IMA HTML5 SDK - How to focus on skip button

[Roy Bregman]

Hey, for Accessibility purposes we would like to auto focus the skip button when it exists and is enabled.

In IMA SDK for Android there is an exposed method that can be used and is missing in the HTML5.

https://developers.google.com/interactive-media-ads/docs/sdks/android/v3/api/reference/com/google/ads/interactivemedia/v3/api/AdsManager.html#focus()

Please add this to the HTML5 api or advise on an alternative way to achieve this.

Thanks,

Roy

[IMA SDK]

Hi Roy,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

Currently the IMA SDK for HTML5 doesn't have a method that will allow you to auto focus on the skip button, the way that the IMA SDK for Android goes about the skip button.

If you're using a VPAID 2 creative and would like to know if the ads are ready to be skipped, you check out the adSkippableState VPAID property, to identify when the ad is in a state where it can be skipped.

Let me know if this will work for you.


Regards,
Sherwin Diesta
IMA SDK Team

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[Roy Bregman]

Thanks for the response. Are there plans to add this API in near future?

Is it recommended to query the skip button by its class name and do this manually until you provide a solution for that?

[IMA SDK]

Hi Roy,

Thanks for your response. Allow me to create a feature request for this and share with the rest of the team. However, I cannot guarantee if and when this would be made available. Please keep an eye on our release history and our blog for updates regarding this feature.

We don't encourage configuring any UI elements manually as this may result in unintended behavior. However, there are some exceptions, please refer to this document for certain UI elements that you can configured to be displayed or hidden.

Regards,
Sherwin Diesta
IMA SDK Team

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[Roy Bregman]

Hey, thanks for the quick response and opening a feature request.

It’s a normal vast ad and not VPAID and this is required by clients that have accessibility compliance requirements.

[IMA SDK]

Hi Roy,

Thanks for your response and for sharing this information. Our team is currently working on this, in the meantime, you may continue to follow our release history and our blog for further updates regarding this feature.

Regards,
Sherwin Diesta
IMA SDK Team

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