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Google Interactive Media Ads SDK Technical Forum

This is the technical discussion forum for the Google IMA SDK. It provides:

SDK announcements and updates
Technical SDK support across Android, iOS, HTML5, and Flash
A place to report SDK feature requests or bugs / crashes

Be sure to check out our developer documentation for more information.

IMPORTANT: Official posts/replies from the IMA SDK Technical Support Team come from imasdk@forumsupport.google or ima-sdk-support@google.com.

Before you Post

To get your questions answered as quickly as possible, please answer the following in your initial post:

Which SDK are you using (Android, iOS, HTML5, Flash)?
What ad tag are you using in your request?
Are you able to reproduce this issue using your ad tag in the sample app (Android, iOS) or the Video Suite Inspector (HTML5, Flash)?
1. If not, please provide an app or website with which we can reproduce this issue.
What steps must we take to reproduce your issue?

If you're not comfortable sharing some of this info on the forum, make a note of it in your post and we can contact you directly.

Out of Scope Topics

For DFP video ad serving questions, talk to your account manager or see the DFP product forums

Thanks for reading, and happy posting!

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Bret McGowen, … Jackson Sui (IMA SDK Team)366

Aug 15

Release notes for the IMA HTML5 SDK

8/15/2022 - 3.525.0 Service release. No new features. On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 11:27:41 AM UTC-4

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Release notes for the IMA HTML5 SDK

8/15/2022 - 3.525.0 Service release. No new features. On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 11:27:41 AM UTC-4

Aug 15

Behrooz Fard, IMA SDK13

Aug 15

Hi Behrooz, Could you send us privately a reference VAST that contains an HTML companion ad that runs

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Hi Behrooz, Could you send us privately a reference VAST that contains an HTML companion ad that runs

Aug 15

Cristian Paredes, IMA SDK7

Aug 11

[ima-sdk] [HTML5] Omid verification circular structure to JSON

Hello Cristian, Thank you for responding back to us. I was now able to replicate the same behavior on

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[ima-sdk] [HTML5] Omid verification circular structure to JSON

Hello Cristian, Thank you for responding back to us. I was now able to replicate the same behavior on

Aug 11

brian.n...@teleboy.ch, IMA SDK2

Aug 10

[IMA SDK IOS] add custom close button to dismiss the advertisement or player

Hello Brian, I'm Michael from IMA SDK Team. Thank you for reaching out to us. I'm afraid that

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[IMA SDK IOS] add custom close button to dismiss the advertisement or player

Hello Brian, I'm Michael from IMA SDK Team. Thank you for reaching out to us. I'm afraid that

Aug 10

Jesse Thompson, IMA SDK5

Aug 9

TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'isLinear')

Hi Jesse, Thank you for providing your working VAST that plays video without audio. Since all server

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TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'isLinear')

Hi Jesse, Thank you for providing your working VAST that plays video without audio. Since all server

Aug 9

Eric Versteeg, … IMA SDK6

Aug 8

[Android] How to add a margin around Learn More & Ad Progress

Hi Kevin, While I cannot point you to documentation this has become industry practice to place a

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[Android] How to add a margin around Learn More & Ad Progress

Hi Kevin, While I cannot point you to documentation this has become industry practice to place a

Aug 8

Jackson Sui (IMA SDK Team)3

Aug 8

Release notes for the IMA Roku SDK

08/05/2022 - 3.56.0 Service release, no new features. A note on the inactivity on this thread for

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Release notes for the IMA Roku SDK

08/05/2022 - 3.56.0 Service release, no new features. A note on the inactivity on this thread for

Aug 8

Omar BSantos, IMA SDK11

Aug 4

IMA Android SDK using android.support dependencies instead of androidx.

Appreciate the heads up! Thanks for working on this, it really helps Regards, Omar On Thursday,

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IMA Android SDK using android.support dependencies instead of androidx.

