Skippable VPAID javascript ads in Google IMA SDK HTML5

[Marcus Doemling]

I'm experimenting with javascript VPAID ads. I'm using the HTML5 player here https://developers.google.com/interactive-media-ads/docs/vastinspector_dual. My ad is a linear ad using a proper skipoffset in the <Linear> node of the VAST xml. It seems I can't get the player to show the "Skip Ad" button. I'm wondering if this feature is supported for javascript VPAID, or is this currently only working for video ads?

[Shawn Busolits (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Marcus,

Currently we do not support the skip UI for VPAID ads. Since it's VPAID, our recommended solution would be that you modify the VPAID ad to include its own skip button, which could trigger the ad to close itself.

Thanks,

Shawn Busolits

IMA SDK Team

[Marcus Doemling]

Hi Shawn,

Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, I figured the ability for the ad to have its own skip button might be the reason the built in skip isn't supported for VPAID. The one reason for using the built in skip functionality would be to offer the end user a consistent UI across ad experiences, people are used to the look and feel of the built in control.

Thanks,

Marcus