Rewarded ads custom events

Prerequisites

Complete the custom events setup.

Request a rewarded ad

When the custom event line item is reached in the waterfall mediation chain, the loadRewarded:adConfiguration:completionHandler: method is called on the class name you provided when creating a custom event. In this case, that method is in SampleCustomEvent, which then calls the loadRewarded:adConfiguration:completionHandler: method in SampleCustomEventRewarded.

To request a rewarded ad, create or modify a class that implements GADMediationAdapter and loadRewarded:adConfiguration:completionHandler:. If a class that extends GADMediationAdapter already exists, implement loadRewarded:adConfiguration:completionHandler: there. Additionally, create a new class to implement GADMediationRewardedAd.

In our custom event example, SampleCustomEvent implements the GADMediationAdapter interface and then delegates to SampleCustomEventRewarded.

Swift

import GoogleMobileAds

class SampleCustomEvent: NSObject, GADMediationAdapter {

  fileprivate var rewardedAd: SampleCustomEventRewarded?
  ...

  func loadRewarded(
    for adConfiguration: GADMediationRewardedAdConfiguration,
    completionHandler: @escaping GADMediationRewardedLoadCompletionHandler
  ) {
    self.rewardedAd = SampleCustomEventRewarded()
    self.rewardedAd?.loadRewarded(
      for: adConfiguration, completionHandler: completionHandler)
  }
}

Objective-C

#import "SampleCustomEvent.h"

@implementation SampleCustomEvent
...

SampleCustomEventRewarded *sampleRewarded;

- (void)loadRewardedForAdConfiguration:
            (GADMediationRewardedAdConfiguration *)adConfiguration
                     completionHandler:
                         (GADMediationRewardedLoadCompletionHandler)
                             completionHandler {
  sampleRewarded = [[SampleCustomEventRewarded alloc] init];
  [sampleRewarded loadRewardedForAdConfiguration:adConfiguration
                               completionHandler:completionHandler];
}

SampleCustomEventRewarded is responsible for the following tasks:

  • Loading the rewarded ad.

  • Implementing the GADMediationRewardedAd protocol.

  • Receiving and reporting ad event callbacks to the Google Mobile Ads SDK.

The optional parameter defined in the Ad Manager UI is included in the ad configuration. The parameter can be accessed through adConfiguration.credentials.settings[@"parameter"]. This parameter is typically an ad unit identifier that an ad network SDK requires when instantiating an ad object.

Swift

class SampleCustomEventRewarded: NSObject, GADMediationRewardedAd {
  /// The Sample Ad Network rewarded ad.
  var nativeAd: SampleRewarded?

  /// The ad event delegate to forward ad rendering events to the Google Mobile Ads SDK.
  var delegate: GADMediationRewardedAdEventDelegate?

  /// Completion handler called after ad load.
  var completionHandler: GADMediationRewardedLoadCompletionHandler?

  func loadRewarded(
    for adConfiguration: GADMediationRewardedAdConfiguration,
    completionHandler: @escaping GADMediationRewardedLoadCompletionHandler
  ) {
    rewarded = SampleRewarded.init(
      adUnitID: adConfiguration.credentials.settings["parameter"] as? String)
    rewarded?.delegate = self
    let adRequest = SampleAdRequest()
    adRequest.testMode = adConfiguration.isTestRequest
    self.completionHandler = completionHandler
    rewarded?.fetchAd(adRequest)
  }
}

Objective-C

#import "SampleCustomEventRewarded.h"

@interface SampleCustomEventRewarded () <SampleRewardedAdDelegate,
                                         GADMediationRewardedAd> {
  /// The sample rewarded ad.
  SampleRewarded *_rewardedAd;

  /// The completion handler to call when the ad loading succeeds or fails.
  GADMediationRewardedLoadCompletionHandler _loadCompletionHandler;

  /// The ad event delegate to forward ad rendering events to the Google Mobile Ads SDK.
  id <GADMediationRewardedAdEventDelegate> _adEventDelegate;
}
@end

- (void)loadRewardedAdForAdConfiguration:(GADMediationRewardedAdConfiguration *)adConfiguration
                       completionHandler:
                           (GADMediationRewardedLoadCompletionHandler)completionHandler {
  __block atomic_flag completionHandlerCalled = ATOMIC_FLAG_INIT;
  __block GADMediationRewardedLoadCompletionHandler originalCompletionHandler =
      [completionHandler copy];

  _loadCompletionHandler = ^id<GADMediationRewardedAdEventDelegate>(
      _Nullable id<GADMediationRewardedAd> ad, NSError *_Nullable error) {
    // Only allow completion handler to be called once.
    if (atomic_flag_test_and_set(&completionHandlerCalled)) {
      return nil;
    }

    id<GADMediationRewardedAdEventDelegate> delegate = nil;
    if (originalCompletionHandler) {
      // Call original handler and hold on to its return value.
      delegate = originalCompletionHandler(ad, error);
    }

