The slow Mobile Advert plugin is the reason for the long loading of the app in Construct!

Hi.

I've been dealing with the issue of long loading of the project.

Deleted all sprites, ES, JS...

Anyway, the app download took 8-9 seconds. For comparison, an example of a game with sprites and 3D from Construct loads in 2-3 seconds.

I found the reason for the long download. This is a plugin from Construct Mobile Advert. Without it, the app started loading in 2-3 seconds, and when adding the Mobile Advert plugin to the example game from Construct, it started loading for a long time: 8-9 seconds.

By the way, the old compilation of my project with the Mobile Advert plugin from a year ago loads quickly: in 2-3 seconds.

So the problem is with this updated slow Mobile Advert plugin.

Same here! Just tested and some time take more than 5-10 seconds.

Hi Ashley, can you support us Optimize time boot-app when using Mobile Advert ?

I'm afraid the time it takes for Mobile Advert to start up is handled by Google's ad network - it's out of our control.

If I remember correctly, this came up before and it is that it takes a long time if it is incorrectly configured, as it is in fact timing out (and there is no better error message provided by Google's libraries). Perhaps DiegoM remembers some other details.

The plugin hasn't received any changes in the loading process in over 2 years.

Since initialization needs access to remote resources unexpected problems which we can't control can be introduced at any time.

On top of that the plugin needs to do this on start up, so it can show the consent dialog for GDPR as soon as possible.

Ashley & DiegoM I really thank you for your prompt answers!

In the end, no one is to blame. Everyone is right. Everything is working correctly.

But the Mobile Advert plugin slows down the app loading very much.

As a result, the plugin seems to be in Construct, but I deleted it because using it and waiting for an app made on Construct to load for 8-12 seconds is nonsense :)

P.S. I checked when my app was exported with the Mobile Advert plugin, which opens in 2-3 seconds. It was August 2023. Even now, this app opens almost instantly. I'm dreaming that dialog for GDPR should have waited for 8-12 seconds before app starting :))))

It's just very sad to hear from the founder of Construct Ashley that he can't do anything to improve the speed of app loading algorithm.

Because in other engines for app that use exactly the same advertising plugin and the same dialog for GDPR, there is no such long download.

I didn't think that by deciding to develop apps in Construct (which positions itself as an engine where you don't have to be a programmer) that I will need to get into the code through exporting to the cordova project with some help of ChatGPT.

The point I was making before is if correctly configured, it should load quickly. So the problem may be you need to make sure you've configured things correctly.

IIRC the problem with the long startup is that Google's library simply hangs when incorrectly configured. So we put in a timeout so the app at least starts up in that case. But if you have it correctly configured this situation should not happen.

I opened the "Space Shooter Template". I clicked "Preview project", the project started in 2 seconds.

Then I just added the Mobile Advert plugin (without configuring it at all, leaving it in Test Mode), the project started in 28 (!) seconds.

Hi.

Just did the same thing, opened the example and added the plugin nothing changed.

I have not encountered any problems with this plugin.

Did you look at the console and see what it says? Have you tried clean chrome?

This is a very strange result.

Hi! Try to export to APK and check the time to start app with and without the plugin, not in browser to exclude questions about the browser cache and so on.

> I opened the "Space Shooter Template". I clicked "Preview project", the project started in 2 seconds.

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> Then I just added the Mobile Advert plugin (without configuring it at all, leaving it in Test Mode), the project started in 28 (!) seconds.

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Hi.

Just did the same thing, opened the example and added the plugin nothing changed.

I have not encountered any problems with this plugin.

Did you look at the console and see what it says? Have you tried clean chrome?

This is a very strange result.

You need to setup Ads and consent messages in the Admob console, you cannot just ad the plugin and export.

And when you do a preview you do not use Admob, you use Google Ads.