10-Step Integration Guide for Unity Ads in Unity

Thank you very much Nikkolai, I removed the Unity Ads assets and the error disappeared. However the service was not turning on, it remained disabled. If someone is having this problem, you just have to restart Unity and everything will work fine

 

Cannot Change Game ID, when i restart unity after adding my own Game ID and disabling test mode, it show the previous Game ID and the test mode is enabled, so nothing is saved...any idea?

 

Hello!
Before 5.2 Unity Ads showed fine. After that I decided to use new Unity Services feature. So I turned it on and added the code to object in root. In logs in xcode I can see "Unity Ads initialized with 3 campaigns and 2 zones". Test ads don't show on iOS, Android, Unity Editor Player. Advertisement.IsReady("rewardedVideo")) returns false.
Please help me with this issue. What am I doing wrong? Code and screenshots are bellow.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEngine.Advertisements;
3.  
4. public class UnityVideoAds : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.     public void ShowRewardedAd()
7.     {
8.         if (Advertisement.IsReady("rewardedVideo"))
9.         {
10.             var options = new ShowOptions { resultCallback = HandleShowResult };
11.             Advertisement.Show("rewardedVideo", options);
12.         }
13.     }
14.  
15.     private void HandleShowResult(ShowResult result)
16.     {
17.         switch (result)
18.         {
19.         case ShowResult.Finished:
20.             Debug.Log("The ad was successfully shown.");
21.             //
22.             // YOUR CODE TO REWARD THE GAMER
23.             // Give coins etc.
24.             break;
25.         case ShowResult.Skipped:
26.             Debug.Log("The ad was skipped before reaching the end.");
27.             break;
28.         case ShowResult.Failed:
29.             Debug.LogError("The ad failed to be shown.");
30.             break;
31.         }
32.     }
33.  
34.     void Start() {
35.         ShowRewardedAd ();
36.     }
37. }

 

wow, why did unity break the adverts in 5.2?? none of the example code works if(Advertisement.isReady()){ Advertisement.Show(); } returns the error
Assets/unityAds.cs(9,13): error CS0433: The imported type `UnityEngine.Advertisements.Advertisement' is defined multiple times
and same issue as above with the rewarded adverts, is there already a solution to this that i have missed?

 

Hello @rizla
You should use the code samples given with unity 5.2. You may want take a look to this thread. Because some API changes made.

Regards,

 

@Salazar thanks mate, i found the problems, lots of minor changes lead to a very confused and disgruntled me, my main issue i think was having the unity ads asset downloaded from the store imported in to my project, removed that and the exampled scripts in the service window worked fine

 

@unity-nikkolai cheers nikkolai, i have found and worked out the intergration, perhaps a video should be posted somewhere showing the changes, and set up, i agree its much easier now, just completely different to how we used to do it. whats the story with all the dash boards, will they become 1, will the older games with the old ids need updateing or will continue to run fine?

 

Hi,

Building an iOS-version of my app fails reliably in XCode with error message:

UnityAds.bundle: No such file or directory

If I dig up that file and put it where it's supposed to be (I know, I know, not a smart move the error I get is:

UnityAds.h file not found

That file is not present on my mac.

BTW: I removed all traces of the old UnityAds-framework from my project as instructed when the ad-thingy became a service.

XCode version is: Version 7.0 (7A220)
Unity version is: 5.2.0f3 (Personal)

Anyone has any hacks, ideas or workarounds?

Thanks to everyone already in advance

 

No help like self-help. I succeeded in getting the ads to work. If anyone else has this same problem what helped for me was that I downloaded the Unity Ads SDK from the corresponding site and copied missing files from it into the XCode-project whenever it complained about missing files. Running the app on an iPad2 worked fine - the test ad was displayed as it should be.

 

Hello!

