Admob Banner Ads

Solar2D Monetization (in-app purchases, ads, etc.)
#1

The Admob documentation really doesn’t show an example for banner ads, so I am asking…

Previously, an ad.show() would display banner ads until ads.hide(), and would change based on frequency defined in your Admob console.  Is this the way is working now, or do I have to do an ads.load() and and ads.show() ever so often?

Reason I am asking is because after an initial load() and show(), it appears the ad does not change.

Thanks,

–john

#2

  1. Provide a link to the documentation you are referring to.

  2. I see an example for banners in this documentation here:

https://docs.coronalabs.com/plugin/admob/height.html

#3

Thanks Ed… I do see that example (it’s buried in the height page, and I didn’t need to look there) and it’s looks just like what I am doing.  It looks like you do not need to repeat the show() call on banner ads.

I’ll give it another try.  Maybe it was just an AdMob thing at the time.

#4

Banners update on their own and the period is controlled by the settings you selected for that campaign in the admob panel.

i.e. You can’t force an update from Corona AFAIK.

PS - Yeah, sometimes you need to look at the entire API doc for a plugin to find the example you need. This is a little confusing, but I am sure that it is hard to decide where to put examples sometimes and having duplicates would be too much to maintain.

#5

  1. Provide a link to the documentation you are referring to.

  2. I see an example for banners in this documentation here:

https://docs.coronalabs.com/plugin/admob/height.html

#6

Thanks Ed… I do see that example (it’s buried in the height page, and I didn’t need to look there) and it’s looks just like what I am doing.  It looks like you do not need to repeat the show() call on banner ads.

I’ll give it another try.  Maybe it was just an AdMob thing at the time.

#7

Banners update on their own and the period is controlled by the settings you selected for that campaign in the admob panel.

i.e. You can’t force an update from Corona AFAIK.

PS - Yeah, sometimes you need to look at the entire API doc for a plugin to find the example you need. This is a little confusing, but I am sure that it is hard to decide where to put examples sometimes and having duplicates would be too much to maintain.