Appreciate the heads up! Thanks for working on this, it really helps Regards, Omar On Thursday,

Aug 4

Bret McGowen, … Jackson Sui (IMA SDK Team)51

Aug 4

Release notes for the IMA Android SDK

8/3/2022 - 3.28.1 Service release, no new features. On Friday, May 27, 2022 at 1:13:54 PM UTC-4

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Release notes for the IMA Android SDK

8/3/2022 - 3.28.1 Service release, no new features. On Friday, May 27, 2022 at 1:13:54 PM UTC-4

Aug 4

Joni Cong, IMA SDK19

Aug 4

[iOS] Google IMA Picture in Picture Background Load Ads Issue

Hello Joni, Hope you are doing fine. I just want to get back here as we already received feedback

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[iOS] Google IMA Picture in Picture Background Load Ads Issue

Hello Joni, Hope you are doing fine. I just want to get back here as we already received feedback

Aug 4

Manan Pandya, … IMA SDK12

Aug 3

Flutter support for IMA SDK

Hi Arslan, Thank you for reaching out to IMA SDK support with your comments, I raised them with my

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Flutter support for IMA SDK

Hi Arslan, Thank you for reaching out to IMA SDK support with your comments, I raised them with my

Aug 3

pineapplevine1, IMA SDK2

Jul 29

Can import a specific version of IMA SDK for HTML5

Hi there, The SDK is pulled fresh from our servers upon every webpage loading. The latest SDK

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Can import a specific version of IMA SDK for HTML5

Hi there, The SDK is pulled fresh from our servers upon every webpage loading. The latest SDK

Jul 29

Hieu Cao K., IMA SDK4

Jul 27

[IMA SDK HTML5] Can't change style button skip ads

Hello, Thank you for responding back to us. I'm afraid that it is not possible to hide the skip

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[IMA SDK HTML5] Can't change style button skip ads

Hello, Thank you for responding back to us. I'm afraid that it is not possible to hide the skip

Jul 27

Arun Kumar, IMA SDK2

Jul 27

Hello Arun, Michael here from IMA SDK Team. Thank you for reaching out to us. Currently, we have

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Hello Arun, Michael here from IMA SDK Team. Thank you for reaching out to us. Currently, we have

Jul 27

森本幸紘, IMA SDK13

Jul 22

[IMA SDK HTML5] Cannt get ad slot id and companion ad click tracking information.

Hello, Hope you are doing well. I just want to get back here as our internal team needed some

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[IMA SDK HTML5] Cannt get ad slot id and companion ad click tracking information.

Hello, Hope you are doing well. I just want to get back here as our internal team needed some

Jul 22

Jeremy Blaker, IMA SDK10

Jul 22

Are mid-roll ads supported for AirPlay?

Hello Jeremy, Thank you for getting back to us. As per checking on our internal resource, I do not

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Are mid-roll ads supported for AirPlay?

Hello Jeremy, Thank you for getting back to us. As per checking on our internal resource, I do not

Jul 22

Amit Pal Singh, IMA SDK2

Jul 21

Using Gtag() with IMA-SDK

Hi Amit, Your query has reached IMA SDK support. I am assuming you want to pass ad events to your

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Using Gtag() with IMA-SDK

Hi Amit, Your query has reached IMA SDK support. I am assuming you want to pass ad events to your

Jul 21

Johnny Tseng, … IMA SDK15

Jul 21

[iOS] Unable to install IMA SDK manually (Crashes on launch)

Hello everyone, Hope you are all doing well. I just want to get back to let you know that this issue

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[iOS] Unable to install IMA SDK manually (Crashes on launch)

Hello everyone, Hope you are all doing well. I just want to get back to let you know that this issue

Jul 21

pineapplevine1, IMA SDK4

Jul 20

About ad playback during seek(IMA SDK for HTML5)

Hello, Thank you for responding back to us. If you follow the instructions in the documentation, it

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About ad playback during seek(IMA SDK for HTML5)

Hello, Thank you for responding back to us. If you follow the instructions in the documentation, it

