Modify default timeout for AdMob Mediation

[aasha]

Platform : Android

I can see from the release notes that ad timeout is configurable for AdMob Mediation.

https://developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk/docs/rel-notes

From the constructor I can set shortTimeout(boolean) to true or false

But I could not find any option to set it from the AdMob website. Is the option available to set custom timeout for an appId?

[Eric Leichtenschlag]

Hello aasha,

This setting is found in the app settings for your ad unit ID, but only if this id has been whitelisted to serve interstitial ads.

Thanks,
Eric

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[aasha]

Hello Eric,

Thanks for your reply.

My observation is that I request ad from AdMob mediation.

After 8 secs exactly my listeners get a Failed to receive Ad callback (No fill error)

However I can see the ad completely loaded from the network sdk in some 9-10 secs which is not rendered as I received a failed callback before that.

If the default timeout is 60 sec why is it not waiting for the network sdk response.

I have attached the logs for the same.

Regards,

Aasha

[Eric Leichtenschlag]

Hi Aasha,

It looks like you're trying to get an InMobi ad through Mediation. The default 60 second timeout is default for getting an AdMob Interstitial not using mediation.

I don't think we provide an option within Mediation to set the Interstitial timeout. Generally if you're mediating you don't want the timeout to be too long, because if you're mediating between 3-4 networks, it could take 3-4 minutes to retrieve an interstitial from the request. But being able to specify 10 or 15 seconds seems reasonable. I'll have to confirm with the eng team if it is hardcoded to something like 8 seconds, and whether it makes sense to add this as a server side option.

Thanks,

Eric

[aasha]

Thanks a lot Eric,

Hoping to hear from you soon with the update from engineering team

Regards,

Aasha

[Eric Leichtenschlag]

Hi aasha,

So we do set a timeout for interstitials when mediating (somewhere in the 5-10 second range, it could be 8 based on your experience). Unfortunately, this option is not configurable at the publisher level. I'll file a feature request to make this a setting in the AdMob UI for interstitial mediation placements.

Thanks,
Eric

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[aasha]

Thanks for the update Eric.

A setting on the publisher side will be great. If that is not possible increasing the max limit of timeout to 15s would also help.

Regards,

Aasha