    // Release reference to handler. Objects retained by the handler will also be released.
    originalCompletionHandler = nil;

    return delegate;
  };

  NSString *adUnit = adConfiguration.credentials.settings[@"parameter"];
  _rewardedAd = [[SampleRewardedAd alloc] initWithAdUnitID:adUnit];
  _rewardedAd.delegate = self;
  SampleAdRequest *adRequest = [[SampleAdRequest alloc] init];
  adRequest.testMode = adConfiguration.isTestRequest;
  [_rewardedAd fetchAd:adRequest];
}

Whether the ad is successfully fetched or encounters an error, you would call GADMediationRewardedLoadCompletionHandler. In the event of success, pass through the class that implements GADMediationRewardedAd with a nil value for the error parameter; in the event of failure, pass through the error you encountered.

Typically, these methods are implemented inside callbacks from the third-party SDK your adapter implements. For this example, the Sample SDK has a SampleRewardedAdDelegate with relevant callbacks:

Swift

func rewardedDidLoad(_ interstitial: SampleRewarded) {
  if let handler = completionHandler {
    delegate = handler(self, nil)
  }
}

func rewarded(
  rewarded: SampleRewarded, didFailToLoadAdWith errorCode: SampleErrorCode
) {
  let error =
    SampleCustomEventUtils.SampleCustomEventErrorWithCodeAndDescription(
      code: SampleCustomEventErrorCode
        .SampleCustomEventErrorAdLoadFailureCallback,
      description:
        "Sample SDK returned an ad load failure callback with error code: \(errorCode)"
    )
  if let handler = completionHandler {
    delegate = handler(nil, error)
  }
}

Objective-C

- (void)rewardedDidLoad:(SampleRewarded *)rewarded {
  _adEventDelegate = _loadCompletionHandler(self, nil);
}

- (void)rewarded:(SampleInterstitial *)rewarded
    didFailToLoadAdWithErrorCode:(SampleErrorCode)errorCode {
  NSError *error = SampleCustomEventErrorWithCodeAndDescription(
      SampleCustomEventErrorAdLoadFailureCallback,
      [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Sample SDK returned an ad load failure "
                                 @"callback with error code: %@",
                                 errorCode]);
  _adEventDelegate = _loadCompletionHandler(nil, error);
}

GADMediationrewardedAd requires implementing a present(viewController:) method to display the ad:

Swift

func present(from viewController: UIViewController) {
  if let rewarded = rewarded, rewarded.isRewardedLoaded {
    rewarded.show()
  }
}

Objective-C

- (void)presentFromViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController {
  if ([_rewardedAd isRewardedLoaded]) {
    [_rewardedAd show];
  } else {
    NSError *error = SampleCustomEventErrorWithCodeAndDescription(
        SampleCustomEventErrorAdNotLoaded,
        [NSString stringWithFormat:
                      @"The rewarded ad failed to present because the ad was not loaded."]);
    [_adEventDelegate didFailToPresentWithError:error]
  }
}

Forward mediation events to the Google Mobile Ads SDK

Once you've called GADMediationRewardedLoadCompletionHandler with a loaded ad, the returned GADMediationRewardedAdEventDelegate delegate object can then be used by the adapter to forward presentation events from the third-party SDK to the Google Mobile Ads SDK. The SampleCustomEventRewarded class implements the SampleRewardedAdDelegate protocol to forward callbacks from the sample ad network to the Google Mobile Ads SDK.

It's important that your custom event forwards as many of these callbacks as possible, so that your app receives these equivalent events from the Google Mobile Ads SDK. Here's an example of using callbacks:

Swift

func rewardedAdDidPresent(_ rewarded: SampleRewardedAd) {
  delegate?.willPresentFullScreenVideo()
  delegate?.didStartVideo()
}

func rewardedAdUserDidEarnReward(_ rewarded: SampleRewardedAd) {
  GADAdReward aReward = GADAdReward("", rewarded)
  delegate.didRewardUser()
}

Objective-C

- (void)rewardedAdDidPresent:(SampleRewardedAd *)rewardedAd {
  [_adEventDelegate willPresentFullScreenView];
  [_adEventDelegate didStartVideo];
}

- (void)rewardedAd:(nonnull SampleRewardedAd *)rewardedAd
    userDidEarnReward:(NSUInteger)reward {
  GADAdReward *aReward = [[GADAdReward alloc]
      initWithRewardType:@""
            rewardAmount:[NSDecimalNumber numberWithUnsignedInt:reward]];
  [_adEventDelegate didRewardUserWithReward];
}

This completes the custom events implementation for rewarded ads. The full example is available on GitHub. You can use it with an ad network that is already supported or modify it to display custom event rewarded ads.