How to safely test mediated rewarded video ads?

[Michael Stoner]

Hello,

I started trying to implement rewarded video ads at the beginning of March. At this time per your documentation this required a third party to serve the ads so I joined AdColony and set up an ad unit with mediation. I tried testing at this time using a generated test ad unit but it failed because AdColony returned a 403: error.

After some searching I came across 

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-admob-ads-sdk/atouIqWtTS4 from December 2016

which states "Currently, there are no test ads from the AdMob network for Reward Video ads. You must not add a test device from the client side and instead enable them from each of these network's dashboard."

I did this and set the necessary test status on AdColony and its been working fine ever since, however on logging on to my account today I was shocked to see that I had generated $0.17 of revenue from 30 impressions last week from what is still a test implementation. AdColony doesn't register any revenue so my assumption is that since AdMob rewarded ads have been enabled I have been started to receive live ads from AdMob in place of the dummy ads from AdColony

1) Please could you remove the incorrect revenue from my account as I don't want it.

2) Since I know that Adcolony won't work using a generated test ad unit I've removed AdColony from the adUnit, however on trying to call with a generated test ID (using builder.addTestDevice) I receive the following output from Ads in logcat 

Received Error http response code 403

There was a problem getting an ad response.ErrorCode 0" 

"Failed to load ad:0". 

Calling it with a live ID loads an ad (since I knew it was live I didn't click on it) - is this because there are still no rewarded video test ads? If so how can I safely test rewarded video using AdColony only with no risk of receiving live Admob ads?

Thanks in advance,

Michael

[Veer Arjun Busani(Mobile Ads SDK Team)]

Hi Michael,

1) Please could you remove the incorrect revenue from my account as I don't want it.

You can always use this link to report such invalid activity to the AdMob Product Support team. They would be able to look into your account and assist you further.

2) Since I know that Adcolony won't work using a generated test ad unit I've removed AdColony from the adUnit, however on trying to call with a generated test ID (using builder.addTestDevice) I receive the following output from Ads in logcat

Since we have enabled AdMob network to serve Reward Video ads as well, you can use our test Ad Unit ID: ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5224354917 for now and change it your live one once your app is ready for prod. You would not be able to add test devices for now for Reward Video ads.

Thanks,

Arjun Busani
Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Raymond Xie]

Hi Veer,

Test Ad Unit ID: ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5224354917

Is it valid for Android or iOS platform, or both?

Regards,

Raymond

[Veer Arjun Busani(Mobile Ads SDK Team)]

Hi Raymond,

For Reward Videos, the following are our test Ad Unit ID

• iOS - ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/1712485313
• Android - ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5224354917

Note that Reward Video Ad Unit IDs are platform specific.

Thanks,

Arjun Busani

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Alin B.]

I am also facing the same issue and want to properly test rewarded videos.

So the be sure I properly understood, in my android app use ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5224354917 as adunit and then do not use .addTestDevice 

Is this correct? Are there any limits on using this adunit for testing? I mean can it be used to test all scenarios, especially reward the user after watching the whole ad?

Thank you.

[Veer Arjun Busani(Mobile Ads SDK Team)]

Hi Alin,

This is correct. You are free to use our test Ad Unit IDs to any extent you want without any issues. You do need to add any test devices for your ad request.

Thanks,

Arjun Busani
Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Mobile Dev]

Hi, I was told that for test video you don't have to add test devices. I though that for test interstitial ad, you have to, but I didn't add any test device and it works just fine. Am I doing it wrong? Just using the test Ad Unit ID works for me.

[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi,

You can use our test Reward Video Ad Unit Id without the need to add any test devices and this would still serve you test ads.

Regards,
Deepika Uragayala
Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Vincent Tsai]

Hi  Uragayala

        Does the test Ad Unit ID  iOS - ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/1712485313 still work? I tried but I can't get an test ads. It always show "Error Domain=com.google.ads Code=9 "No ad returned from any ad server." in the log. However I can display reward video with my own unit id. But I want to test the whole process.

Thanks

Vincent

          

Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team於 2017年4月10日星期一 UTC+8下午10時01分39秒寫道：

[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Vincent,

I was able to load Reward Video test ads(Screenshot attached) with our test Ad Unit ID (ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/1712485313) without any issues. Can you confirm whether you are seeing the same issue with our sample apps as well?

