[🐛] IOS 18.2 intermittently not displaying ads.

[marc-technocrat]

What happened?

On IOS 18.2 its is intermittently displaying ads.
Upon clicking the space where the ad should be the ad displays.

Have tried in our main project and on a clean expo project. Both experience this issues.
But only on ios 18.2

From 3 different refreshes get different ads displaying and not displaying

Platforms

Only on iOS

React Native Info

expo  and tested on RN 0.73.9

Are your using Typescript?

• My project is using Typescript

package.json

{
  "name": "testads",
  "main": "expo-router/entry",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "expo start",
    "reset-project": "node ./scripts/reset-project.js",
    "android": "expo run:android",
    "ios": "expo run:ios",
    "web": "expo start --web",
    "test": "jest --watchAll",
    "lint": "expo lint"
  },
  "jest": {
    "preset": "jest-expo"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@expo/vector-icons": "^14.0.2",
    "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^7.2.0",
    "@react-navigation/native": "^7.0.14",
    "expo": "~52.0.25",
    "expo-blur": "~14.0.2",
    "expo-constants": "~17.0.4",
    "expo-font": "~13.0.3",
    "expo-haptics": "~14.0.1",
    "expo-linking": "~7.0.4",
    "expo-router": "~4.0.16",
    "expo-splash-screen": "~0.29.20",
    "expo-status-bar": "~2.0.1",
    "expo-symbols": "~0.2.1",
    "expo-system-ui": "~4.0.7",
    "expo-web-browser": "~14.0.2",
    "react": "18.3.1",
    "react-dom": "18.3.1",
    "react-native": "0.76.6",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.20.2",
    "react-native-google-mobile-ads": "^14.8.0",
    "react-native-reanimated": "~3.16.1",
    "react-native-safe-area-context": "4.12.0",
    "react-native-screens": "~4.4.0",
    "react-native-web": "~0.19.13",
    "react-native-webview": "13.12.5",
    "expo-build-properties": "~0.13.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.25.2",
    "@types/jest": "^29.5.12",
    "@types/react": "~18.3.12",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^18.3.0",
    "jest": "^29.2.1",
    "jest-expo": "~52.0.3",
    "react-test-renderer": "18.3.1",
    "typescript": "^5.3.3"
  },
  "private": true
}

app.json

{
  "expo": {
    "name": "testAds",
    "slug": "testAds",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "icon": "./assets/images/icon.png",
    "scheme": "myapp",
    "userInterfaceStyle": "automatic",
    "newArchEnabled": true,
    "ios": {
      "supportsTablet": true,
      "bundleIdentifier": "com.anonymous.testAds"
    },
    "android": {
      "adaptiveIcon": {
        "foregroundImage": "./assets/images/adaptive-icon.png",
        "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
      },
      "package": "com.anonymous.testAds"
    },
    "web": {
      "bundler": "metro",
      "output": "static",
      "favicon": "./assets/images/favicon.png"
    },
    "plugins": [
      "expo-router",
      [
        "expo-splash-screen",
        {
          "image": "./assets/images/splash-icon.png",
          "imageWidth": 200,
          "resizeMode": "contain",
          "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
        }
      ],
      [
        "expo-build-properties",
        {
          "ios": {
            "useFrameworks": "static"
          }
        }
      ],
      [
        "react-native-google-mobile-ads",
        {
          "androidAppId": "xx",
          "iosAppId": "xx"
      }
      ]
    ],
    "experiments": {
      "typedRoutes": true
    }
  }
}

ios/Podfile

android/build.gradle

android/app/build.gradle

android/settings.gradle

AndroidManifest.xml