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Appnext Android SDK - New Native Ads ad unit

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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);

Step 2.1 Request a single or multiple Ads

you can choose between
single request : requesting one native Ad or
multiple requests : return X amount of Ads at the same time. Please replace <NUMBER_OF_REQUESTS> with the numbers of Ads you would like to receive.

Single request:

private NativeAdListenerImpl mNativeAdListener;
    @Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        mNativeAdListener = new NativeAdListenerImpl();
NativeAd nativeAd = new NativeAd(this, "<YOUR_PLACEMENT_ID>");
nativeAd.setAdListener(mNativeAdListener);
nativeAd.loadAd(new NativeAdRequest());
}
private class NativeAdListenerImpl extends NativeAdListener{
        @Override
        public void onAdLoaded(NativeAd nativeAd, AppnextAdCreativeType creativeType) {
            super.onAdLoaded(nativeAd, creativeType);
            mNativeAds.add(nativeAd);
            mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        }
        @Override
        public void onAdClicked(NativeAd nativeAd) {
            super.onAdClicked(nativeAd);
            Log.d("NativeAd Clicking", nativeAd.getAdTitle());
        }
        @Override
        public void onError(NativeAd nativeAd, AppnextError appnextError) {
            super.onError(nativeAd, appnextError);
            Toast.makeText(NewNativeAdsListViewActivity.this, appnextError.getErrorMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
        @Override
        public void adImpression(NativeAd nativeAd) {
            super.adImpression(nativeAd);
            Log.d("NativeAd Impression", nativeAd.getAdTitle());
        }
    }

Multiple request:

private NativeAdListenerImpl mNativeAdListener;
    @Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        mNativeAdListener = new NativeAdListenerImpl();
        AdLoader.load(this, "<YOUR_PLACEMENT_ID>", 
        new NativeAdRequest(),mNativeAdListener, <NUMBER_OF_REQUESTS>);
}
private class NativeAdListenerImpl extends NativeAdListener{
        @Override
        public void onAdLoaded(NativeAd nativeAd, AppnextAdCreativeType creativeType) {
            super.onAdLoaded(nativeAd, creativeType);
            mNativeAds.add(nativeAd);
            mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        }
        @Override
        public void onAdClicked(NativeAd nativeAd) {
            super.onAdClicked(nativeAd);
            Log.d("NativeAd Clicking", nativeAd.getAdTitle());
        }
        @Override
        public void onError(NativeAd nativeAd, AppnextError appnextError) {
            super.onError(nativeAd, appnextError);
            Toast.makeText(NewNativeAdsListViewActivity.this, appnextError.getErrorMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
        @Override
        public void adImpression(NativeAd nativeAd) {
            super.adImpression(nativeAd);
            Log.d("NativeAd Impression", nativeAd.getAdTitle());
        }
    }

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NOTE :

by typing 10 instead of <NUMBER_OF_REQUESTS>, means we will server 10 or less requests. we might server less requests based on our internal serving logic.

Step 2.2: Prepare Call Backs

Create Appnext nativeAd object with Placement ID, set the NativeAdListener, and prepare to call the onAdLoaded event;

The following callbacks are available after loading the nativeAd:

  • adImpression - The native ad was viewed by the user, and an impression was reported to Appnext
  • onAdClicked - The native ad was clicked by the user
  • onError - An error has occurred. The following errors codes are passed in the onError callback.
    (Using the AppnextError object); NO_ADS, AD_NOT_READY, CONNECTION_ERROR, TIMEOUT, NO_MARKET, INTERNAL
NativeAd nativeAd = new NativeAd(this, "ADD_HERE_YOUR_PLACEMENT_ID");
nativeAd.setAdListener(new NativeAdListener() {
 @Override
 public void onAdLoaded(NativeAd nativeAd, AppnextAdCreativeType creativeType) {
   super.onAdLoaded(nativeAd, creativeType);
 }

 @Override
 public void onAdClicked(NativeAd nativeAd) {
  super.onAdClicked(nativeAd);
 }

 @Override
 public void onError(NativeAd nativeAd, AppnextError appnextError) {
  super.onError(nativeAd, appnextError);
 }

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

nativeAd.loadAd(new NativeAdRequest()
 // optional - config your ad request:                 
 .setPostback("")
 .setCategories("")
 .setCachingPolicy(NativeAdRequest.CachingPolicy.ALL)
 .setCreativeType(NativeAdRequest.CreativeType.ALL)
 .setVideoLength(NativeAdRequest.VideoLength.SHORT)
 .setVideoQuality(NativeAdRequest.VideoQuality.HIGH));
);
}

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We will add some code to the onAdLoaded callback and modify the NativeAdRequest object further down in this documentation

Step 3: Create your Native Ad Layout

You can create your custom view (custom ad design) in a layout .xml, or you can add elements in code:

Please make sure to include the ad layout views under the com.appnext.nativeads.NativeAdView element. 