I have a question regarding rewarded ad integration. I use of course the newest unity version 5.2.2.
I use the same reward ad code example which is provided in unity -> services. I place that code in my games main menu. So when I start game first scene is main menu, the ads is initialized there. So this means that loading other scenes (levels), keeps the ads initialized and ad system in the background is doing its thing - downloading new ads in device... ? When player dies then the scene is switched to Main Menu scene and is asked to watch an ad for a another batch of lives. (I had a feeling that sometimes test ad cant be shown. I thought maybe its because system just now loaded scene with ad script at the same moment did initialize ads, and didnt had time to download ad)
Is this good enough implementation or I need to initialize ad system in same scene where the show ad will be called after some time?

 

could someone please link me to a documentation that explains how pay is actually delivered once the amount of impressions is high enough to warent the payment to the developer? Thanks! just not sure how that works, how often its sent out where i can set up the information so it sends the payment to the correct bank etc. thanks!

 

hi so i have done everything you mention it and the ads work but how would i get it to work only when the user click the restart button?

 

Hi,

I encounter problem on merging manifest.

Error: [Temp/StagingArea/AndroidManifest-main.xml:3, /Users/panfilomarianojr/UnityDev/ToysInc/src/Unity/Temp/StagingArea/android-libraries/MoPub_lib/AndroidManifest.xml:29] Trying to merge incompatible /manifest/uses-permission[@name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE] element:

Error: [Temp/StagingArea/AndroidManifest-main.xml, /Users/panfilomarianojr/UnityDev/ToysInc/src/Unity/Temp/StagingArea/android-libraries/unityads-release/AndroidManifest.xml:7] Trying to merge incompatible /manifest/application/activity[@name=com.unity3d.ads.android.view.UnityAdsFullscreenActivity] element:


Im am using Unity3d 5.2.3f1

Since i removed the UnityAds package from Asset Store, I cant edit the manifest anymore as suggested in previous conversation.

Can anyone help me. am i missing something,

Thanks

 

I fixed by using the package from Asset Store and removing


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

<application>
<activity
android:name="com.unity3d.ads.android.view.UnityAdsFullscreenActivity"
android:configChanges="fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|locale|mnc|mcc|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode|touchscreen"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
tools:ignore="UnusedAttribute"/>
</application>

in the AndroidManifest.xml

Im not sure if it will affect anything in the game ads but anyway it fixed the current problem.

 

Hey guys, I am working on unity 4.6.6 and I am trying to add unity ads to my game but I am unable to make an build because of manifest merge errors

1)

I am getting the following error while I am build the APK

Error: [Temp\StagingArea\AndroidManifest-main.xml, C:\Users\Murtaza\Desktop\HOMEWORK\_Cricket\Temp\StagingArea\android-libraries\unityads\AndroidManifest.xml:7] Trying to merge incompatible /manifest/application/activity[@name=com.unity3d.ads.android.view.UnityAdsFullscreenActivity] element:

UnityEditor.HostView:OnGUI()




2)


Error building Player: CommandInvokationFailure: Unable to merge android manifests. See the Console for more details.
C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_51\bin\java.exe -Xmx2048M -Dcom.android.sdkmanager.toolsdir="D:/Android/android-sdk\tools" -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -jar "C:/Program Files (x86)/Unity/Editor/Data/BuildTargetTools/AndroidPlayer\sdktools.jar" -


would appreciate any help to solve this.

Cheers.

 

Still no support for Windows??

 

Hi,

UnityAds are being showed in Editor but not on Device (they got stuck in the LogWhenUnityAdsIsInitialized() Coroutine.

What should I do to fix it?

Regards

 

Has anyone seen this error? I'm using 5.3.1f1 and I get this as soon as I click on the Unity Ads switch.

If I create a new Unity project and turn on Ads it works fine. I only get this error if I turn Ads on on my completed game project.

