RE: [google-admob-ads-sdk] Lack of impressions event in jetpack compose

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Tomasz,

Thanks for reaching out to the GMA SDK Forum.

I had to delete your post since sensitive apps were posted publicly. Moving forward, you may reply privately to author option. For your reference, I’ve pasted below post content:

“When AdManagerAdView is used in jetpack compose view, impression events and impression callback is not called when 1px is rendered on the screen.”

Could you confirm if said behavior is observed in our sample apps without using JetPack compose? I was able to test your sample app to load test ads, this could be an issue with the implementation. Upon checking, the impression callback was fired after coming back from the background, and the ad became visible when the new screen was painted. Have you tried to ​​set the ad during the doOnLayout method in jetpack compose? We would like to request screen video recording showing the issue, so that we can investigate further. 
 

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[Oya Canlı]

Hello! I have the same issue after converting a screen to Compose. AdManagerAdView wrapped in a Compose AndroidView, is successfully loaded and shown, but impressions are not counted. onAdImpression method is not called on those views. My code is something like this:
AndroidView( factory = { context -> val unitId = AdUtils.buildAdUnitId(context, adMetadata) val builder = AdManagerAdRequest.Builder() //... set extra params.. AdManagerAdView(context.applicationContext).apply { setAdSizes(*adMetadata.adSizes) adUnitId = unitId importantForAccessibility = View.IMPORTANT_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY_NO adListener = object : AdListener() { override fun onAdLoaded() { super.onAdLoaded() Timber.e("ad loaded location ${adMetadata.location} position ${adMetadata.position}") } override fun onAdFailedToLoad(adError: LoadAdError) { super.onAdFailedToLoad(adError) Timber.e("ad load failed: message = ${adError.message}, cause = ${adError.cause}, response info = ${adError.responseInfo}") } override fun onAdImpression() { super.onAdImpression() Timber.e("onAdImpression location ${adMetadata.location} position ${adMetadata.position}") } } loadAd(builder.build()) } } ) Interestingly, if I pause the application and resume, onAdImpression is called. Or if I navigate towards another screen, onAdImpression is called for the screen I am leaving. 
I am using version 21.5.0
I don't have a problem on another screen which uses views and recyclerviews. Only on the page that I converted to Compose. 
Is this a bug or is there another recommended way of using ads in compose?

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Oya,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

Before we can confirm if this is a bug or before we can recommend other way, can you confirm if you're able to replicate this behavior in one of our sample app (https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-android-examples)? If yes, kindly provide it to us and the following information below for us to further check.

• Sample app project of your implementation or one of our sample app where this behavior is reproducible
• Steps to replicate
• Screen recording of the behavior
• Device name and versions affected
• App ID

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[Oya Canlı]

Your sample is not using Jetpack Compose as far as I see. This is a problem when AdManagerAdView is used with Jatpack Compose. I see another thread mentioning the same problem for NativeAdView with Jetpack Compose and the workaround the developer proposed there worked for me as well: https://groups.google.com/g/google-admob-ads-sdk/c/9rduZS_2bpE/m/60ozaDHkBwAJ
Yet, that's an ugly workaround. I hope this can be fixed (if it is a bug) or maybe you could provide us a sample on how to use AdManagerAdView or NativeAdView with Jetpack Compose.

I can't share my client's project unfortunately, but I will try to prepare a simple sample. 

[Peter Németh]

Hello,

I am facing the very same issue. Here is a code snippet to reproduce the issue when using NativeAdView in Compose:

@Composable
fun NativeAdViewCell(
modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
viewModel: NativeAdViewModel = koinViewModel()
) {
val nativeAd: NativeAd? by viewModel.nativeAd.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()

Box(
modifier = modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
) {
AndroidViewBinding(
factory = NativeBannerAdBinding::inflate,
modifier = Modifier
.fillMaxWidth(),
update = {
nativeAd?.let { na ->
adHeadline.text = na.headline
adCallToAction.text = na.callToAction

adIcon.isGone = na.icon == null
adIcon.setImageDrawable(na.icon?.drawable)

val ratingVisible = na.starRating != null
val advertiserVisible = ratingVisible.not() && na.advertiser != null
val storeVisible = advertiserVisible.not() && na.store != null

adPrice.isVisible = ratingVisible && na.price != null
adPrice.text = na.price

adStars.isVisible = ratingVisible
na.starRating?.let {
adStars.rating = it.toFloat()
}

adAdvertiser.isVisible = advertiserVisible
adAdvertiser.text = na.advertiser

adStore.isVisible = storeVisible
adStore.text = na.store

adView.setNativeAd(na)

}
}
)
}
}

I guess I do not need to provide the loading of the NativeAd. During the loading the listener is set via "withAdListener". As mentioned in this thread earlier, the "onAdImpression" is not called after the ad is shown (neither when the ad is reloaded multiple times). The "onAdImpression" is triggered only if the user returns to the screen.

Steps to reproduce (reproducible with both test and real AdUnitIds):

- Create implementation of NativeAdView via AndroidViewBinding in Composable.

- Load a NativeAd with AdListener set to track Impressions

- After the NativeAd is loaded, set it to the NativeAdView (see code-snippet)

- Ad is shown, but impression is not tracked (onAdLoaded is triggered)

Regards,

Peter

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hello Peter,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

Can you confirm if you're able to replicate this behavior in one of our sample app (https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-android-examples)? If so, kindly provide it to us and the following information below for us to further investigate.

• Sample app project of your implementation or one of our sample app where this behavior is reproducible
• Steps to replicate
• Screen recording of the behavior
• Device name and versions affected
• App ID

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Mobile Ads SDK Team