//Creates the `NativeAdView` programmatically 
NativeAdView nativeAdView = new NativeAdView(this);

//Adds any other view below the `NativeAdView`
nativeAdView.addView("YOUR VIEW");
parentView.addView(nativeAdView);

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
    tools:context="com.example.asaf.appnextnaviveads.InFeedExample1">


    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyle"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true" />

    <com.appnext.nativeads.NativeAdView
        android:id="@+id/na_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:background="@android:color/white"
        android:padding="10dp">


        <RelativeLayout
            android:id="@+id/na_ad"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/na_icon"
                android:layout_width="60dp"
                android:layout_height="60dp"
                android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                tools:src="@drawable/ic_launcher_foreground" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/na_title"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@id/na_icon"
                android:gravity="left"
                android:textSize="16sp" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/rating"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_above="@+id/na_media"
                android:layout_below="@+id/na_title"
                android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/na_icon"
                android:textSize="16sp" />

            <com.appnext.nativeads.MediaView
                android:id="@+id/na_media"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="200dp"
                android:layout_below="@id/description" />

            <Button
                android:id="@+id/install"
                android:layout_width="104dp"
                android:layout_height="40dp"
                android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
                android:layout_below="@+id/na_media"
                android:background="@drawable/rounded_button"
                android:text="install"
                android:textColor="#ffffff" />

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/imageView"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_below="@+id/na_title"
                android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
                android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/rating"
                app:srcCompat="@drawable/apnxt_ads_full_star" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/description"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignEnd="@+id/na_title"
                android:layout_alignStart="@+id/rating"
                android:layout_below="@+id/imageView"
                android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
                tools:text="TextView" />

        </RelativeLayout>
    </com.appnext.nativeads.NativeAdView>
</RelativeLayout>

Step 4: Inflating the Layout using the nativeAd object

In this step we are inflating the nativeAd object from step 2, using the dedicated functions and views

Example:

Appnext.init(this);
//Sets the views from the activity layout (step 3)
//see further down in the code
setViews();

NativeAd nativeAd = new NativeAd(this, "ADD_YOUR_PLACEMENT_ID_HERE");
nativeAd.setPrivacyPolicyColor(PrivacyIcon.PP_ICON_COLOR_LIGHT);
nativeAd.setAdListener(new NativeAdListener() {
    @Override
    public void onAdLoaded(final NativeAd nativeAd) {
        super.onAdLoaded(nativeAd);
      
        //The progress bar is optional according to the app UX (not part of Appnext Native Ads ad unit)
        progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
      
        //The ad Icon
        nativeAd.downloadAndDisplayImage(imageView, nativeAd.getIconURL());

        //The ad title
        textView.setText(nativeAd.getAdTitle());

        //Setting up the Appnext MediaView
        nativeAd.setMediaView(mediaView);

        //The ad rating
        rating.setText(nativeAd.getStoreRating());

        //The ad description
        description.setText(nativeAd.getAdDescription());

        //Registering the clickable areas - see the array object in `setViews()` function
        nativeAd.registerClickableViews(nativeAdView);

        //Setting up the entire native ad view
        nativeAd.setNativeAdView(nativeAdView);
    }

    //Ad clicked callback
    @Override
    public void onAdClicked(NativeAd nativeAd) {
        super.onAdClicked(nativeAd);
    }

    //Ad error callback
    @Override
    public void onError(NativeAd nativeAd, AppnextError appnextError) {
        super.onError(nativeAd, appnextError);
        progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Error loading ads", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    //Ad impression callback
    @Override
    public void adImpression(NativeAd nativeAd) {
        super.adImpression(nativeAd);
    }
});

