Steps involved with using AdMob

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Can anyone tell me the steps involved in implementing AdMod into my application? I don’t feel like it is explained well enough anywhere.

Thankyou.

Farid.

#2

  1. Create an account with AdMob.

  2. Create an app with AdMob and get an AppID (ProviderID)

  3. In your build.settings, include the plugin code (http://docs.coronalabs.com/plugin/ads-admob/index.html)

  4. in your main.lua, init the library.

  5. Where you need to show the library call ad.show().  See:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/plugin/ads-admob/show.html

for sample code for all of this.

#3

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a million for your help Rob.

Farid.

#4

One thing, is a provider ID the same as a publisher ID?

#5

I believe that’s correct.

#6 
-- CODE IN MY build.settings settings = { orientation = { default = "landscapeRight", supported = { "landscapeLeft", "landscapeRight" }, }, android = { versionCode = "11" }, androidPermissions = { "android.permission.INTERNET", "android.permission.WRITE\_EXTERNAL\_STORAGE", "android.permission.ACCESS\_NETWORK\_STATE", "android.permission.READ\_PHONE\_STATE", }, build = { neverStripDebugInfo = true }, plugins = { -- key is the name passed to Lua's 'require()' ["CoronaProvider.ads.admob"] = { -- required publisherId = "com.coronalabs", }, }, } -- CODE IN MY main.lua provider = "admob" appID = "ca-app-pub-XXX/XXX" AD\_TYPE = "interstitial" -- CODE IN MY HomeScreen.lua local adsObject = require ("ads") local toast = require ("toast") local function adListener( event ) local msg = event.response toast.new("Event Msg: "..msg, 2000) print("Message received from the ads library: ", msg) local statusText = display.newText( "", 0, 0, native.systemFontBold, 22 ) statusText:setTextColor(153, 0, 51) statusText.x, statusText.y = display.contentWidth \* 0.5, 160 if event.isError then IS\_ADD\_INIT = false toast.new("--FALSE--", 2000) statusText.text = "Error: "..msg; else toast.new("--TRUE--", 2000) IS\_ADD\_INIT = true statusText.text = "Success: "..msg; adsObject.show( AD\_TYPE , { x=centerX, y=centerY } ) end end function scene:enterScene( event ) local group=self.view if appID then adsObject.init( provider, appID, adListener ) else toast.new("NO APP ID", 2000) end end

PLEASE HELP.

I AM NOT ABLE TO LOAD ADS WITH THE ABOVE CODE.

my adListener(event) never gets called.

Please correct me!

#7

  1. Create an account with AdMob.

  2. Create an app with AdMob and get an AppID (ProviderID)

  3. In your build.settings, include the plugin code (http://docs.coronalabs.com/plugin/ads-admob/index.html)

  4. in your main.lua, init the library.

  5. Where you need to show the library call ad.show().  See:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/plugin/ads-admob/show.html

for sample code for all of this.

#8

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a million for your help Rob.

Farid.

#9

One thing, is a provider ID the same as a publisher ID?

#10

I believe that’s correct.

#11 
-- CODE IN MY build.settings settings = { orientation = { default = "landscapeRight", supported = { "landscapeLeft", "landscapeRight" }, }, android = { versionCode = "11" }, androidPermissions = { "android.permission.INTERNET", "android.permission.WRITE\_EXTERNAL\_STORAGE", "android.permission.ACCESS\_NETWORK\_STATE", "android.permission.READ\_PHONE\_STATE", }, build = { neverStripDebugInfo = true }, plugins = { -- key is the name passed to Lua's 'require()' ["CoronaProvider.ads.admob"] = { -- required publisherId = "com.coronalabs", }, }, } -- CODE IN MY main.lua provider = "admob" appID = "ca-app-pub-XXX/XXX" AD\_TYPE = "interstitial" -- CODE IN MY HomeScreen.lua local adsObject = require ("ads") local toast = require ("toast") local function adListener( event ) local msg = event.response toast.new("Event Msg: "..msg, 2000) print("Message received from the ads library: ", msg) local statusText = display.newText( "", 0, 0, native.systemFontBold, 22 ) statusText:setTextColor(153, 0, 51) statusText.x, statusText.y = display.contentWidth \* 0.5, 160 if event.isError then IS\_ADD\_INIT = false toast.new("--FALSE--", 2000) statusText.text = "Error: "..msg; else toast.new("--TRUE--", 2000) IS\_ADD\_INIT = true statusText.text = "Success: "..msg; adsObject.show( AD\_TYPE , { x=centerX, y=centerY } ) end end function scene:enterScene( event ) local group=self.view if appID then adsObject.init( provider, appID, adListener ) else toast.new("NO APP ID", 2000) end end

PLEASE HELP.

I AM NOT ABLE TO LOAD ADS WITH THE ABOVE CODE.

my adListener(event) never gets called.

Please correct me!