future SDK versions.
Crash reporting is enabled by default. If you don't want SDK-related exceptions
to be recorded, you can disable this feature by calling the
DisableSDKCrashReporting() function. The best time to call this method is when
the app launches:
Crash reporting is not supported on Android devices.
Consent for cookies
If your app has special requirements on Android, you can set the optional
SharedPreferencesgad_has_consent_for_cookies. See the
Consent for cookies
section of the Android Global Settings guide for more information.
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