Jul 20

Mohd Imran, IMA SDK2

Jul 20

IMA SDK issue with MidAd Roll

Hello Mohd, Michael here from IMA SDK Team. Thank you for reaching out to us. Would you be able to

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IMA SDK issue with MidAd Roll

Hello Mohd, Michael here from IMA SDK Team. Thank you for reaching out to us. Would you be able to

Jul 20

Abhishek Kumar, IMA SDK2

Jul 20

IMA SDK Sample App : Inconsistent behavior on playing pre-roll ads

Hello Abhishek, Michael here from IMA SDK Team. Thank you for reaching out to us. Before we can

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IMA SDK Sample App : Inconsistent behavior on playing pre-roll ads

Hello Abhishek, Michael here from IMA SDK Team. Thank you for reaching out to us. Before we can

Jul 20

Sowmiya Chinnasamy, … IMA SDK18

Jul 19

Android TV IMA skip ads focus issue

Hello all, I am having some difficulty reproducing the behavior. Using your sample app, I was able to

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Android TV IMA skip ads focus issue

Hello all, I am having some difficulty reproducing the behavior. Using your sample app, I was able to

Jul 19

nino.m...@teleboy.ch, IMA SDK4

Jul 19

IMS SDK for tvOS --> Tracking-URLs will not executed

Hello Nino, Thank you for responding back to us. Yes, we have received both the ad tag url and the

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IMS SDK for tvOS --> Tracking-URLs will not executed

Hello Nino, Thank you for responding back to us. Yes, we have received both the ad tag url and the

Jul 19

IMA SDK, R Baudisch12

Jul 18

RE: [ima-sdk] Test!

Hello René, Thank you for responding back to us. Our team have shared their feedbacks below: I

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RE: [ima-sdk] Test!

Hello René, Thank you for responding back to us. Our team have shared their feedbacks below: I

Jul 18

Андрей Поздняков, IMA SDK5

Jul 18

The purpose of the "videoElement" parameter for AdDisplayContainer

Hello Андрей, This is Jackson from the IMA SDK team to help with you issue. The content player passed

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The purpose of the "videoElement" parameter for AdDisplayContainer

Hello Андрей, This is Jackson from the IMA SDK team to help with you issue. The content player passed

Jul 18

Pavol Čižmárik, … IMA SDK9

Jul 18

Wrong AD counter in CS locale

Hi Pavol, I am from the IMA SDK engineer team and looking into this issue. Thanks for sending us the

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Wrong AD counter in CS locale

Hi Pavol, I am from the IMA SDK engineer team and looking into this issue. Thanks for sending us the

Jul 18

Markus Möller, … IMA SDK19

Jul 18

3.14.1: Ads cannot be requested … not attached to the view hierarchy

Hello Bryan, Thank you for getting back to us. The underlying issue is still under investigation. I

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3.14.1: Ads cannot be requested … not attached to the view hierarchy

Hello Bryan, Thank you for getting back to us. The underlying issue is still under investigation. I

Jul 18

IMA SDK, kevin....@stnvideo.com14

Jul 15

RE: [ima-sdk] Bug Report: Sample tag post roll plus bumper does not load if called twice

Hi Kevin, I brought your comments to my team. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Regards,

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RE: [ima-sdk] Bug Report: Sample tag post roll plus bumper does not load if called twice

Hi Kevin, I brought your comments to my team. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Regards,

Jul 15

KG, … IMA SDK8

Jul 15

Server Side Ads w/ IMA SDK

Hi Shiprasad, My team told me the following: This is one use-case for the PAL SDK. The SDK allows you

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Server Side Ads w/ IMA SDK

Hi Shiprasad, My team told me the following: This is one use-case for the PAL SDK. The SDK allows you

Jul 15

Trần Phương Nam, IMA SDK2

Jul 15

CORS error when setup VMAP

Hi Trần, Thank you for reaching out to IMA SDK support. I checked your website and didn't get the

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CORS error when setup VMAP

Hi Trần, Thank you for reaching out to IMA SDK support. I checked your website and didn't get the

Jul 15

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