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Joe Tse]

Hi, Deepika,

I've downloaded the sample app and run in my iPhone (ios 10), I got error in log :

<Google> Cannot find an ad network adapter with the name(s): com.google.DummyAdapter.Remember to link all required ad network adapters and SDKs, and set -ObjC in the 'Other Linker Flags' setting of your build target.

The same error shows in my own app. What should I do with this error?

Thank you.

[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Joe,

I was not able to reproduce the issue with our sample apps on an iPhone 6s device. Can you send us your Ad Unit ID to look into this issue? 

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Joe Tse]

Hi, Deepika,

I was trying sample app with ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/1712485313. iPhone 5, 

The interstitial ads works, so the SDK should be setup correctly. Just reward video, doesn't work.

BTW, my own unit id is ca-app-pub-5254583334383103/6491341959

I did not set up any mediation in my admob unit id setting. But it doesn't matter when I testing with sample app right?

[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Joe,

Can you confirm whether you are using our Reward Video sample apps and not the Interstitial one to load ads from your Ad Unit ID? I was able to load Reward Video ads using your Ad Unit ID without any issues.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Sheliya Infotech]

hi frn my firebase reverded video is not work can anybody
 help me

[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Gautam,

Can you provide us your Ad Unit ID to look into this issue and provide us more details about the error you are seeing? Also, can you try to reproduce the issue with our sample apps and let us know if you are seeing the same with our sample apps?

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Joe Tse]

Hi, Deepika,

Yes, I downloaded the sample app, and did not change anything. Log saids

2017-06-13 10:32:24.972 RewardedVideoExample[4065:8393754] <Google> Cannot find an ad network adapter with the name(s): com.google.DummyAdapter. Remember to link all required ad network adapters and SDKs, and set -ObjC in the 'Other Linker Flags' setting of your build target.

2017-06-13 10:32:25.017 RewardedVideoExample[4065:8393581] Reward based video ad failed to load.

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[Sheliya Infotech]

my adsense account is block for 30 days can you help me beacause that was caused by my enemy

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[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

@Joe
As mentioned above, I was able to load Reward Video ads from your Ad Unit ID without any issues. This sounds like a serving issue with your location and you would have to contact our AdMob Product Support team.

@Gautam
This is a support forum for Mobile Ads SDK and you would have to contact AdSense Product Support team to resolve any account related queries.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 6:18:22 AM UTC-4, Sheliya Infotech wrote:

my adsense account is block for 30 days can you help me beacause that was caused by my enemy

[Joe Tse]

Hi Deepika,


Got it, I will reach Admob support team to figure out.
Thank you.

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 3:21 AM 'Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team' via Google Mobile Ads SDK Developers <google-adm...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

@Joe
As mentioned above, I was able to load Reward Video ads from your Ad Unit ID without any issues. This sounds like a serving issue with your location and you would have to contact our AdMob Product Support team.

@Gautam
This is a support forum for Mobile Ads SDK and you would have to contact AdSense Product Support team to resolve any account related queries.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 6:18:22 AM UTC-4, Sheliya Infotech wrote:

my adsense account is block for 30 days can you help me beacause that was caused by my enemy

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[wanderlu...@gmail.com]

Hello, i am having issues displaying Reward Video Ads, for the real ads as well as test ads, i am also cannot be able to use test ads, i have download sample code for Rewarded Video Ads, the strange thing your sample reward video ad code is also not working and says Failed to load ads, kindly help me resolve the issue as soon as possible, because i am really worried, i have implemented correct way and fulfill all the steps required to display Rewarded ads, but still its not loading even the test ads. I am waiting for your kind and urgent response soon :(

[si...@adsnative.com]

Hi,

Rewarded Video Android test ad unit id (ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5224354917) is giving an Error code 3 (no-fill) from yesterday. It was working on Friday, May 25th. Could you please fix this as we have a demo next week.

Thanks,

Sijo

[mobileadssdk-a...@google.com]

Hi Sijo,

Thank you for reaching out to us. We also want to help you get this sorted out before your demo.

It is indeed odd that you are getting a No fill error when loading a test Rewarded Ad using our sample Ad Unit Id. Since you were able to load test ads last Friday (May 25), then it's safe to assume that your code implementation for Mobile Ads SDK is working correctly.

That said, I tested with our RewardedVideoExample app and I was able to load test ads on my end. Could you check if you can reproduce the issue on a different Android device? However, since this is an old thread, I suggest that you create a new thread and share your new findings there. Then, we'll continue our investigation from that thread instead.

Regards,

Ivan Bautista

Mobile Ads SDK Team