title: Linking AdMob to Google Play created a new app
body: <p>I've created a new app in AdMob dashboard to integrate ads on my Android app before I publish it in Google Play Store and linked it to Firebase as well. </p>
  
  <p>After publishing my app to Google Play Store, I've waited 48 hours for the indexing to be able to link my AdMob to my app in Google Play Store.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zYmhA.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zYmhA.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>So I linked my app to from Google Play to AdMob but AdMob created a new app instead of actually just linking my existing AdMob app to my Google Play Store app.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XckQO.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XckQO.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <h2>So my question is</h2>
  
  <p>how do I actually just link my existing AdMob app to my Google Play Store App?</p>
  
  <p>I want to avoid recreating all my ad units and re-link everything and publish an update on Google Play Store.</p>
  
  <h2>Follow up questions:</h2>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Does linking your Play Store app to AdMob has always been like this?</li>
  <li>Do I really need to link my Google Play Store app to my AdMob?</li>
  <li>What are the complications / benefits of linking my AdMob to my Google Play Store app?</li>
  <li>What action can you recommend for this situation?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>