Ads Interface

ar2rsawseen

@jdbc sorry I did not understand it
heyzap:loadAd("interstitial") will preload interstitial
heyzap:showAd("interstitial") will show interstitial

heyzap:loadAd("video") will preload video
heyzap:showAd("video") will show video

so if you want to preload both, you should call both
heyzap:loadAd("interstitial") and heyzap:loadAd("video")

If what you say means, that they internally can show videos for interstitial when they are available, then yes you can simply use "interstitial"

yubaro

@ar2rsawseen, loadAd("interstitial") is avalilable for other networks(admob. chartboots, amazon, etc)?

ar2rsawseen

@yubaro yep should be available for all in Android

jdbc

Hi all.

It seems Admob is not working if Google Play Service is not installed. I have just discovered this issue.

I have tested in a tablet without Google Play Service installed and I always got the same error:

admob AD_FAILED Google Play services is not available

So go back to older Admob library.

ar2rsawseen

@jdbc yes and I was ranting about that on the forum about 4 times now

There is also AdsAdmob_OldJar.java file which you can rename to AdsAdmob.java to use with old lib

SinisterSoft

Apparently at GDC google announced some improvements to admob because of the play services connection - it's all part of the masterplan I think - I haven't looked at the info yet but it's supposed to be very good.

jdbc

I do not use Google Play Service for this reason then.

ar2rsawseen

Updated Ads Interface:

version 1.4
(Android)Fixed Amazon ad refreshing bug
(Android)Fixed Millenial ad size bug
(Android)Fixed Adcolony video loading bug
(Android)Fixed rare nullpointer exception bug
(Android)Added AD_DISPLAYED event
(Android)Chartboost updated SDK
(IOS)Updated all SDKs
(IOS)Added AD_DISPLAYED event
(IOS)Fixed Alignment bug
(IOS)Added type to events to know for which ad event was dispatched
(IOS)Implemented hiding specific ad using hideAd(type)
(IOS)Added loadAd to preload ads but without showing them (can dispatch AD_RECEIVED)

SinisterSoft

It works (v4vc)!!! "video" doesn't though - that says still downloading.

if adcolony then
adcolony:showAd("v4vc")
end


Tested on S3, Kindle fire, Nexus 7, Evo 3D

yubaro

@ar2rsawseen, in the new version of Ads Interface(1.4) is not the file GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-6.4.1 .jar file in the folder libs.

When we can use AdsAbmob_Oldjar.java or AdsAbmob.java?
We can use google-play-services with Admob?I believe that there are new rules from the August 1.

ar2rsawseen

@yubaro yes sorry I forgot to include the jar, you can find it here:
https://developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk/download#downloadandroid

Basically

till 1st of August you can use any version you want, either
AdsAdmob_OldJar with jar lib or
AdsAdmob with Google Play services

After 1st of August
When submitting to Google Play, you MUST use AdsAdmob with Google Play Service lib
To any other markets you may still use AdsAdmob_OldJar with jar lib if you want. They will still serve the impressions

lsouchet

Hi, I downloaded the version 1.4.

I got an error looking like this in XCode:

Undefined symbols for architecture armv7:
"_OBJC_CLASS_$_CTTelephonyNetworkInfo", referenced from:
in the new adgoogle lib.

I solved this by adding CoreTelephony.framework in "Link Binary With Libraries".
@ar2rsawseen, you should at this to the doc.

ar2rsawseen

Thank you added

yubaro

@ar2rsawseen it was telling it to you for if to anybody it him does not work.

Thanks for your explanation. To work admob only with google-play-services, do I have to put three folders of google-play-services_lib (libs, res, src)?

ar2rsawseen

@yubaro no, all you need is to link Google Play Services project and only copy AdsInterface related files

yubaro

link to Google Play Services project?...@ar2rsawseen sorry, but, can you say to me like to do it?

ar2rsawseen

Sure, here's how
http://developer.android.com/tools/projects/projects-eclipse.html#ReferencingLibraryProject

yubaro

I should add the file google-play-services.jar to "libs"?

Another issue, in ProjectName --> Properties --> Android -- Library --> Add --> nothing, it is empty, does not give me choice, only cancel/close

is there something is wrong?

ar2rsawseen

You need to download Google Play Lib and put its project in the same directory/workspace where your exported project is.
Then you need to import Goolge Play Lib into eclipse
Then you will be able to add it as Android library, no need to add it as a jar

yubaro

Ok, thanks @ar2rsawseen

I already did but leaves errors in the logcat, I'm going to keep trying and I tell you.

is it obligatory to put minSdkVersion in 9?

ar2rsawseen

I have a mindSdkVersion 8 in all of the games

yubaro

@ar2rsawseen It me worked perfectly, thanks for your help!
The bad thing is that it raised very much the weight of the application.

minSdkVersion, I was saying it to you because of it:

mindSdkVersion 9 or 10

http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html

Note: Google Play services 4.0.30 (released November 2013) and newer versions require Android 2.3 or higher. If your app supports Android 2.2, you can continue development with the Google Play services SDK, but must instead install Google Play services for Froyo from the SDK Manager.

ar2rsawseen

hmm, interesting, unfortunately don't have 2.2 device to test, but at least setting min version 8 in manifest does not provide any errors

aditya

Updated the ipad os to the latest one, then needed to update the iOS sdk since it wouldn't detect the device.

Getting 'Lexical or preprocessor issue' now:

In file included from AdTest/Plugins/Ads/frameworks/AdsRevmob.m:9: AdTest/Plugins/Ads/frameworks/AdsRevmob.h:11:9: fatal error: 'RevMobAds/RevMobAds.h' file not found #import <RevMobAds/RevMobAds.h>

ar2rsawseen

Most probably you can try removing and adding the RevMobAds lib back to the project

If that does not help, then there might be issues with RevMob and will check then

aditya

Step 1: Extracted plugin/ads.rar and plopped it in the exported project's plugin folder.
Step 2: Right click the project explorer and added the 'Ads' folder to 'Plugins'
Step 3: Checked that the revmob framework is listed in 'General'
Step 4: Go gooo goo....aww shucks.

Step 5: Removed RevMob framework from Plugins/Ads/frameworks in xcode->Clean Project->Add it back->Clean Project->Go gooo g...:|

ar2rsawseen

Sorry spend whole day with IAB and other fixes did not have much time to check, but will this one help?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17250638/revmobads-revmobads-h-file-not-found

aditya

Already did this. Did not solve the issue.

SinisterSoft

Re AdColony, I'm gettings the unrecognised selector problem as mentioned here:

http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/2468/adcolony-plugin-for-ios-video-ads-network/p1

Edit: needed flags settings, for some reason any set in final, empty on debug. Sorted.

btw: -all_load not needed for heyzap and vungle.

I have AdColony, heyzap, iAd, chartboost, vungle on these flags: -ObjC -fobjc-arc

ar2rsawseen

ok thank you, will update the docs