Disable autoplay of video Ad

[Raunak Yadav]

Hi,

Data :

 SDK : Android, v3.8.7

 Tag: sample tags from IMA

 

(Scenario : I have added a mediaplayer between two paragraphs of an article. So depending on length of first paragraph, the video may not be in viewable area)

We are rendering our direct sold inventory via IMA sdk. But as soon as AdsManager.init() is called, media is loaded and video autoplay starts.

I want to break this into two. Just load the media and call play only when my mediaplayer is on screen.

I am using an exoplayer for custom playback. But not allowing the  player to play ad initially is causing ALL_ADS_COMPLETE to trigger in sometime.

Please suggest a solution.

Thanks

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

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to support. Are you using VMAP ad tags? The Android SDK will start VMAP ad breaks automatically without waiting for the call to adsManager.start (link). To disable this behavior, I would suggest using manual ad break playback.

Regards,
Chris Feldman
IMA SDK Team

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[Raunak Yadav]

Hello Chris,

I am not using VMAP. Using Single Inline Linear ad from IMA samples.

 I do call adsManager.start() on AD_LOADED event and understand this is what must be loading the media and causing the autoplay. Problem is that AD_LOADED event is only for Vast load success and not media load event. I am just looking for a way to be ready with media but play it only later when I require.

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

Hi,

Once LOADED has fired, you can wait to call adsManager.start() for as long as you need. It is not required to call start in the LOADED callback.

Regards,

Chris Feldman
IMA SDK Team

[Raunak Yadav]

Yes, of course I can call adsManager.start() some time later but that will mean that media file load will start only after that. Have I got this right?

If yes, then delaying will give me no advantage as when player comes into view, it will show loader. I want media to be ready in advance and playable later.

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

Hi,

I have a better understanding now of what you're trying to do. If you'd like to begin loading your media on init instead of start, you can enable preloading via setEnablePreloading on your adsRenderingSettings object. For more information, you can check out our preloading guide (link). That guide focuses on HTML5, but you should be able to apply the same concepts to Android.

Regards,

Chris Feldman

IMA SDK Team

[Raunak Yadav]

Hi Chris,

Method setEnablePreloading worked perfectly.

Till now my implementation was to autoplay the ad and it works well. But now I am also giving click-to-play setting. In this case, I am listening for the TAPPED event to call adsManager.start(). But I do not receive TAPPED event at all on clicking the mediaPlayer. Is it a bug that TAPPED event will be called only after the ad starts playing?

Please help.

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

Hi,

The TAPPED event will trigger when a non-clickable portion of an ad is pressed. This cannot trigger before an ad is visible. I would recommend adding a play button to your layout and wiring it up to your adsManager.start() call.

Regards,

Chris Feldman
IMA SDK Team