Interstitial

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Before you begin!

Make sure that you have completed the iOS Admob Adapter installation before you begin integrating the Interstitial ad unit

Integrating the Interstitial ad unit

Step 1: Add import statement

Add the following import statement in your pre-compiled header. If your application is written in swift add it to your bridging-header.

#import <AppnextAdMobAdapter/AppnextAdMobAdapter.h>

Step 2 (optional): Additional configuration

Advanced ad unit configuration

The Appnext SDK provides an option to change the ad unit’s configuration.

By default, the SDK configuration will be loaded from Appnext's server, but you can choose to change it directly by adding the Interstitial configuration object to the custom event’s extras:

AppnextInterstitialAdConfiguration *config = [[AppnextInterstitialAdConfiguration alloc] init];
config.categories = @"Action";
config.postback = @"YOUR_POSTBACK_HERE";
config.buttonText = @"Install";
config.buttonColor = @"#ffffff";
config.creativeType = ANCreativeTypeManaged;
config.skipText = @"Skip";
config.autoPlay = YES;
config.preferredOrientation = kPreferredOrientationTypeStringAutomatic;
config.clickInApp = YES;
NSDictionary *appnextDict = @{kAppnextConfigurationExtraKey: config}; 

GADRequest *request = [GADRequest request];
GADCustomEventExtras *extras = [[GADCustomEventExtras alloc] init];
[extras setExtras:appnextDict forLabel:@"CustomisedCustomEventInterstitial"];
[request registerAdNetworkExtras:extras];
[self.customEventCustomisedInterstitial loadRequest:request];

An example of how to do that can be found in the loadCustomisedInterstitial method of the example projects.

List of configuration options:

Button Text:
The install button's text (default is "Install")

Button Color:
The install button's color - a 6 hex chars starting with # (default is "#6AB344")

Skip button Text:
Set a custom text for the "skip" button (default is "Skip")

Category:
Set preferred ad categories

Click in-app
Determines the App Store loading method, when set to "YES" - the App Store will open "in-app" within the running app, Otherwise the App Store will open outside the running app

Install Postback:
Postback parameters that will be posted to your server after user installed an app (make sure to encode the values)

Auto Play:
Set video auto-play (default is "YES")

• YES
• NO

Creative Type:
Set creative type for the main section of the Interstitial (default "ANCreativeTypeManaged")

• ANCreativeTypeNotSet
• ANCreativeTypeManaged
• ANCreativeTypeVideo
• ANCreativeTypeStatic

Preferred Orientation:
Set the preferred orientation if both landscape and portrait are supported by the application (default is kPreferredOrientationTypeStringAutomatic)

• kPreferredOrientationTypeStringAutomatic = @''automatic''
• kPreferredOrientationTypeStringLandscape = @''landscape''
• kPreferredOrientationTypeStringPortrait = @''portrait''
• kPreferredOrientationTypeStringNotSet = @''not_set''

Step 3: Login to your AdMob account and configure Appnext

As explained above, you must have an AdMob account, and an associated app within this account, in order to integrate Appnext

Step 4: Select your app and click to monetize it

• Within your AdMob account, press the ‘Monetize’ tab and choose your app from the ‘All apps’ list:

• Press the ‘Monetize new app’ button in order to add your app to AdMob platform:

Step 5: Create an ad unit

• Select your app for which you want to add a new ad unit from your app list on the left side menu:

• Click on “New ad Unit” from the app screen:

• Configure your new ad unit
  a. Choose “Interstitial” as the format of your ad unit
  b. Enter a name for your ad unit
  c. Click the “Save” button

Step 6: Add an ad source

• Choose the ‘Ad unit’ you want to add Appnext’s custom event from the ‘Ad units’ list by pressing its ‘ad sources’ link:

• Press the ‘+ New ad network’ button In order to add Appnext:

Step 7: Add a custom event

In the ‘New ad network’ page press the ‘+ Custom event’ button

Step 13: Configure the custom event

• In the ‘Custom Event’ details fill the following details:
  a. ‘Class Name’ should be: AppnextAdMobCustomEventInterstitial
  b. ‘Label’ is just the name you give for Appnext ad network in this ad unit.
  c. ‘Parameter’ should be the Placement ID you copied in the previous steps from your Appnext account

• Finally press ‘Continue’ in the bottom of the page.
• Click the "Save" button in the "Mediation" page to save the newly added ‘Ad Network‘:

Step 8: Configure eCPM

You should allocate the Appnext eCPM manually in order for Appnext to show ads in your AdMob SDK.
You can configure the eCPM for the Appnext network in the ‘Mediation’ page and press ‘Save’ after each change:

Step 15: You’re all done!

Your AdMob SDK should start showing Appnext ads immediately. If Appnext ads are not shown, check the eCPM allocation and make sure it’s high enough so it will give Appnext priority.

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Important Note

• Each placement has a Placement ID. If you integrate multiple placements, you will need to use a different Placement ID for each.
• It is against our policies to encourage or reward the user for installing the app; we only allow rewards as a means of encouraging users to watch the video ad, so they will voluntarily install the app if they are interested.

App Categories

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].