testing mediation

[Paul Falstad]

Hi, how do I test AdMob Mediation?  I am working on Android.  I set up a new ad unit with 3 ad sources (AdMob, Millennial Media, InMobi) and changed my app to use that ad unit id.  When I run the app I am still just getting AdMob test ads.  I changed the eCPM for the two additional networks to .99 to force those to be used first but I'm still just getting AdMob test ads.  How can I ask for test ads from a particular network?  How can I make sure that each individual network is working properly?

I'm using smart banners, would that be a problem?  Also do I have to initialize the SDK's for Millennial Media and InMobi (using their documentation) or do I just load their SDK and the adapter and rely on AdMob to do the initialization?  All the SDK's I downloaded today, they're the latest.  Thanks.

[Eric Leichtenschlag]

If you're running in test mode (you called adrequest.addTestDevice with your device ID), then your mediation settings are ignored and only the AdMob test ad is returned. You'd have to make a live request to have mediation kick in, but I'm sure the mediation networks wouldn't like you clicking on their live ads during development. We need to think of some way to enable you to send test requests to the adapters.

You don't need to write any code to fire up Millennial Media or InMobi. You just need to include their ad network SDK and mediation adapter. AdMob Mediation will invoke the adapters on your behalf, which will make calls to Millennial and InMobi SDKs. You will want to test out the smart banner format in particular though. Other networks may not support that format, or their adapters may not have been updated to support that format, in which case their adapter may not work with smart banner requests or return a smaller sized ad. It's up to the ad network.

Thanks,

Eric

[Ray Trask]

Any progress on a test mediation approach?

On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 9:13:40 PM UTC-4, Eric Leichtenschlag wrote:

" We need to think of some way to enable you to send test requests to the adapters."

Thanks,

Eric

[Eric Leichtenschlag]

Unfortunately, no. The only way to invoke mediation networks is to make a live request.

[Ray Trask - GM]

Does that go against policy as long as you only click house ads.  That’s the mediation I am most concerned about testing with my advertisers.

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[Eric Leichtenschlag]

If you click your own house ads, those clicks will show up for the house ads in reporting.

Policy-wise, its fine to click your own house ads, since from AdMob's perspective you are also the advertiser and nobody is getting charged.

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