Re: Display a close button on banner ads

[Kunal Verma]

From what I understand is that you want to have a button above the ad
( a button covering space on the ad view )
If this the case, then it is against the terms of AdMob Ads as
displaying a button or any other thing above the Ads is against the
policy.

DId I got you correctly?

Thanks
Kunal

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:01 PM, chenyf <chen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How can I display a close button, for example like "x", onto my banner ads
> which will appear at the bottom of my view? As it is shown in the attached
> screen cap. I want to display a close button onto the top left of the ads at
> the bottom of the view so that the user can choose to close it.
>
> Thank you for your help.
> Chen
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[Kunal Verma]

Hey

I dont think having a workaround is a good Idea. As the policy is
there, Its not beneficial to go against it. We need to agree with the
Usage as described in the policy.
I havent seen that button on Google AdMob Ads. Maybe it is from some
other Ad Network and that too not in AdMob Mediation.

Thanks
Kunal

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:36 PM, chenyf <chen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kunal:
>
> Yes, you are right that I just want to have a close button at the corner of
> my banner ads.
> I do see other ads does this. Is there a workaround for the policy? Do I
> need to create this close button into my ads itself?
>
> Thanks.

[Kunal Verma]

@Dan Dragut, chenyf

The button itself is not against the policy of use but can go against one of the terms which is encouraging accidental/fraudulent clicks.
I won't recommend it you. As a badly implemented button can cause the user to accidentally clicking the ads, which could get your account locked.

Use it at your own risk.

@chenyf 

Technically there's nothing stopping you from wrapping the AdView together with button (or image button) in say a relative layout and have that inside your activity layout (using includes or simply pasted in). You can then code the button handler to find that wrapper layout and hide it, essentially hiding the button and the ad as well.

@kunal verma 

Can you please post the excerpt from the AdMob terms that says that.