Unity Ads 3.0.0 show banner ads in Android

Question

I want to show Unity banner ads (Unity ads 3.0.0) for my Java Android app.

I have read https://unityads.unity3d.com/help/android/integration-guide-android

According to the guide lines the following code has to be added to get banner ads.

public class UnityBannerExample extends Activity {
private View bannerView;
private Button bannerButton;

@Override
protected void onCreate (Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate (savedInstanceState);
    setContentView (R.layout.unityads_example_layout);
    final Activity myActivity = this;

    final IUnityBannerListener unityBannerListener = new UnityBannerListener ();
    final IUnityMonetizationListener unityMonetizationListener = new UnityMonetizationListener ();

    UnityBanners.setBannerListener (unityBannerListener);

    bannerButton = (Button) findViewById (R.id.unityads_example_banner_button);
    bannerButton.setEnabled (true);
    bannerButton.setOnClickListener (new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick (View v) {
            if (bannerView == null) {
                UnityBanners.loadBanner (myActivity, "banner");
            } else {
                UnityBanners.destroy ();
            }
        }
    });

    final Button initializeButton = (Button) findViewById (R.id.unityads_example_initialize_button);
    initializeButton.setOnClickListener (new View.OnClickListener () {
        @Override
        public void onClick (View v) {
            UnityMonetization.initialize (myActivity, "1234567", unityMonetizationListener, true);
        }
    });
}

private class UnityBannerListener implements IUnityBannerListener {

    @Override
    public void onUnityBannerLoaded (String placementId, View view) {
        bannerView = view;
        ((ViewGroup) findViewById (R.id.unityads_example_layout_root)).addView (view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onUnityBannerUnloaded (String placementId) {
        bannerView = null;
    }

    @Override
    public void onUnityBannerShow (String placementId) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onUnityBannerClick (String placementId) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onUnityBannerHide (String placementId) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onUnityBannerError (String message) {

    }
}

private class UnityMonetizationListener implements IUnityMonetizationListener {

    @Override
    public void onPlacementContentReady (String placementId, PlacementContent placementContent) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onPlacementContentStateChange (String placementId, PlacementContent placementContent, UnityMonetization.PlacementContentState previousState, UnityMonetization.PlacementContentState newState) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onUnityServicesError (UnityServices.UnityServicesError error, String message) {
    }
}
}

There are two buttons bannerButton and initializeButton. But I don't want to show buttons to the user to initialize and show the banner ad. I want to show the ads in the on start method of the activity.

What is the proper way to show the banner ads without bannerButton and initializeButton.

Answer 1

You can just use OnResume method of your activity:

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    ....
    ....
    UnityMonetization.initialize (myActivity, "1234567", unityMonetizationListener, true);
    if (bannerView != null) {
        UnityBanners.destroy ();
    }
    UnityBanners.loadBanner (myActivity, "banner");
}

But it is not the end. You should also take care about Banner visibility and refresh.