//The native ad request object 
nativeAd.loadAd(new NativeAdRequest()
    // optional - config your ad request:
    .setCachingPolicy(NativeAdRequest.CachingPolicy.STATIC_ONLY)
    .setCreativeType(NativeAdRequest.CreativeType.ALL)
    .setVideoLength(NativeAdRequest.VideoLength.SHORT)
    .setVideoQuality(NativeAdRequest.VideoQuality.LOW)
);
}

private void setViews() {
    nativeAdView = (NativeAdView) findViewById(R.id.na_view);
    imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.na_icon);
    textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.na_title);
    mediaView = (MediaView) findViewById(R.id.na_media);
    progressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
    button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.install);
    rating = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.rating);
    description = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.description);
    viewArrayList = new ArrayList < > ();
    viewArrayList.add(button);
    viewArrayList.add(mediaView);
}
}

Step 5: Build the view using dedicated functions

  • downloadAndDisplayImage(ImageView, URL string) - This function downloads the image from a given url and put it in the target view
  • getAdTitle - This function fetches the Ad title (String, up to 25 characters)
  • getAdDescription - This function fetches the Ad description (String, up to 90 characters)
  • getCTAText - This function fetches the Ad Call-To-Action string (String)
  • getStoreDownloads - This function fetches the amount of downloads the advertisement's app (String)
  • getStoreRating- This function fetches the store rating of advertisment's app (String)

Step 6: Register the clickable areas

registerClickableViews(<array of views>) - This function sets the clickable areas - that triggers click event. Please make sure to register only the nativeAd views only to maintain a good UX for your user. By default, all views within the nativeAd views are clickable, unless set specifically using the function.

Step 7: Place the Appnext Media View

We highly recommend using Appnext Media View object (com.appnext.nativeads.MediaView) to display the ad creative.

Appnext Media View can easily show video controls buttons, the video's first slide, handle slow connections and much more.

Available functions;

  • setMute - Boolean. Controls whether the video creative, when in use, play with or without sound. The default value is false.
  • setAutoPlay - Boolean. Controls whether the video creative, when in use, auto-play itself. The default value is true.
  • setClickEnabled - Boolean. Defined the functionality when the user clicks the playing video. When set to true, clicking the video will trigger click event (opens the store), when set to false, the video will pause. The default value is true.

In addition to the above functions, the MediaView object exposes video and image Native Android functions to use

mediaView.setMute(true);
mediaView.setAutoPLay(true);
mediaView.setClickEnabled(true);

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Maintain 16:9 ratio

Appnext campaigns creatives; videos, and wide images are served in 16:9 ratio. It is recommended to define the MediaView width and height in this ratio. By default, the creative is centered horizontally and vertically with a black background. You can change this by changing the MediaView layout parameters.

Step 8: Configure the Appnext Privacy Policy Icon

By default, the native ads ad unit will place an "i" icon representing Appnext Ads privacy policy. Clicking it will open the Appnext Privacy Policy landing page on the device browser

The following functions are available to control the position, visibility, and color of the icon:

  • nativeAd.setPrivacyPolicyPosition - Controls on which corner of the nativeAd view the icon will show. Possibe values:
    • PrivacyIcon.PP_ICON_POSITION_TOP_RIGHT - Icon is located in the top-right corner of the view (Default)
    • PrivacyIcon.PP_ICON_POSITION_TOP_LEFT - Icon is located in the top-left corner of the view
    • PrivacyIcon.PP_ICON_POSITION_BOTTOM_RIGHT - Icon is located in the bottom-right corner of the view
    • PrivacyIcon.PP_ICON_POSITION_BOTTOM_LEFT - Icon is located in the bottom-left corner of the view
  • nativeAd.setPrivacyPolicyColor - Controls the color texture of the "i" icon
    • PrivacyIcon.PP_ICON_COLOR_DARK - The icon is shown with a dark texture
    • PrivacyIcon.PP_ICON_COLOR_LIGHT - The icon is shown with a light texture (Default)

In order to show or hide the privacy icon -

  • nativeAd.setPrivacyPolicyVisibility(PrivacyIcon.PP_ICON_VISIBILE);
  • nativeAd.setPrivacyPolicyVisibility(PrivacyIcon.PP_ICON_HIDDEN);

