Google UMP Consent (GDPR / IAB TCF v2)

Without a CMP, Google AdMob serves only non-personalized ads to EU/UK/Switzerland traffic — and may eventually disable serving entirely for non-compliant apps. UMP is Google's free CMP and integrates directly with @capacitor-community/admob.

When to consult

• Configure UMP in AdMob console: setup.md
• Show the consent form before initializing AdMob: consent-flow.md
• Per-framework integration snippets: framework-snippets.md

Hard rules

• ✅ Run the consent flow before AdMob.initialize(). Skipping this means EU users get non-personalized ads at best, no ads at worst.
• ✅ Show a "Privacy options" entry in Settings so users can change consent later — required by IAB TCF.
• ❌ Do not show the form on every launch. Cache the consent status; only show when status is REQUIRED.

Pairs with ionic-att

If the app ships to iOS and serves AdMob personalized ads, you also need iOS App Tracking Transparency — see ../ionic-att/SKILL.md. The required full sequence is: