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Android SDK Implementation Guide

This is a free Software Development Kit for the Android application developers and publishers to monetize their digital mobile inventory in the blink of an eye. SmartyAds SDK integrates with SmartyAds SSP, creating a one single source of offerings tailored to publishers’ needs.

Banner and rich media ads:

Size, DPI	Type	SmartyAds SDK Size Constant
320x50	Standard Banner	kSmartyAdsAdSizeBanner
320x100	Large Banner	kSmartyAdsAdSizeLargeBanner
300x250	IAB Medium Rectangle	kSmartyAdsAdSizeIABMediumRectangle
468x60	IAB Full-Size Banner	kSmartyAdsAdSizeIABFullSizeBanner
728x90	IAB Leaderboard	kSmartyAdsAdSizeIABLeaderBoard

Video ads:

Orientation: Landscape or Portrait

Native ads:

In accordance with the IAB specification:

The padding Property

This property adds space between the border and the content in a table.

Field	Scope	Type	Default	Description
ver	optional	string	1.2	Version of the Native Markup version in use.
context	recommended	integer	-	The context in which the ad appears. See Table of Context IDs below for a list of supported context types.
contextsubtype	optional	integer	-	A more detailed context in which the ad appears. Supported SubType IDs: 10 General or mixed content. 11 Primarily article content (which of course could include images, etc as part of the article). 12 Primarily video content. 13 Primarily audio content. 14 Primarily image content. 15 User-generated content - forums, comments, etc. 20 General social content such as a general social network. 21 Primarily email content. 22 Primarily chat/IM content. 30 Content focused on selling products, whether digital or physical. 31 Application store/marketplace. 32 Product reviews site primarily (which may sell product secondarily). 500+ To be defined by the exchange.
plcmttype	recommended	integer	-	The design/format/layout of the ad unit being offered. Supported Placement Type IDs: 1 In the feed of content - for example as an item inside the organic feed/grid/listing/carousel. 2 In the atomic unit of the content - IE in the article page or single image page. 3 Outside the core content - for example in the ads section on the right rail, as a banner-style placement near the content, etc. 4 Recommendation widget, most commonly presented below the article content. 500+ To be defined by the exchange.
plcmtcnt	optional	integer	1	The number of identical placements in this Layout.
seq	optional	integer	0	0 for the first ad, 1 for the second ad, and so on. Note this would generally NOT be used in combination with plcmtcnt - either you are auctioning multiple identical placements (in which case plcmtcnt>1, seq=0) or you are holding separate auctions for distinct items in the feed (in which case plcmtcnt=1, seq=>=1).
assets	required	array of objects	0	An array of Asset Objects. Any bid response must comply with the array of elements expressed in the bid request.
aurlsupport	optional	int	0	0 Whether the supply source / impression supports returning an assets url instead of an asset object. 0 or the absence of the field indicates no such support.
durlsupport	optional	int	0	Whether the supply source/ impression supports returning a dco url instead of an asset object. 0 or the absence of the field indicates no such support.
eventtrackers	optional	array of objects	0	Specifies what type of event tracking is supported - see Event Trackers Request Object.
privacy	recommended	integer	0	Set to 1 when the native ad supports buyer-specific privacy notice. Set to 0 (or field absent) when the native ad doesn’t support custom privacy links or if support is unknown.
ext	optional	object	-	This object is a placeholder that may contain custom JSON agreed to by the parties to support flexibility beyond the standard defined in this specification.

Interstitial ads:

Size, DPI	Type
Custom size	Full screen

Getting Started

Just a few steps to start (to understand how user works with inventory):

Register your account on SmartyAds Supply Side Platform.
Confirm your registration by following the confirmation link sent via email.
Create your first mobile inventory by clicking ‘Add Inventory’. Select Android Application in pop up.

After your inventory reviewed and approved, you will be granted access to create placements for your inventory, and ‘Add Placement’ button should become clickable.

Click on ‘+Banner’, add the targeting options, floor price and size of your placement, then save your changes.

Please note the Placement ID (e.g., ID#1234) below its title. It will be used later in your code to initialize the ad container.

Requirements

SmartyAds in-app advertising SDK requires Android SDK version 16 or higher.

