I've been looking at many posts on integrating ads into an Android application. There doesn't seem to be any straight forward answers but a lot of choices to pick from. I'm looking for advice on which one would be the best to use!!
I want to integrate ads into my application and looking for the best one to choose. There are lots of posts that give examples of these ads (e.g. AppsZoom, AdBuddiz, Admob, Adwhirl, MobFox, MobClix, etc....). From what I am reading, Admob seems to be the best approach. Would anyone have any thoughts on this as I don't want to waste time on looking into alternate solutions if they are not worth it.
I'm just looking for a nice clean, quick integration that could potentially generate a bit of money per install, per click or whatever the best approach would be.
Appreciate any comments and thanks for taking the time to read.
I recommend you use Ad Mob, now known as Google Mobile Ads, because the integration is very easy (see https://developer.android.com/google/play-services/ads.html)
Knowing when to show ads is also extremely important, so I suggest you spend some time thinking about this, which is why I recommend using AdMob, as at this stage, you're better off spending your time thinking about when to show the ads than which ad network to choose (you can always do some A/B testing between networks in a later release of the app).
I recommend you use Appodeal, because they combines defferent ad networks and choose the best targeted ads to show. They currently have around 10-12 networks in their mediation plan through one API (www.appodeal.com).
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I am new to android development and i have developed a puzzle game with about 50 levels. I know that users will hate my app if they stuck at a level for a long time. so i like to implement a strategy like - 'if you click on 2 ads from the ads below you will get the solution for that level'. can i do it. is it legal? i haven't saw any app using this strategy- why? is there any drawback in it? wont i make much money through this strategy? or is it impossible to implement this strategy through code or something?
It is against the Admob publisher policies:
Publishers may not ask others to click their ads or use deceptive implementation methods to obtain clicks. This includes, but is not limited to, offering compensation to users for viewing ads or performing searches, promising to raise money for third parties for such behavior or placing images next to individual ads.
I would strongly advise against it, while I couldn't find anywhere where admob explicitly mentions encouraging users to click on your ads, I know adsense has strict policies against encouraging users to click on ads and will ban you for life for these types of schemes.
I have read a few places that Google is going to bring interactive video advertisements to their AdMob platform for Android developers. However, on their site, I cannot find any information on how to implement it, how much they usually pay per impression/click (average, not actual earnings), and there is even such a service from them. No SDK, no resources, no webpage, and no code; it seems non-existent. However, I have found a lot of sites that state that Google is bringing thease to Android.
What could be going on? Did they cancel it? How can I implement these if I want to? Do I use the normal SDK? Does anybody know any of the average/typical earnings with this per impression or click?
EDIT: I found this article and it says that there is a new SDK, but they are only bringing it to certain apps?!?! Any advice would be appreciated.
I believe you mean Admob interstitial ads. These are available now using the Admob SDK. Instead of using an instance of AdView you want to use an instance of com.google.ads.InterstitialAd but otherwise it is not too dissimilar.
You are paid on a CPC basis unless Admob has specifically tapped you on the shoulder for a pay per impression service (you need a fair amount of traffic for that). I find that eCPM for the interstitials is about 3 to 5 times that of banner ads.
I know that Android has some ad networks to monetize the apps. But I'm looking for an ads systems that allows me to advertise for free on other apps/games, and at the same time I advertise them on mine.
In windows phone we have this: http://www.adduplex.com/
Is there something similar for Android?
Not sure if you are still looking for an answer to this, but I use http://www.appflood.com and http://www.tapfortap.com. I know there are some others, but so far appflood seems to have the best setup and is back by papaya.
I was looking at similar solutions a few months ago. The short answer: no, there is no such thing for Android. The longer answer: you might find something, but the network will be too small to even bother trying the solution out. So the closest thing to your needs is AdWhirl. It does not let you promote your app in other apps. However, you can choose to try a number of large networks, such as AdMob, and - after some testing - stick to the one you get best results with. In addition to that, it allows you to show custom ads so that you can cross-promote your products. The tool is open source and, as a bonus, also works with iOS.
Other than that, you might consider choosing AdMob (or any other network), and spending the money you earn from ads in your app for promoting your app in other apps. While this is definitely more tedious than the AdDuplex solution, you also get some solid benefits: the ads in popular networks might be of higher quality (no spam and other crap), some networks also try to show ads that are more likely to interest the user (thus a higher click-through rate), you can clearly target users for your own ads (e.g., ads are shown based on location or a demographic feature of the user), and, besides just simple ads, your ads, can, for example, be click-to-download ads that lead to direct app downloads.
Firstly what views should I use in order to be able to add ads like this (angry birds).
Secondly how do I add the views in the code.
It depends which ad provider you use, but many people use AdMob, and their SDK instructions are here. AdMob is very easy to implement.
AdMob:
http://developer.admob.com/wiki/Android#App_Integration
Google AdSense
http://www.google.com/mobileads/publisher_home.html
You may also want to look at http://helpcenter.adwhirl.com/ which is a free tool to auto-rotate between Admob and other ad providers, and may help you get a better deal.
Ultimately which one works best for you is likely to be down to trial and error, but luckily they are easy to integrate and swap around.
Angry Birds uses AdMob Contact them for more details (they send you the SDK, examples and documentation).
Alright, I've done my googling and found this article to help me out with my small app. However, that one is getting old so I just have to ask, do I really need admod and adwhirl accounts and jars to display simple google ads?
From what I understand I could have used simple adsense .. if my app was a webapp, which it isn't.
Are all those steps still necesarry?
regards
I just setup AdMob in my Android application for the first time last night. I used their developer guide and it was really easy to get everything setup and working. It only took like 30-45 mins start to finish (in an app I already had written).
I didn't feel like it was too much setup.
If you just want Admob or adsense ads, then you certainly don't need to use AdWhirl. The main reason to use ad mediators and other ad networks is to get better paying ads (or make sure you get a higher fill rate).