B4i Library iAdMob

Latest version: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/firebase-admob-v3-00.144798/#content

iAdMob v1.10 adds support for interstitial ads (full screen ads).

In order to show an interstitial ad you need to first request an ad and wait for the Ready event.
If Success is true then there is an ad ready to be displayed. You can then call iad.Show(Page) to show it.
You can also call iad.RequestAd again to request a new ad.

Note that you can show test ads by calling:

iad.SetTestDevices(Array("121212121212")) 'id that is displayed in the logs

The ready event:

Sub iad_Ready (Success As Boolean)
   If Success Then
     Log("iad is ready.")
     iad.Show(Page1)
   Else
     Log("Failed to load full screen ad: " & LastException)
   End If
End Sub

Note that you can show the ad after this event. This event only means that there is an ad ready to be displayed.

Library installation

iAdMob is an internal library now. It is preinstalled with the IDE.

If you are using a local Mac builder you need to download the new SDK and copy GoogleMobileAds.framework to the Libs folder: www.b4x.com/b4i/files/libGoogleAdMobAds.a.zip

Update:

Starting from Google Maps Ads SDK v7.42.0 it is required to add these lines:

#PlistExtra: <key>GADIsAdManagerApp</key><true/>
#AdditionalLib: libsqlite3.dylib
#AdditionalLib: libz.dylib
#AdditionalLib: WebKit.framework

 

[Pendrush]

Just tried, you are right. Unzipping on Mac solve the problem. Thank you.

 

[Jack Cole]

On a PC with Windows 8, I'm using the hosted builder. I did update the iAdmob library to the latest version, but that didn't help. Any ideas?

Ld Payload/Minesweeper.app/Minesweeper normal armv7
    cd /Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/art2huz
    export IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=7.0
    export PATH="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -arch armv7 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS8.1.sdk -L/Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/art2huz/Payload -L../../Libs -F/Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/art2huz/Payload -F../../Libs -filelist /Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/art2huz/build/B4iProject.build/Release-iphoneos/B4iProject.build/Objects-normal/armv7/Minesweeper.LinkFileList -ObjC -fobjc-arc -fobjc-link-runtime -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -lCore -framework Foundation -framework CoreGraphics -framework UIKit -liHttp -liSQL -liAdMob -liJSON -framework AVFoundation -lsqlite3 -framework AudioToolbox -framework AdSupport -framework CoreGraphics -framework CoreTelephony -framework EventKit -framework EventKitUI -framework MessageUI -framework StoreKit -framework SystemConfiguration -lGoogleAdMobAds -framework GoogleMobileAds -liDebug -Xlinker -dependency_info -Xlinker /Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/art2huz/build/B4iProject.build/Release-iphoneos/B4iProject.build/Objects-normal/armv7/Minesweeper_dependency_info.dat -o /Users/administrator/Documents/UploadedProjects/art2huz/Payload/Minesweeper.app/Minesweeper
ld: library not found for -lGoogleAdMobAds
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)


Error: ** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
    Ld Payload/Minesweeper.app/Minesweeper normal armv7
(1 failure)

 

[Erel]

This is the error message you get when you are using the old library.

Make sure that iAdMob version is 1.20 and restart the IDE.

 

[Jack Cole]

Restarting the IDE fixed it. Thanks!

 

[Erel]

Restarting the IDE is not usually required when you update a library. However in this specific case due to a bug in the way the secondary library is manager it requires a restart for the reference to be removed.

 

[susu]

I'm using iAdMob v1.2 and hosted builder. I got this error when try to load ad:

<Google:HTML> You are currently using version 7.0.0 of the SDK. Please consider updating your SDK to the most recent sdk version to get the latest features and bug fixes. The latest SDK can be downloaded from http://goo.gl/iGzfsP. A full list of release notes is available at https://developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk/docs/admob/ios/rel-notes

Do I need to wait for @Erel to update the SDK?

 

[Erel]

Yes. I will update it next week.

 

[susu]

@Erel I'm waiting for updated lib to publish my app. Thank you.

 

[Erel]

Done: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/hosted-mac-builder-announcements.52265/#post-337762

 

[salvadoro]

Hi i'm already copy libGoogleAdMobAds.a to the libs directory, but i get this error:

ld: framework not found GoogleMobileAds

i'm using B4i v2 and macserverv2

Regards,

Salvador.

 

[Erel]

See the last sentence in the first post: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/iadmob.47319/

 

[salvadoro]

Ok, thanks Erel.

 

[abhishek007p]

Is the usage of iAdMob same as AdMob for android?
can anyone post complete code.

 

[ilan]

Is the usage of iAdMob same as AdMob for android?
can anyone post complete code.

Check the first page of this thread, i have uploaded there a full project

 

[ilan]

Sub Process_Globals
   Dim adview1 As AdView
End Sub

'...

Private Sub Application_Start (Nav As NavigationController)
'...
    adview1.Initialize("Ad","ca-app-pub-xxxxx",Page1, adview1.SIZE_SMART_BANNER_PORTRAIT)
    adview1.LoadAd 
End Sub

Private Sub Page1_Resize(Width As Int, Height As Int)
        Dim height As Int = 50
        Page1.RootPanel.AddView(adview1, 0,Page1.RootPanel.height-height, Page1.RootPanel.Width, height)
        adview1.BringToFront
End Sub
'...

 

[ilan]

thanks but please hide your AdMob publisher code.

Why? If someone would like to use it i would be very thankfull

 

[ilan]

try my publisher code...

 

[abhishek007p]

ReceiveAd event was fired but no Ad was displayed. i found the problem and fixed it, ads was appearing but outside the screen area. so we have resize the adview in the page resize event.

there is a difference of 64px in the height of page if we get the value outside of page resize event. (strange)

Private Sub Page1_Resize(Width As Int, Height As Int)
    If AdView1.IsInitialized = True Then
        AdView1.SetLayoutAnimated(0, 1, 0, 100%y - GetAdHeight, 100%x, GetAdHeight)
    End If
End Sub

Here is how to get the device ID:
First run the code using any dummy text as publisher id, it will produce an error but shows the device id in log like this.

<Google> To get test ads on this device, call: request.testDevices = @[ @"<DeviceID>" ];

Copy the Device ID and get sample publisher ID from links below.
https://developers.google.com/admob/ios/quick-start

 

[abhishek007p]

Image 1 - Test Banner Ads 50px height


Image 2 - Test Banner 200px height ad (non standard height)


Image 3 - ilan's pub id, banner ad 32px height


Image 4 - Test Interstitial Ads


All Test Done using B4I 1.80 and AdMob 1.21

 

[ilan]

yes you are right, i copy/past the part from page resize sub to app start sub... sorry