Installation

First way

repositories {

jcenter()

// Smarty Maven dependepcies

mavenCentral()

mavenLocal()

flatDir {

dirs '../libs'

}

maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }

maven { url "https://s3.amazonaws.com/moat-sdk-builds" }

maven { url "https://dl.bintray.com/smartyads/maven/" }

maven {

url 'https://maven.google.com/'

name 'Google'

}

Include SDK dependency into your Module gradle.build:

compile('com.smartyads:ad-container:0.4.5') {

transitive = true

}

Synchronize the project with Gradle files (Gradle sync)

Alternative way

Download aar lib from latest release: ad-container-release.aar.
In Android studio: File -> New -> New Module and choose Import .jar/.aar Package, press next.
File name: path to aar.
File -> Project Structure -> {your_module_tab} -> dependencies and add just imported module as dependency.

You also need to add the following dependencies in your build.gradle file for proper SDK performance.

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1'

compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.0'

compile 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.0.1'

compile 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:2.1.0'

compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.3.0'

compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.3.0'

compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'

compile "android.arch.persistence.room:runtime:1.0.0-alpha9"

compile "android.arch.persistence.room:rxjava2:1.0.0-alpha9"

annotationProcessor "android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:1.0.0-alpha9"

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:+'

* Important!

Enable Multidex for your app. It will help the app to compile in case it approaches 64K DEX reference limit.

Setup App Permissions (optional)

Edit your Android manifest to include the following (optional but recommended) permissions:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />

</manifest>

SmartyAds SDK already has the following normal permissions required by the SDK:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

Setting up required parameters in strings.xml

Set the app distribution type (required by SDK) in your strings.xml file:

where:

0 - app is free

1 - the app is a paid version

Now, add the banner_id to strings.xml

<string name="banner_id">{your_banner_id_here}</string>

Important!

Do not forget to replace the ‘your_banner_id_here’ with the placement ID from the Platform (Step 6 of the Getting Started section).

e.g, <string name="banner_id">{1234}</string>

Initializing SmartyAds SDK

Extend android.app.Application class, override #attachBaseContext(Context) method and call com.SmartyAds.Ads#init(Context) method as shown below:

public class SampleApp extends Application {

@Override

protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {

super.attachBaseContext(base);

Ads.init(base);

}

Show ads by types

Show Banners

You can configure your banner ad view using XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

xmlns:smartyads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

<com.smartyads.adcontainer.BannerContainer

android:id="@+id/banner_container"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

smartyads:adContainerId="@string/banner_id"

smartyads:banner_width="300dp"

smartyads:banner_height="250dp"

smartyads:refreshTime="20"

</LinearLayout>

Where

smartyads:adContainerId="@string/banner_id" - the placement ID you received
smartyads:banner_width="300dp" - placement width
smartyads:banner_height="250dp" - placement height
smartyads:refreshTime="20" - Optional. Time in seconds after which the banner will expire and will be reloaded automatically. By default 20 sec.

Make sure

that xmlns:smartyads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" was added to your root layout.

Finally, call BannerContainer#loadAd()

BannerContainer bannerContainer = (BannerContainer) findViewById(R.id.banner_container);

bannerContainer.loadAd();

There is an alternative method BannerContainer#loadAd(BannerOnLoadListener) that would be useful if you want to show a banner manually at specific time or you just want to know whether the banner was loaded successfully or not.

bannerContainer.loadAd(new BannerOnLoadListener() {

@Override

public void onSuccess() {

Log.d("YOUR_TAG","Banner succesfully loaded");

}

@Override

public void onFailure(Exception e) {

Log.e("YOUR_TAG","Cannot load ad: " + e.getMessage());

}

});

Show Interstitial

To show interstitial you just need to initialize ad container and call InterstitialAdContainer#loadAd() method as shown in example below:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

if(savedInstanceState == null){//activity first time showing condition

new InterstitialAdContainer(this, getString(R.string.banner_id))

.interstitial.loadAd();//interstitial will be shown as soon as ad will be loaded

}

Where R.string.banner_id - your interstitial id(see #important) Note:

Also, you can use InterstitialAdContainer#loadAd(BannerOnLoadListener) method if you want to show interstitial manually at specific time.

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private Button showAdButton;

private InterstitialAdContainer interstitial;

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

showAdButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.show_ad);

showAdButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

@Override

public void onClick(View v) {

if(interstitialContainer.isLoaded())

interstitialContainer.showAd();

}

});

interstitial = new InterstitialAdContainer(this, getString(R.string.banner_id));

interstitial.loadAd(new InterstitialListener() {

@Override

public void onSuccess() {

Log.e("YOUR_TAG", "Ad loaded");

}

@Override

public void onFailure(Exception e) {

Log.e("YOUR_TAG", "Cannot load interstitial, reason: " + e.getMessage());

}

@Override

public void closed() {

Log.d("YOUR_TAG", "Interstitial closed");

}

});

}

Show Vast (Video ad)