Step 9: Configure your ad request parameters

new NativeAdRequest()         
.setPostback("")
.setCategories("")
.setSpecificCategories("")  
.setCachingPolicy(CachingPolicy.ALL)
  /* You set the creative caching policy:
     CachingPolicy.ALL - video and wide image
     CachingPolicy.NOTHING - video and wide image will not be cached
     CachingPolicy.VIDEO_ONLY - only the video will be cached
     CachingPolicy.STATIC_ONLY - only the wide image will be cached
     assets that were not cached will be streamed */
.setCreativeType(NativeAdRequest.CreativeType.ALL)
  /* You filter the ad content based on your preferred creative:
     CreativeType.ALL - both video and static
     CreativeType.VIDEO_ONLY - video type creatives only
     CreativeType.STATIC_ONLY - wide (static) creatives only */
.setVideoLength(NativeAdRequest.VideoLength.SHORT)
.setVideoQuality(NativeAdRequest.VideoQuality.HIGH)
);

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

  • setCategories - Set preferred ad categories
  • setSpecificCategories - Set specific ad categories
  • setPostback - Postback parameters that will be posted to your server after the user installed an app (make sure to encode the values)
  • setCachingPolicy - Appnext supports four caching options when loading the native ad;
    • CachingPolicy.ALL - The video and wide image will be cached before showing the ad (Default)
    • CachingPolicy.NOTHING - No caching at all
    • CachingPolicy.VIDEO_ONLY - Only the video in the creative will be cached
    • CachingPolicy.STATIC_ONLY - Only the wide image will be cached. None cached assets will be streamed
  • setCreativeType - The native ad can filter the ad content based on this setting;
    • CreativeType.ALL - Both video and static (Default)
    • CreativeType.VIDEO_ONLY - Ads with video type creative only
    • CreativeType.STATIC_ONLY - Ads with static type creative only
  • setVideoLength - Sets the preferred length of the ad video creative
    • VideoLength.SHORT - Up to 15 seconds long videos (Default)
    • VideoLength.LONG - 20-60 seconds long videos
  • setVideoQuality - Sets the preferred quality of the ad video creative
    • VideoQuality.HIGH - Video will load in a high quality
    • VideoQuality.LOW - Video will load in a low quality (Default)

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Note:

  • The SDK will log the impression and handle the click automatically.
    You must register the ad's view with the NativeAd instance and make sure you don’t open the market using the Android package.

Step 10: Finalize Appnext

Add the following code when you destroy your Activity

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

Working with the ad metadata directly

We highly recommend working with the MediaView and the dedicated functions. If you require working directly with the ad creative metadata, the following getters are also available to use, including additional getters to fetch the country, supported versions, estimated ecpm and ppr values

String bannerId = nativeAd.getBannerID();
String imageURL = nativeAd.getIconURL();
String imageURLWide = nativeAd.getWideImageURL();
String urlVideo = nativeAd.getVideoUrl();
String country = nativeAd.getCountry();
String supportedVersion = nativeAd.getSupportedVersion();
float ecpm = nativeAd.getECPM();
float ppr = nativeAd.getPPR();

Example Project

You can find code examples of our Native Ads SDK 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
34. Role Playing
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

Advanced Configuration (Optional)

You can call for Ads based on a package name - For example, if you will call with the package name "com.whatsapp" - you will receive a campaign for WhatsApp (if available) and more Ads related to category Communication.

Request a single or multiple Ads
you can choose between
single request : requesting one native Ad or
multiple requests : return X amount of Ads at the same time. Please replace <NUMBER_OF_REQUESTS> with the numbers of Ads you would like to receive.

Single request:

NativeAd nativeAd = new NativeAd(this, "<YOUR_PLACEMENT_ID>");
nativeAd.setAdListener(new NativeAdListener() {
  @Override
	public void onAdLoaded(NativeAd nativeAd, AppnextAdCreativeType creativeType) {
  	super.onAdLoaded(nativeAd, creativeType);
  }
 .
 .
 .
});
nativeAd.getAdByPackage(new NativeAdRequest(), "<package_name>");

Multiplerequest:

AdLoader.getAdsByPackage(this, "<YOUR_PLACEMENT_ID>", "<package_name>", 
              new NativeAdRequest(), new NativeAdListener() {
  @Override
  public void onAdLoaded(NativeAd nativeAd, AppnextAdCreativeType creativeType) {
  	super.onAdLoaded(nativeAd, creativeType);
    nativeAds.add(nativeAd);
  }
 .
 .
 .
}, <NUMBER_OF_REQUESTS>);

Integration Support

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

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