I try to test the example, One question, I have to register the iOs device. I see UUI ,IFA and Mac Id (Odin-1) In Charboost test devices.
Which one Should I use?
Been testing out the “more apps” feature, first thing is to make sure you have a separate campaign set to more apps instead of interstitials and to set the “Autofill with network advertising” in the app moreApps settings.
The old chartboost sdk doesn’t work well on Android giving me a garbled more apps display.
The gremlin chartboost plugin displays more apps great, but…
With both interstitials and moreapps running, the plugin will only return a cache event on one of the cache calls, not both, so I have no idea in some cases weather I have an interstitials or moreapps ready to display. So I’m still forced to use timers to cancel when the plugin returns an error. Also showing an interstitial will not produce another cache event, but will still display an interstitial if one is available, so I have to wait for an error to know what’s going on.
I can’t stress this enough, we need a charboost plugin function that tells us whether we have interstitials or moreapps available to show before we show them. Otherwise I’m putting buttons/actions in that may or may not work, it’s a bad user experience and more work to circumvent if it fails.
It should be generating cache events for both calls… In any case, I agree that a isCached() or similar function would be a good addition.
I will add this to the todo list, and PS: the android version is currently in development.
Thanks for the feedback
I put the code in the
levelComplete.lua
function scene:createScene( event )
chartboost.show( “interstitial” );
end
I see the interstitial in the device,
But What happen if the player finish the level and go to the levelcomplete.lua. and he is not conected to internet?
there will be an error?
I cut the internet of my device and I see a pop up "Warning -Charboost Licence
you didn’t provide a valid license…etc "
I connect the internet and I see the test ad.
The caching does work 
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For interstitials:
event.name = “chartboost”
event.type = “interstitial”
event.phase = “cached”
For More apps:
event.name = “chartboost”
event.type = “moreApps”
event.phase = “cached”
As for determining if an ad/moreApps is cached:
It’s simple. Use true/false flags in your code to determine their cache status.
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Use the callback to set the flags.
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After showing an ad / moreapps set the flag to false, and cache again.
When you release your game you set testMode = false in your init call and that popup will not appear.
About the interstitial ads on iPod5 (and I assume the same applies to iPhone5), I see both the crisp retina version of the ads intended for iPhone5 (which is good) and the non-retina version that looks blurred (which looks wrong.) I mean, sometimes it’s showing the ads intended for non-retina iPhone / iPod (480x380) on my iPod5.
If there aren’t enough ads in inventory for tall device, I would’ve thought it would display ads intended for retina iPhone / iPod (960x640), which would still appear nice & crisp.
Is this a bug in Chartboost system? If so, perhaps we need to notify them?
Naomi
Hey Naomi.
I am not sure if this is a Chartboost portal issue or a bug with their SDK. In either case, we have no control over the sizing of ads displayed.
Thanks
If I would venture a guess, I’d say that it isn’t a bug. It’s up to the advertiser using Chartboost as their delivery platform to provide the necessary assets. If they only provide low-res assets, that’s what will be displayed.
It’s a bit like when we provide custom frames for our ads in different resolutions. They recommend providing all resolutions, but they don’t enforce it.
@ingemar, thank you for sharing your thoughts. You are probably right.
I have not tested my app on iPhone/iPad Retina devices, so I can’t tell if they also get both retina and non-retina ads just like the tall device. If they do, then that’s that.
Naomi
It works I set testMode = false,
When the interstitial Chartboost show I see a pop up
"Success!
You’ve got a test interstitial.
For real interstitials, create a
new publishing campaign in the Chartboost dasboard.
TAP FOR MORE DETAILS
Is it possible to see real interstitial before submitting to the Apple Store?
How can I know the interstitial is ready to publish?
it works, I see real insterstitial, So after Apple approves the app, I will add the “official name”, " iTunes ID" and link in te Chartboost dashboard.
function scene:createScene( event )
chartboost.cache();--------> I think to place here
chartboost.show( “interstitial” );
end
I dont know where to put charboost.cache.
I set the charboost plugin in level 2 , 4, 8 .
I have some problems, if the user plays level one after finish the level then the interstitial doesnt appears fast, it appears in after three or four seconds.
If the user plays level 4 then appear the intertitial fast, then plays level 8 appears fast.
the insterstitial doesnt appears fast when the user plays for the first time.
I didnt use charboost.cache.