Update your AndroidManifest.xml with new permission WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />

</manifest>

The usage of VideoContainer exactly the same as the usage of InterstitialAdContainer):

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private Button showAdButton;

private VideoContainer videoContainer;

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

showAdButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.show_ad);

showAdButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

@Override

public void onClick(View v) {

if(videoContainer.isLoaded())

videoContainer.showAd();

}

});

videoContainer = new VideoContainer(this, getString(R.string.video_container_id));

videoContainer.loadAd(new InterstitialListener() {

@Override

public void onSuccess() {

Log.e("YOUR_TAG", "Ad loaded");

}

@Override

public void onFailure(Exception e) {

Log.e("YOUR_TAG", "Cannot load interstitial, reason: " + e.getMessage());

}

@Override

public void closed() {

Log.d("YOUR_TAG", "Interstitial closed");

}

});

}

Show Rewarded video ad

Update your AndroidManifest.xml with new permission WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />

</manifest>

The usage of RewardedVideoContainer exactly the same as the usage of InterstitialAdContainer):

You could give REWARD and AMOUNT fields to RewardedVideoContainer. They will be changed to macros, if those were indicated in the links when creating rewarded video placement on SmartyAds Supply Side Platform.

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private Button showAdButton;

private RewardedVideoContainer rewardedVideoContainer;

private String myReward; // if you indicated REWARD macro in links

private int myAmount; // if you indicated AMOUNT macro in links

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

showAdButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.show_ad);

showAdButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

@Override

public void onClick(View v) {

if(rewardedVideoContainer.isLoaded())

rewardedVideoContainer.showAd();

}

});

rewardedVideoContainer = new RewardedVideoContainer(this, getString(R.string.rewarded_video_container_id), myReward, myAmount);

rewardedVideoContainer.loadAd(new InterstitialListener() {

@Override

public void onSuccess() {

Log.e("YOUR_TAG", "Ad loaded");

}

@Override

public void onFailure(Exception e) {

Log.e("YOUR_TAG", "Cannot load interstitial, reason: " + e.getMessage());

}

@Override

public void closed() {

Log.d("YOUR_TAG", "Interstitial closed");

}

});

}

Show Native

To show native you just need to initialize ad container through Builder and call NativeAdContainer#loadAd(loadListener) method as shown in example below. You should give to a Builder all fields that you specified while creating native placement on SmartyAds Supply Side Platform.

NativeAdContainer native = NativeAdContainer.Builder(getContext(),

getContext().getString(R.string.native_placement_id))

.setTitleView(myTitleView)

.setDescriptionView(myDescriptionView)

.setSponsoredTextView(mySponsoredTextView)

.setPriceView(myPriceView)

.setImageView(myImageView)

.setCtaView(myActionButton)

// Another specified fields

.build();

native.loadAd(new NativeOnLoadListener() {

@Override public void onSuccess() {

switchLoadingState(false);

showResult("success");

}

@Override public void onFailure(Exception e) {

switchLoadingState(false);

showResult("Failure: " + e.getMessage());

}

});

Where R.string.native_placement_id - your native placement id(see #important).

Ads caching configuration

By default caching allowed for all containers (recommended option). If you want to disable ads caching use SdkConfig class as shown below:

public class SampleApp extends Application {

@Override

protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {

super.attachBaseContext(base);

SdkConfig.getConfigBuilder(base)

.setCacheEnabled(true)

.excludeCachingFor(

getString(R.string.banner_id)

).apply();

Ads.init(base);

}

To disable caching for separate containers use SdkConfig.Builder#excludeCachingFor(Collection).

To disable caching for all containers use SdkConfig.Builder#setCacheEnabled(false).

Adding targeting params

Targeting params are data that are provided for the SDK that will improve ad targeting. The params are not required and can be provided if your application has such data. There are three targeting parameters types:

Gender: male, female, other - user gender
Year of birth - year of a user birthday
Keywords - user interests or intents

Usage:

AdContainer adContainer = new InterstitialAdContainer(this, getString(R.string.banner_id));

...

UserKeywords userKeywords = new UserKeywords()

.addKeywords("interest 1", "interest 2")

.addKeywords(Collections.singletonList("interest 3"));

adContainer.addTargetingData(Gender.MALE)

.addTargetingData(new YearOfBirth(1990))

.addTargetingData(userKeywords);

...

adContainer.loadAd();

Rendering Problems in Android Studio

In case you got rendering problems (VerifyError) in Preview mode, add -noverify VM option to Android Studio:

Menu Help -> Edit Custom VM Options...
Add -noverify key
Restart Android Studio