iAd Implementation

With iAd being built in to Unity, there's no reason for a plugin to make advertising on iOS apps happen. I've just posted a script on my blog that makes it all very simple. Check it out:

http://winrupe.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/unity-iad-implementation/

Questions? Ask me here.

 

Yeah, I've got a question, is that all you need for proper iAd implementation? I have several concerns, one of them being error handling. If the banner gets an error, what should we do (as unity programmers)? Should we discard the AdBannerView and Instantiate a new one? Any ideas?

 

That's a valid question, as you wouldn't want something as simple as a banner crashing your product. Here's the scripting reference from which I pulled the 'ADBannerView' class:
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ADBannerView.html
From what I can tell, there is no built in variable that allows you access to backend error checking, other than 'loaded' or 'onBannerWasLoaded,' which will postpone any further chosen action until an ad has been received.
That being said, if truly concerned, you could wrap the initial loading call in a good ol' fashioned try-catch block.

Code (CSharp):

1. try
2. {
3.     banner = new ADBannerView(ADBannerView.Type.Banner, ADBannerView.Layout.Top);
4.     ADBannerView.onBannerWasLoaded += OnBannerLoaded;
5. }
6. catch(UnityException error)
7. {
8.      Debug.Log(error);
9. }

 

Interesting, they must have taken the error checking functionality out just recently. It used to have an "error" property that you could poll to see if it has an error or not. We probably don't even need to check for errors ourselves.