android sdk - skip button

[RammS]

Hello,

I can't see skip button in Android SDK , how to add this ? I am trying to add a button manually but it is not visible 

How to enable skip button ?

Thanks

[Shawn Busolits (IMA SDK Team)]

Hello,

In order for your ads to show a skip button, they must be trafficked as "skippable". When the SDK detects that an ad is skippable, it will automatically add the button. There's no way to manually add a skip button to an ad that's not trafficked as "skippable".

Thanks,

Shawn Busolits

IMA SDK Team

[Mike Moscardini]

Does this logic also apply to the skip method on AdsManager?  Calling it should have no affect on an ad that is not "skippable"?

[Shawn Busolits (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Mike,

That's correct - AdsManager.skip() will have no effect unless the SDK recognizes the ad as a skippable ad.

Thanks,

Shawn Busolits

IMA SDK Team

[Hamady Cisse]

Hi Shawn,

On the same matter (Android SDK Beta V7), I have the following Ad Tag:

"http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?iu=/6642/raca.dev.app.tou.tv/genre/series/vengeance&sz=852x480&impl=s&url=http://ici.tou.tv&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&unviewed_position_start=1&output=xml_vast2&cmsid=823&ciu_szs=728x90&vid=109358&cust_params=rcappmod%3dsiteweb%26rcapp%3dicitoutv_siteweb%26rcsection%3dcontenu%26rcgsection%3demission%26rcsegment%3d%26sEmi%3dvengeance%26sSai%3d002%26sEpi%3d008%26sNiv%3dsegmentnavigation%26rccollection%3daucune%26rcRes%3dnull%26sCha%3dnull%26rcliste%3d%26ctype%3dWifi%26rctelco%3daucun%26avdif%3ddiffere%26styp%3dvideo%26"

 which has an Ad that is trafficked as not skippable (the last Ad). I have two issues:

 - First, the SDK return the true from the method Ad.isSkippable for the Ad "71833063" which is not skippable. The Video Player does not show a button "Skip" for that specific Ad

 - Second, I really would like to be able to perform a skip programmatically using the AdManager on a Ad even if it had not been trafficked as Skippable. This would be very useful for applications which run multiple instances of the same player (e.g: in view player and full screen player) in between which it would be possible skip the ads which were already played in one of the player.

Thank you for your help

[Hamady Cisse]

Correction: The Ad Id of the problematic ad is 71832343 (The Napoleon Ad)

[Shawn Busolits (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Hamady,

For your first issue, which event are you using to check if the ad is skippable? I set up the sample app to print the skippable state of the ad after the STARTED event, and it's correctly reporting it as false. 

For the second issue, I'd suggest reading through our Terms of Service, where it states "Ads must persist in the player or game until completion of the ad, and cannot be altered with skip or partial-view functionality."

Thanks,
Shawn Busolits
IMA SDK Team