admob.isLoaded("rewardedVideo") question

d.mach · April 5, 2017, 10:36pm

I’m testing rewarded video on and android device (Samsung Galaxy Tab SM-T110) and before I’m showing the video I’m using admob.isLoaded to check if the video is ready, like this:

if admob.isLoaded(“rewardedVideo”) then

admob.show(“rewardedVideo”)

end

before this I have tested in a function also with admob.isLoaded(“rewardedVideo”) to change the button to active and allow the button to be touched to start the video.

When touching the button above code will get started BUT the video is not shown always. Sometimes the screen just stays the same.

Any idea, what can cause this? Shouldn’t a video always start when the admob.isLoaded(“rewardedVideo”) test is true?

ingemar_cl · April 6, 2017, 1:37am

Yes, a rewardedVideo should be displayed if isLoaded() returns true.

The plugin relies on the AdMob SDK to report the ad availability status and I’m not sure why isLoaded would return true if no ad is available for display.

d.mach · April 6, 2017, 7:16am

I also encounter problems at scene change when the new upcoming scene is doing this:

if \_G.adson==true then &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- now load and show banner and interstitial ads: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if admob.isLoaded("banner")==true then &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- show the banner &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; admob.show( "banner",{y="top"} ) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- try to load the banner now again: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; admob.load( "banner", { adUnitId=\_G.admobBannerID, childSafe=false } ) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; end &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- now loading the interstitial ad: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if admob.isLoaded("interstitial")==false then &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; admob.load( "interstitial", { adUnitId=\_G.admobInterstitialID, childSafe=false } ) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; admob.show("interstitial") &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; end else &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ... end

I get a black screen (stuck in loading screen!) when doing this on an Android device (Galaxy Tab Model SM-T110).

But when I remove the line admob.show(“interstitial”) it is working and showing the new scene.

What can cause this strange behaviour? The scene seems to be working in the background right until the line admob.show(“interstitial”) is called.

ingemar_cl · April 6, 2017, 7:19am

Be sure you only show ads *after* the scene change is complete.

d.mach · April 6, 2017, 7:24am

Oh! So it would be best to do all ad related code with loading and showing NOT in the

function scene:show( event ) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; local sceneGroup = self.view &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; local phase = event.phase &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if ( phase == "will" ) then &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ....

but in the following

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; elseif ( phase == "did" ) then &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ....

part of the scenes code, right?

ingemar_cl · April 6, 2017, 7:33am

Yes, that is correct

d.mach · April 6, 2017, 7:56am

That explains a lot of my headaches

Thx!!!

d.mach · April 8, 2017, 9:57pm

I’m now testing the app with childSafe set to true but can’t find any ads in the game now.

Is this why there are not many childSafe ads to show, or what can cause this?

Android.

ingemar_cl · April 9, 2017, 1:01am

Setting childSafe to true for any ad type may affect the fill rate as it will be limiting the number of ads available.

d.mach · April 9, 2017, 6:26am

That’s what I thought… but I now have tested with childSafe=false and testMode=true and don’t see anything. Don’t know why.

ingemar_cl · April 9, 2017, 8:03am

AdMob does not serve test ads for Rewared Videos at the moment. Only live ads will have a fill.

However keep in mind that during plugin development it was also noticed that rewarded videos in general have a lower fill rate especially in non-US territories.

d.mach · April 9, 2017, 8:08am

But I’m also testing with banner and interstitial ads and in the log I can see that the plugin init is reached and testmode for the device is working… but nothing can be seen.

ingemar_cl · April 9, 2017, 8:20am

I’d suggest you add

print(json.prettify(event))

at the top of your admob listener and monitor the Android logcat for admob events, and to verify your ads are getting loaded properly.

(Remember to add local json = require(“json”) at the top of your module to add json support if you don’t already have it)

d.mach · April 9, 2017, 4:27pm

Thank you!

It seems the init now is reached but regarding to the messages no ads are available… but I’m using testMode=true… so I have no idea why this happens.

ingemar_cl · April 9, 2017, 11:27pm

Keep in mind that testMode is set during init(), and not during load().

rich.stupek · April 10, 2017, 8:19pm

Ingemar,

Can you confirm that all events detailed in the documentation work for rewarded videos? We’re not seeing any events when we cancel the video using the cancel option admob provides.

ingemar_cl · April 10, 2017, 10:39pm

@rich.stupek
AdMob doesn’t send a specific event for when a rewarded video is cancelled.
The only difference is that no ‘reward’ phase will be sent.

rich.stupek · April 11, 2017, 3:53pm

ugh ok that makes it hacky!

ingemar_cl · April 11, 2017, 11:18pm

Unfortunately there’s nothing we can do about it as this is how the AdMob SDK works internally.
You’ll need to take it up with AdMob directly if you’d like to see different behavior.

rich.stupek · April 12, 2017, 3:27pm

Sorry if I made it seem I was blaming you as I wasn’t