Calls order in Android IMA SDK

[Gabriel]

Hello, 

In the Android documentation, it's written that the CuePoints for the current VOD stream are available after CUEPOINTS_CHANGED is broadcast.
https://developers.google.com/interactive-media-ads/docs/sdks/android/v3/api/reference/com/google/ads/interactivemedia/v3/api/StreamManager.html#public-abstract-listcuepoint-getcuepoints

In our app, we have some content with or without ads.
When it's a content with ads all good we receive the event CUEPOINTS_CHANGED.
When it's a content without ads, we don't receive the event CUEPOINTS_CHANGED. Which make sense as there are no ads.

My question is when can we know if there is ads or no ads?

We cannot wait for the event CUEPOINTS_CHANGED as this one won't be triggered when there are no ads.
It looks like the callback VideoStreamPlayer#loadUrl is called always after the event CUEPOINTS_CHANGED when it's triggered (if there are some ads) so my guess is that I could check if there is some ads at this point by calling StreamManager#getCuePoints and checking if the list is empty or not. Though, it's not written anywhere that is guaranteed to have the CuePoints at this moment.
https://developers.google.com/interactive-media-ads/docs/sdks/android/v3/api/reference/com/google/ads/interactivemedia/v3/api/player/VideoStreamPlayer.html?hl=pl#public-abstract-void-loadurl-string-url,-listhashmapstring,-string-subtitles
For now, I plan to check the CuePoints when ExoPlayer rendered the first frame. At this point, I guess it should be safe to check the CuePoints?

What is your recommendation/advice for this case?

[IMA SDK]

Hi Gabriel,

Thank you for reaching out to us. As per the getCuePoints() documentation, the CuePoints for VOD stream is available after the CUEPOINTS_CHANGED event is fired. The CUEPOINTS_CHANGED is fired when the stream info becomes available and fully loaded by the SDK. There's no guarantee that the CuePoints will be available before the CUEPOINTS_CHANGED event, we would recommend you to check the stream's cue points after the event is fired.

Regards,
Arnaud Casame
IMA SDK Team

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[Gabriel]

Hi Arnaud,

Thanks for the reply.
I can have some streams without any ads, in this case CUEPOINTS_CHANGED won't be fired. How can I know if there is no ads? I was thinking to check getCuePoints() as in this case the list will be empty, though I don't know when I could/should check as the event CUEPOINTS_CHANGED won't be fired.
Is there any other way to know if we have some ads or not?

Gabriel

[IMA SDK]

Hi Gabriel,

Thank you for your response. You can check for the AD_BREAK_FETCH_ERROR ad event as this indicates an event that ad break will not play any ads.

Let me know if this works for you.

Regards,
Sherwin Diesta
IMA SDK Team

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[Gabriel]

Hi Sherwin,

When the stream doesn't contain any ads, I don't receive any event from AdEventListener#onAdEvent. Though, I will be called back in VideoStreamPlayer#loadUrl.
Any other suggestion?

Gabriel

[IMA SDK]

Hi Gabriel,

 

Thank you for your response. Could you please share with us the Asset Key or CMS ID/Video ID that you're using so we could check on our end as well? You can share this via "Reply privately to author" option.