 

Same here: 5.3.1f1
However, I get the same crash in a new project (when linking to my existing project ID), unlike you RayJr.
I could not get trough the creation of the Ads project with the web interface either (see screenshot, love those error msgs btw))

Thanks for the insight though! I was able to generate a new project ID from an empty unity project (inside the editor), rename it trough the editor services panel to the same name (after switching back to my main project and renaming the old ID too) and then use that same organization/project ID again the my main unity project. pfiouu...



"An error occurred while calling external API"

 

hi, this is the first time i use unity ads.
and i am forget to change the ads to rewarded video. and i change it on this morning.
how long it will updated?
sorry for my bad english

 

I am removing that old video, since there is better and up to date integration guide video trough official channels. Dont want to misguide new comers.

Regards,

Official Video Guide

 

How long takes to get Callback link for unity ads from unity support?

 

Hello Unity team,
I have integrated unity in android successfully.
But it runs continuously, How to stop it.

Thank You

 

Hi. I am able to see Test ads. But I have a doubt. @ Analytics web page I am able to see 'Integration not complete' If I want earn money from ads, should I complete integration ? or can I leave it? please help me. Tnks in adv.

 

I've successfully intergrated ads in my app however they obviously show after every time the player has died. If there a way to the set gameobject the scripts are attached to to active only after x amount of deaths?

 

I am using ShowAdsOnLoad script but :-

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3. using UnityEngine;
4. using System.Collections;
5.  
6. public class UnityAdsOnLoad : MonoBehaviour
7. {
8.     public string placementId;
9.  
10.     public float initTimeout = 15f;  // Time in seconds to allow for init to complete before canceling show.
11.     public float showTimeout = 15f;  // Time in seconds to allow for ad to be ready before canceling show.
12.  
13.     private float _yieldTime = 0.5f; // Time in seconds between evaluation attempts.
14.     private float _startTime = 0f;
15.  
16.     IEnumerator Start ()
17.     {
18.         if (!UnityAdsHelper.isSupported) yield break;
19.         else if (!UnityAdsHelper.isInitialized) UnityAdsHelper.Initialize();
20.  
21.         string placementName = string.IsNullOrEmpty(placementId) ? "the default ad placement" : placementId;
22.  
23.         _startTime = Time.timeSinceLevelLoad;
24.  
25.         while (!UnityAdsHelper.isInitialized)
26.         {
27.             if (initTimeout > 0 && Time.timeSinceLevelLoad - _startTime > initTimeout)
28.             {
29.                 Debug.LogWarning(string.Format("Unity Ads failed to initialize in a timely manner. " +
30.                     "An ad for {0} will not be shown on load.",placementName));
31.                 yield break;
32.             }
33.  
34.             yield return new WaitForSeconds(_yieldTime);
35.         }
36.  
37.         Debug.Log("Unity Ads has finished initializing. Waiting for ads to be ready...");
38.  
39.         _startTime = Time.timeSinceLevelLoad;
40.  
41.         while (!UnityAdsHelper.IsReady(placementId))
42.         {
43.             if (showTimeout > 0 && Time.timeSinceLevelLoad - _startTime > showTimeout)
44.             {
45.                 Debug.LogWarning(string.Format("Unity Ads failed to be ready in a timely manner. " +
46.                     "An ad for {0} will not be shown on load.",placementName));
47.                 yield break;
48.             }
49.  
50.             yield return new WaitForSeconds(_yieldTime);
51.         }
52.  
53.         Debug.Log(string.Format("Ads for {0} are available and ready.",placementName));
54.  
55.         UnityAdsHelper.ShowAd(placementId);
56.     }
57.  
58.     void OnDestroy ()
59.     {
60.         StopAllCoroutines();
61.     }
62. }
63.  

Problem: the scene is loading and showing for few seconds and then ad is starting to show.

Case 1 : scene to wait till the ad finish showing/skipped/failed.

case 2: scene to wait till the ad finish showing/skipped/failed, while its the ad is loading it can show a image/text "Loading" (any public gameobject )