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How to show Ad every so often?

Discussion in 'Unity Ads & User Acquisition' started by chesterhilly, Mar 11, 2016.

  1. chesterhilly

    chesterhilly

    Joined:
    May 4, 2015
    Posts:
    6
    Ok so I have managed to integrate ads into my project but I don't have alot of experience with c#.

    So I just wanted to know if anyone would know how to change a script that creates an button (to show an ad) so the ad would appear every amount of time set. e.g 5 minutes.

    Here is the script example:

    Code (CSharp):
    1. using UnityEngine;
    2. using System.Collections;
    3. using UnityEngine.Advertisements;
    4.  
    5. public class ShowAds : MonoBehaviour
    6. {
    7.     void OnGUI ()
    8.     {
    9.         Rect buttonRect = new Rect (10, 10, 150, 50);
    10.         string buttonText = Advertisement.IsReady () ? "Show Ad" : "Waiting...";
    11.  
    12.         if (GUI.Button (buttonRect, buttonText)) {
    13.             Advertisement.Show ();
    14.         }
    15.     }
    16. }
     
    chesterhilly, Mar 11, 2016
    #1

  2. rasmus-unity

    rasmus-unity

    Unity Technologies

    Joined:
    Aug 15, 2014
    Posts:
    1,312
    Not sure your users will necessarily watch an ad, just because a button is shown in your game ;) See e.g. http://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/04/15/a-designers-guide-to-using-video-ads/ for suggestions on how to integrate ads into a game.

    Anyways, using a variable to keep track of when an ad was last shown, could be used to achieve what you ask for. Example code (have not tested, even tried to compile it though):

    Code (CSharp):
    1.     using UnityEngine;
    2.     using System.Collections;
    3.     using UnityEngine.Advertisements;
    4.    
    5.     public class ShowAds : MonoBehaviour
    6.     {
    7.         private float timeLastAdWasShown;
    8.  
    9.         void OnGUI ()
    10.         {
    11.             if (Time.time - timeLastAdWasShown < 5 * 60)  // in seconds
    12.                 return;
    13.  
    14.             Rect buttonRect = new Rect (10, 10, 150, 50);
    15.             string buttonText = Advertisement.IsReady () ? "Show Ad" : "Waiting...";
    16.    
    17.             if (GUI.Button (buttonRect, buttonText)) {
    18.                 timeLastAdWasShown = Time.time;
    19.                 Advertisement.Show ();
    20.             }
    21.         }
    22.     }
     
    rasmus-unity, Mar 12, 2016
    #2

  3. solomonli

    solomonli

    Unity Technologies

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    Mar 4, 2016
    Posts:
    10
    Last edited: Mar 16, 2016
    solomonli, Mar 16, 2016
    #3