Animated GIFs: pause ad when not in view

[Rey Balating]

It's been observed that animated GIF ads put a heavy load on resources. At the worst when they are delivering on sponsorship priority. Is there a way to control/animate them only when in view or does the GMA SDK already handle this? So, we expect that they're on pause after they're successfully loaded, play when scrolled into view, and pause again after scrolling past them (not in view). 

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Rey,

Thank you for reaching out to us. 

With regard to your concern, I'm afraid that the SDK doesn't have any control on the ads, so there is no way to pause it. With this, we would suggest to reduce the number of ads you are trying to load to free up and reduce the phone's resources.

Regards,
Teejay Pimentel
Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Rizwan Saleem]

Hey Teejay,

Thanks Rey for starting the thread.

Let me explain a bit more about the problem. We are using them in a UITableView in our iOS application. The problem is animated GIF ads keeps using the GPU even if they are not on the screen. 

We did profiling with:
- Text Ads

- Video Ads

- Animated GIF ads

- Static GIF ads

All ads are fine except Animated GIF ones. As when table view is scrolled, we still can see that GPU is being used when we display Animated GIF ads, as cells are not pausing them and they keeps on animating within the cell even if they are not visible on the screen. This causes GPU to increase its usage and temperature of device gets very high within no time.

Can you suggest regarding the implementation of Animated GIF ads within the Table view? Or how should we proceed to find the solution of this problem?

Regards,

Rizwan Saleem.

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Rizwan,

Thank you for getting back to us. Would it be possible for you to provide the following details?

• A project (or at least a sample project) where the issue is reproducible, and its steps to trigger the behavior
• Instruments recording of the behavior
• Charles log (see instructions here) capturing the behavior

Once shared, I could then raise this to the team to get their insight as well. Kindly send the requested details via Reply privately to author option.

Regards,
Teejay Pimentel
Mobile Ads SDK Team
 

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[Rey Balating]

Hi Teejay,

There have been some changes to our team last week and therefore there will be delays to our response. I have included Chatar Veer and Ali Kazi in this conversation. They're both software engineers. 

We will get back to you as soon as we can. 

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Rey Balating | ad ops Manager

Email: r...@dubizzle.com | Tel: +971 4 446 6800 | P.O. Box 333905

10^th Floor– Landmark Tower, Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates

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[Rey Balating]

Hi Teejay, 

I was informed that Rizwan sent you the things you asked for privately. Could you please confirm that you have received? 

Could you also please give some updates? 

P.S, Rizwan is, unfortunately, no longer part of the company. 

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Rey,

I'm afraid we didn't receive any response from Rizwan. Could you provide us the requested details via Reply privately to author option? Kindly let us know once this is done, so we could check it on our end.

[Rey Balating]

Thanks, Teejay. 

@Ali Kazi, they never received any response from Rizwan. Are we able to pick up where he left and send those that Google requires? Thanks

• A project (or at least a sample project) where the issue is reproducible, and its steps to trigger the behavior
• Instruments recording of the behavior
• Charles log (see instructions here) capturing the behavior

sent by,

Rey Balating | ad ops Manager

Email: r...@dubizzle.com | Tel: +971 4 446 6800 | P.O. Box 333905

10^th Floor– Landmark Tower, Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates

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