Well that is what chartboost.cache() is for. If you don’t cache your ads, then they have to be loaded from the server at the time you call chartboost.show().
You should cache the ad you wish to display well in advance of showing it.
I would like to use chartboost with android.
Is that possible?
As previously stated, it is being worked on and will be released shortly.
it will be going into beta testing soon (no ETA)
Thanks
Dear Gremlin,
I ran into some problems while trying to get your chartboost plugin to work. My main problem is the plugin works very sporadically and unreliably.
Device logs are filled with the following error messages:
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“Could not successfully update network info during initialization”
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“denied file-read-data /privat/var/mobile/Applications/[guid]/library/caches/snapshots”
Other problems:
- After receiving a successful cached event a subsequent call to chartboost.show is not guaranteed to display an ad.
log1.txt search for “Jul 24 19:03:20”
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A call to chartboost.show will generate willDisplay event only if the ad will be displayed.
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When an app is started the ads show up fine for a while (see log1). After displaying a couple dozen ads things start to break.
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After restarting a device access denied messages are plentiful in the logs (see log2)
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MoreApps is not working. I tried switching back and forth between showing own my apps and filling from network, only to find that in some cases the moreapps window wouldn’t show at all or I would see my own apps when “fill from network” option was checked.
Below are my setup details:
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I’ve got a solid internet connection/wifi and admob works flawlessly.
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I’m using ipad retina for testing.
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I have created an application inside chartboost UI and have a valid AppID and AppSignature
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Application MoreApps is configured to use “Autofill with network advertising”
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There are two publishing campaigns set up, one for interstitials and another for moreapps
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I have added my ipad retina test device hashed mac address, ODIN-1
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I verified the ODIN-1 hash is correct by referring to sample mac addresses provided in chartboost documentation along with their ODIN-1 hashes
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Plugin VERSION: 1.2a
I understand that chartboost may not be able to provide a 100% fill rate . If a cache call is made and caching fails I need to know about it and fill from another network. When calling chartboost.show, if for some reason the call fails I need to know about it, too . Ideally immediately, the worst case ASAP within 4-5 seconds via an event listener. Failure notification is critical.
Attached is a test application I used to generate the log files and the log files themselves.
I would appreciate any help you could offer me.
Thank you!
I’m using the Chartboost plugin without issues.
Here are my thoughts:
1) “Could not successfully update network info during initialization”
I’ve seen this for other network access attempts as well. So far I haven’t seen that it causes any issues for Chartboost though.
This only happens at the start/resume of the app.
2) “denied file-read-data /privat/var/mobile/Applications/[guid]/library/caches/snapshots”
I haven’t seen this error myself.
1) After receiving a successful cached event a subsequent call to chartboost.show is not guaranteed to display an ad.
I’ve never seen this happen. However it may be due to how you cache. See my comment under (3) below.
2) A call to chartboost.show will generate willDisplay event only if the ad will be displayed.
This is the correct behavior as I see it.
3) When an app is started the ads show up fine for a while (see log1). After displaying a couple dozen ads things start to break.
It’s not breaking. This is normal behavior. There’s only a limited number of ads available for a device at any specific time. Once you’ve shown a few, the inventory will deplete and you’ll have to wait for new inventory to become available.
After every chartboost.show() you should call chartboost.cache() to get a new ad. You can have a simple boolean to keep track if an ad is cached. In the listener for cache() you set this variable to true when you get the “cached” event. Before you call show() check if an ad is cached by checking if the cache variable is true. Once you call show(), set the variable to false and call cache() again.
4) After restarting a device access denied messages are plentiful in the logs (see log2)
You do seem to be getting these very often. I don’t know why. I only get these at the start/resume of the app for a few seconds. Again it doesn’t affect Chartboost performance.
5) MoreApps is not working. I tried switching back and forth between showing own my apps and filling from network, only to find that in some cases the moreapps window wouldn’t show at all or I would see my own apps when “fill from network” option was checked.
Always works for me. However I do not use the “Fill from network” option. I only cross promote my own apps, but it never fails to show.
FWIW
I’m using all Apple hardware for network access. I used to have non-Apple routers (D-Link, Edimax and ipTime), and they gave me weird networking issues when used with any iDevice. After switching to an Apple TimeCapsule I’ve had no networking issues.
I have put
chartboost.cache()
chartboost.show()
and I submitted the app.
What happens if I place charboost.cache() before charboost.show().?