diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index f3a3eea6..01daaa22 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -80,23 +80,25 @@ def appJSONGoogleMobileAdsDelayAppMeasurementInitBool = false
 def appJSONGoogleMobileAdsOptimizeInitializationBool = true
 def appJSONGoogleMobileAdsOptimizeAdLoadingBool = true
 
-if (rootProject.ext.has("googleMobileAdsJson")) {
-  appJSONGoogleMobileAdsAppIDString = rootProject.ext.googleMobileAdsJson.getStringValue("android_app_id", "")
-  appJSONGoogleMobileAdsDelayAppMeasurementInitBool = rootProject.ext.googleMobileAdsJson.isFlagEnabled("delay_app_measurement_init", false)
-  appJSONGoogleMobileAdsOptimizeInitializationBool = rootProject.ext.googleMobileAdsJson.isFlagEnabled("optimize_initialization", true)
-  appJSONGoogleMobileAdsOptimizeAdLoadingBool = rootProject.ext.googleMobileAdsJson.isFlagEnabled("optimize_ad_loading", true)
-}
+if (!isManagedExpoProject) {
+  if (rootProject.ext.has("googleMobileAdsJson")) {
+    appJSONGoogleMobileAdsAppIDString = rootProject.ext.googleMobileAdsJson.getStringValue("android_app_id", "")
+    appJSONGoogleMobileAdsDelayAppMeasurementInitBool = rootProject.ext.googleMobileAdsJson.isFlagEnabled("delay_app_measurement_init", false)
+    appJSONGoogleMobileAdsOptimizeInitializationBool = rootProject.ext.googleMobileAdsJson.isFlagEnabled("optimize_initialization", true)
+    appJSONGoogleMobileAdsOptimizeAdLoadingBool = rootProject.ext.googleMobileAdsJson.isFlagEnabled("optimize_ad_loading", true)
+  }
 
-if (!appJSONGoogleMobileAdsAppIDString && !isManagedExpoProject) {
-  println "\n\n\n"
-  println "**************************************************************************************************************"
-  println "\n\n\n"
-  println "ERROR: react-native-google-mobile-ads requires an 'android_app_id' property inside a 'react-native-google-mobile-ads' key in your app.json."
-  println "  No android_app_id property was found in this location. The native Google Mobile Ads SDK will crash on startup without it."
-  println "\n\n\n"
-  println "**************************************************************************************************************"
-  println "\n\n\n"
-  System.exit(1)
+  if (!appJSONGoogleMobileAdsAppIDString) {
+    println "\n\n\n"
+    println "**************************************************************************************************************"
+    println "\n\n\n"
+    println "ERROR: react-native-google-mobile-ads requires an 'android_app_id' property inside a 'react-native-google-mobile-ads' key in your app.json."
+    println "  No android_app_id property was found in this location. The native Google Mobile Ads SDK will crash on startup without it."
+    println "\n\n\n"
+    println "**************************************************************************************************************"
+    println "\n\n\n"
+    System.exit(1)
+  }
 }
 
 android {