Ad Interstitials with splash screens

[Alex Casha]

I have applied Ad Interstitials in the main activity using splash screen and it works fine but when the game has finished and it restarts again the ad does not show again. Can anyone help please? Also I would like to put the ad at the end after the result page and not in the beginning as it is not nice for the user. I have several classes so I would like to use it in the score class(result page). I do not know how to use it when I do not have the method onCreate.

[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Alex,

 

I'm not sure if it's within the policy to show Interstitial ads using Splash screen and I would suggest you to go through our interstitial best practices to learn more. As for implementing this somewhere else, I would suggest you to go through our sample apps to start and then let us know if you are still facing issues.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Alex Casha]

Hi Deepika Uragayala,

I might have explained my needs in the wrong way.

I have created a game which I wish to put Interstitial ads at the end of the game as described by your links. I need online help to implement it.

Do you provide chat with technical support so I can know where and how to implement the code? I saw several clips on youtube but I still cannot make it. It took me a very long time to do it and I will not publish it without ads. 

Best regards,

Alex

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Hi Alex,

We would not be able to provide support via chat but you can still send us screenshots and code snippets of your implementation or a sample project. This would really help us to debug the issue further. 

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On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 3:30:42 PM UTC-4, Alex Casha wrote:

Hi Deepika Uragayala,

I might have explained my needs in the wrong way.

I have created a game which I wish to put Interstitial ads at the end of the game as described by your links. I need online help to implement it.

Do you provide chat with technical support so I can know where and how to implement the code? I saw several clips on youtube but I still cannot make it. It took me a very long time to do it and I will not publish it without ads. 

Best regards,

Alex

[Alex Casha]

Hi Deepika Uragayala,

The following is the main activity.

package com.gamingtechnology.parrots;

        import com.gamingtechnology.parrots.Core.ControlCenter;
        import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdListener;
        import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
        import com.google.android.gms.ads.InterstitialAd;

        import android.app.Activity;
        import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
        import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
        import android.media.MediaPlayer;
        import android.os.Bundle;
        import android.view.Window;
        import android.view.WindowManager;


public class ParrotsActivity extends Activity {

    ParrotsGameView mGLSurfaceView;
    private MediaPlayer mp;
    InterstitialAd mInterstitialAd;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);

        AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();

        // Prepare the Interstitial Ad
        mInterstitialAd = new InterstitialAd(ParrotsActivity.this);
// Insert the Ad Unit ID
        mInterstitialAd.setAdUnitId(getString(R.string.admob_interstitial_id));

        mInterstitialAd.loadAd(adRequest);
// Prepare an Interstitial Ad Listener
        mInterstitialAd.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
            public void onAdLoaded() {
// Call displayInterstitial() function
                    displayInterstitial();
                    onPause();

            }
            public void onAdClosed(){
                onResume();
            }
        });
        mGLSurfaceView = new ParrotsGameView(this);
        setContentView(mGLSurfaceView);
        mGLSurfaceView.requestFocus();
        mGLSurfaceView.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onStart();
        if(mp==null){
            // R.raw.mmp
            mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.s_background);
            mp.setLooping(true);
            mp.start();
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        ControlCenter.mTimer.pause();
        super.onStop();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onResume();
        mGLSurfaceView.onResume();
        ControlCenter.mTimer.resume();
        //displayInterstitial();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onPause();
        mGLSurfaceView.onPause();
        mp.pause();
        ControlCenter.mTimer.pause();
        mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.s_background);
        mp.setLooping(true);
        mp.start();
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onDestroy();
        mp.stop();
        //displayInterstitial();
    }
    public void displayInterstitial() {
// If Ads are loaded, show Interstitial else show nothing.
        if (mInterstitialAd.isLoaded()) {
            mInterstitialAd.show();
        }
    }
}

After the end of the game it displays the result,

so after I need that the ad Interstitial code is in this method or so and not in the main activity(ParrotsActivity).

The following is another class using the function to direct the user to the start of the game after that has pressed on the result screen. 

void raiseTouchResultViewEvent()
{
    ControlCenter.mScene = E_SCENARIO.MENU;
}
Thanks
Alex

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[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Alex,

The snippet itself looks fine to me but just so I understand, the ParrotActivity is the results screen and you want to show the Interstitial when this is shown to the user? If so, this should work but can you make sure not to call onPause() directly when the Interstitial is loaded? You can provide a sample app for any more specific queries with regards to this.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

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On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 12:37:33 PM UTC-4, Alex Casha wrote:

Hi Deepika Uragayala,

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[Alex Casha]

Hi Deepika Uragayala,

No the ParrotActivity is the main activity. Every time I load the game the ad is shown before the user starts playing which make no sense. I want it in the class ScreenTouch where there is the following function, 

void raiseTouchResultViewEvent()
{
    ControlCenter.mScene = E_SCENARIO.MENU;
}

so the ad will pop up at the end of the game. The ScreenTouch is a class and not an empty activity with an xml so there is no the onCreate function.

Alex

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[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Alex,

Ok, but I don't understand how this is done without looking at an actual sample app. Can you provide me one for us to proceed? The code snippets that I have seen do not suggest any wrong implementation.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

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On Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 2:53:44 AM UTC-4, Alex Casha wrote:

Hi Deepika Uragayala,

No the ParrotActivity is the main activity. Every time I load the game the ad is shown before the user starts playing which make no sense. I want it in the class ScreenTouch where there is the following function, 

void raiseTouchResultViewEvent()
{
    ControlCenter.mScene = E_SCENARIO.MENU;
}

so the ad will pop up at the end of the game. The ScreenTouch is a class and not an empty activity with an xml so there is no the onCreate function.

Alex

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[Alex Casha]

Hi Deepika,

I have tried another method but still the same. The method showInterstitial() is ghost. Kindly find attached a snap shot of my code.

Best Regards,

Alex 

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[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Alex,

Why are you calling showInterstitial() by appending it as if it were being declared via an Interface? You must simply call showInterstitial() and not private void showInterstitial() from your GAME_OVER_END case.

Let me know if you still continue to have issues.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

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On Monday, April 17, 2017 at 3:00:45 PM UTC-4, Alex Casha wrote:

Hi Deepika,

I have tried another method but still the same. The method showInterstitial() is ghost. Kindly find attached a snap shot of my code.

Best Regards,

Alex 

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[Alex Casha]

Hi Deepika,

I still got an error. Kindly find enclose a copy of the error.

Best regards,

Alex

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[Alex Casha]

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Alex Casha <roulettec...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Deepika,

I still got an error. Kindly find enclose a copy of the error.

Best regards,

Alex

[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Alex,

Are you trying to call a static method directly or without first creating an instance of it? This is a Java coding issue and you must create an instance of your object and then call that method. For any further assistance on any Java related queries, I would suggest that you use StackOverflow.

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[Alex Casha]

Thanks. I am using StackOverflow but still no one has fixed my issue..

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