Corona Ad API questions

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Firstly, corona did a good job in delivered ad API which pretty cool!
But straightaway the quiries come to my mind

  • why Admod is not supported? Will this largest mobile ad site be supported in future?
  • inneractive, InMob are CPM? CPC? Pay per install network?
  • how can developer test whether the ad tracking during development? Does it mean the ad track will working fine as long as the ads shows?

Thanks for the clarification [import]uid: 10373 topic_id: 19994 reply_id: 319994[/import]

#2

You can track ads on the inneractive dashboard even in development.

You can find out more about inMobi and inneractive on their websites, or ask an inneractive representative directly in the new inneractive subforum.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 19994 reply_id: 77988[/import]

#3

i tried to run following code which provided in
http://developer.anscamobile.com/reference/ads-inneractive

local ads = require "ads"  
   
-- Example for inneractive:  
ads.init( "inneractive", "IA\_GameTest" )  
   
-- iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, android etc  
ads.show( "banner", { x=0, y=0, interval=60 } )  
ads.show( "fullscreen", { x=0, y=0, interval=60 } )  
ads.show( "text", { x=0, y=100, interval=60 } )

in my iPhone device, but it always shows “Boos your Apps revenue now!”
my guess it’s the “text” ad, but why the first two was not there? [import]uid: 10373 topic_id: 19994 reply_id: 78630[/import]

#4

Ah OK, you can’t show all three ads at once. One at a time, please!

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 19994 reply_id: 78645[/import]

#5

Thanks Peach !

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#6

No worries - for future reference I believe you CAN show more than one kind in your app, just not all at once.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 19994 reply_id: 78686[/import]

#7

when i try to run one-by-one
– Example for inneractive:
ads.init( “inneractive”, “YES_I_PUT_CORRECT_APP_ID” )

code: ads.show( “text”, { x=0, y=100, interval=60 } )
output: ALWAYS “Boost your Apps Revenue now!” ad text ( what’s the reason? i am expecting a REAL ad in my app, what will be showing in REAL app? coz i am from Asia, hows the fill rate? My concern is it will never showing any ad for Asian traffic

code: ads.show( “banner”, { x=0, y=0, interval=60 } )
SUPER COOL AD!!! But when i tried to ROTATE it shows up like this

Is there a way to rotate the AD?
code: ads.show( “fullscreen”, { x=0, y=0, interval=60 } )
there is NO AD showing up at all :frowning:

BUT when the HOMESCREEN button is clicked, it will flicker a few milli seconds on the fullscreen banner (which is the same AD as “banner”)

Thanks for being patient reading my question & there is not much intensive doc regarding AD (sorry if i missed out)

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#8

This is more a question for the inneractive sub forum, which you can find from our main forum page.

That said, I am in Australia and we often have very low fill rates but I’ve actually had 95% or more.

When you set up your app you choose what kind of ads you want to show, what have you selected there?

Did you try showing a banner without showing any other ads? This would be worth trying in order to trouble shoot.

For rotating the device, you aren’t supporting landscape - you can tell because the status bar has not moved either :slight_smile:

Peach [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 19994 reply_id: 78754[/import]

#9

Thanks Peach! Realized the iphone simulator doesnt rotate.

Will test in device :slight_smile: [import]uid: 10373 topic_id: 19994 reply_id: 78801[/import]

#10

Hey again,

The iPhone simulator should rotate OK; does your build.settings file support all orientations?

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 19994 reply_id: 78871[/import]