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Appnext Android SDK - Banners ad unit

Ad Unit Integration

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SDK Installation

Make sure to Install the SDK in your Android Studio project as described here

Step 1 – Initialize the SDK

Initialize the SDK whenever your app is loaded. Add the following code to your app's main activity

Appnext.init(context);

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Step 2: Add the BannerView to the layout XML

<com.appnext.banners.BannerView
       xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
       android:id="@+id/banner"
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       ads:bannerSize="BANNER"
       ads:placementId="YOUR_APPNEXT_PLACEMENT_ID"/>

Available sizes for the bannerSize

Banner NameBanner Size
"BANNER"320x50
"LARGE_BANNER"320x100
"MEDIUM_RECTANGLE"300x250
900

Banner Sizes

Make sure to provide a valid Appnext placement id for the placementId field

You can also create the view via the code itself:

BannerView banner = new BannerView(this);
banner.setPlacementId("YOUR_APPNEXT_PLACEMENT_ID");
banner.setBannerSize(BannerSize.BANNER);
  • Make sure to make the banner available in the view hierarchy
  • Make sure to set the Appnext placement id once, per each banner, using either the layout xml or by using the code (but not both)

Step 3: Load the Banner

BannerView bannerView = (BannerView) findViewById(R.id.banner);
bannerView.loadAd(new BannerAdRequest());

Step 4: Configure the BannerAdRequest (Optional)

By default, the banner settings will be loaded with pre-defined settings. You can change these settings by defining the BannerAdRequest object

Setters that are relevant to all banner sizes:

  • setCategories - String. Set preferred ad categories
  • setSpecificCategories - Set specific ad categories
  • setPostback - String. Postback parameters that will be posted to your server after user installed an app (make sure to encode the values)

Setters that are relevant only to the MEDIUM_RECTANGLE banner size:

  • setCreativeType - The MEDIUM_RECTANGLE size can show video in addition to static creative. When video is in use, the file will be streamed (default value is ALL - managed by Appnext)
    • BannerAdRequest.TYPE_ALL
    • BannerAdRequest.TYPE_VIDEO
    • BannerAdRequest.TYPE_STATIC
  • setAutoPlay - Boolean. When a video is set as the creative, this setter defining if the video will auto play or not (default value is false)
  • setMute - Boolean. When a video is set as the creative, this setter is defining if the video will start on muted volume or not. Un-mute/Mute button is located on the video creative. (default value is true - video is muted)
  • setVideoLength - When a video is set as the creative, this setter is defining the preferred length of the video. (default value is SHORT)
    • BannerAdRequest.VIDEO_LENGTH_SHORT - Up to 15 seconds long videos
    • BannerAdRequest.VIDEO_LENGTH_LONG - 20-60 seconds long videos
// All sizes example
BannerAdRequest banner_request = new BannerAdRequest();
banner_request
       .setCategories("category1, category2")
       .setPostback("Postback string");
// ...
bannerView.loadAd(banner_request);
// MEDIUM_RECTANGLE size example
BannerAdRequest banner_request = new BannerAdRequest();
banner_request
  .setCategories("category1, category2")
  .setSpecificCategories("category1, category2")
  .setPostback("Postback string")
  .setCreativeType(BannerAdRequest.TYPE_VIDEO)
  .setAutoPlay(true)
  .setMute(false)
  .setVideoLength(BannerAdRequest.VIDEO_LENGTH_SHORT);
// ...

Step 5: Callbacks (Optional)

You can receive client-side callback from the banner by using the “BannerListener” object

bannerView.setBannerListener(new BannerListener() {
   @Override
   public void onError(AppnextError error) {
       super.onError(error);
   }

   @Override
   public void onAdLoaded(String s,AppnextAdCreativeType creativeType) {
       super.onAdLoaded(s,creativeType);
   }

   @Override
   public void adImpression() {
       super.adImpression();
   }

   @Override
   public void onAdClicked() {
       super.onAdClicked();
   }
});
  • onAdLoaded(String BannerID) - The banner was successfully loaded, and its ready to be shown to the user (String s = banner ID)
  • AdImpression - The banner was viewed by the user, and an impression was reported to Appnext
  • onAdClicked - The banner was clicked by the user
  • onError - An error has occurred. The following errors codes are passed in the onError callback.
    (Using the BannersError object); NO_ADS, CONNECTION_ERROR, TIMEOUT, NO_MARKET, INTERNAL
@Override
public void onError(AppnextError error) {
   switch (error) {
       case BannersError.CONNECTION_ERROR:
           Log.v("appnext", "client connection error");
       case BannersError.NO_MARKET:
           Log.v("appnext", "couldn't open a valid market")
       case BannersError.TIMEOUT:
           Log.v("appnext", "connection time out client")
       case BannersError.NO_ADS:
           Log.v("appnext", "server - no ads");
            case BannersError.INTERNAL_ERROR:
                 Log.v("appnext", "Internal error");
        default:
           Log.v("appnext", "other error");
   }
   super.onError(error);
}

Step 6: Finalize Appnext

Add the following code when you destroy your Activity

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    banner.destroy();
}

Example Project

You can download an example project (Android Studio) from our Github page here.

App Categories

1. Action
2. Adventure
3. Arcade
4. Arcade & Action
5. Board
6. Books & Reference
7. Brain & Puzzle
8. Business
9. Card
10. Cards & Casino
11. Casino
12. Casual
13. Comics
14. Communications
15. Education
16. Educational
17. Entertainment
18. Family
19. Finance
20. Health & Fitness
21. Libraries & Demo
22. Lifestyle
23. Live Wallpaper
24. Media & Video
25. Medical
26. Music
27. Music & Audio
28. News & Magazines
29. Personalization
30. Photography
31. Productivity
32. Puzzle
33. Racing
35. Shopping
36. Simulation
37. Social
38. Sports
39. Sports Games
40. Strategy
41. Tools
42. Travel & Local
43. Trivia
44. Weather
45. Word

Make sure to encode (%20) categories with more than 1 word, example: Travel%20%26%20Local

Integration Support

Should you have any problems integrating the product, log a ticket with us by emailing [email protected]

Updated 2 years ago


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