Hi Chris
We currently have our own ad server. Maybe in the future, we might add ads from publishers/third party ad servers and hence want to support a universal protocol. We render the audio and video streams differently (both on different Android platforms). I came across the IMA and following are the issues I am facing (Pre-roll and mid-roll; linear and non linear video ads)
- Need a custom UI for rendering video ads (We currently have our own ad server so policies might not apply)
- Video Ads need some time for setup in our custom player and the Sdk fires CONTENT_RESUME_REQUESTED event if I pause the AdsManager or send NOT_READY state. (After we receive CONTENT_PAUSE_REQUESTED and before STARTED event)
- Non-linear ads are still not supported though they get loaded. I was wondering if I could render these ads myself. I don't get the image resource URL though.
Please have a look at my concerns and suggest if IMA library would be apt for my requirements.
Thanks
Ahsan Zaman