IMA SDK for Android does not play preloaded Ad Pod

[Raihan Abbas]

Dear IMA Team 

I am playing and Ad pod with preloading enabled using the following

renderingSettings.setEnablePreloading(true);

Calling  

mAdsManager.start();

starts to play this preloaded ad and it works fine.

Albeit, the same approach is not working in case of an Ad_Pod and the first frame of Video Ad_Pod gets stuck.

Any suggestions please 

Thanks

[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to support. Can you share the ad pod that you're having issues with?

Regards,

Chris Feldman
IMA SDK Team

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[Raihan Abbas]

Hi Chris 

Thanks for your consideration here is the VAST Ad-Pod below that please have a look

<VAST version="3.0">

    <Ad id="123" sequence="6">

        <InLine>

            <AdSystem version="4.11.0-10">LiveRail</AdSystem>

            <Creatives>

                <Creative sequence="1" id="331">

                    <Linear>

                        <Duration>00:00:10</Duration>

                        <MediaFiles>

                            <MediaFile delivery="progressive" bitrate="400" width="320" height="180" type="video/mp4">

                                <![CDATA[ http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/VfE_html5.mp4 ]]>

                            </MediaFile>

                        </MediaFiles>

                    </Linear>

                </Creative>

            </Creatives>

        </InLine>

    </Ad>

    <Ad id="123" sequence="5">

        <InLine>

            <AdSystem version="4.11.0-10">LiveRail</AdSystem>

            <Creatives>

                <Creative sequence="1" id="331">

                    <Linear>

                        <Duration>00:00:10</Duration>

                        <MediaFiles>

                            <MediaFile delivery="progressive" bitrate="400" width="320" height="180" type="video/mp4">

                                <![CDATA[http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/VfE_html5.mp4]]>

                            </MediaFile>

                        </MediaFiles>

                    </Linear>

                </Creative>

            </Creatives>

        </InLine>

    </Ad>

</VAST>

[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi Raihan,

Can you please make sure that your ad follows the proper VAST spec and then try again? There are at least a few issues with your tag. For example, the sequence attribute is meant to denote the order in which an ad will play, but your VAST uses "6", with two "1"s nested inside. You've also marked 10 seconds as the duration of your ad when the media file being loaded is one minute long.

Regards,
Chris Feldman

IMA SDK Team

[Raihan Abbas]

Hi Chris,

I have tried changing the sequence attribute and ID of both ads but it's still not working. Please download the Ad-Pod attached.

Moreover, attached sample Ad-Pod works fine without preloading feature enabled.

However, single VAST ad is working with preloading enabled and starts playing instantly without further loading ad. 

My implementation details are as follows:

 mAdsLoader.addAdsLoadedListener(new AdsLoader.AdsLoadedListener() {

                @Override

                public void onAdsManagerLoaded(AdsManagerLoadedEvent adsManagerLoadedEvent) {

                    // Ads were successfully loaded, so get the AdsManager instance. AdsManager has

                    // events for ad playback and errors.

                    mAdsManager = adsManagerLoadedEvent.getAdsManager();

                    // Attach event and error event listeners.

                    mAdsManager.addAdEventListener(InitIMA.this);

                    renderingSettings = ImaSdkFactory.getInstance().createAdsRenderingSettings();

                    renderingSettings.setUiElements(Collections.<UiElement>emptySet());

                    renderingSettings.setEnablePreloading(true);

                    mAdsManager.init(renderingSettings);

                }

And I am starting AdsManager after 20 seconds like below.

  ....

  initIMA.requestAds(adUrls);

        Handler andler = new Handler();

        andler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {

            @Override

            public void run() {

               mAdsManager.start();

            }

        }, 20000);

Thank you very much for your kind support.

[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi Raihan,

Thank you for providing an updated Ad Pod, as well as additional details about your implementation for us to investigate further.

Apologies for the delayed response as we were trying this on our end. I can see the behavior you described when enabling preloading. I also noticed that the ads are automatically being played regardless when adsManager.start() is called when preloading is enabled. The ad is also being paused and frozen when start() is called a few seconds later (similar to your implementation).

Let us dig into this deeper and get back to you once we have more information.

Regards,

Steven Balan

IMA SDK Team

[Raihan Abbas]

Hi Steven 

Thank you very much for your kind consideration.

[Raihan Abbas]

Is there any update for this specific issue?

[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi Raihan,

Currently, we don't have any updates from the team. We will update you via this thread if we have anything to share.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

IMA SDK Team

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[Raihan Abbas]

Hi once again

Is there any update regarding to this issue?

[ima-sdk-fo...@google.com]

Hello Raihan,

Thanks for following up. There is a s fix in place for this issue and it will go live in the furture SDK release. We don't have any ETA on when this will be live but I will make sure that I will provide an update here on the release as soon as I have any new information from the team.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

IMA SDK Team

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