Test creative types

The Google Mobile Ads SDK provides an API that lets you specify a creative type for test queries. When the parameter is set, only creatives of the specified type are retrieved and rendered.

Usage

To specify a creative type, include the ft_ctype parameter in an extras object and pass it to the ad request. This may restrict which ads are available and result in no fill.

Android

AdRequest ad_request;

ad_request.add_extra(
  /*adapter_class_name=*/"com.google.ads.mediation.admob.AdMobAdapter",
  /*extra_key=*/"ft_ctype",
  /*extra_value=*/"video_app_install");

iOS

AdRequest ad_request;

ad_request.add_extra(
  /*adapter_class_name=*/"GADExtras",
  /*extra_key=*/"ft_ctype",
  /*extra_value=*/"video_app_install");

The following table lists the valid values for ft_ctype:

Creative Type	ft_ctype	Format
HTML5	html5	Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded
App install image	image_app_install	Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded
Display image	image_display	Banner, Interstitial
Display partial slot	partial_slot	Banner, Native, Interstitial
App install text	text_app_install	Banner, Native, Interstitial
Display text	text_display	Banner, Native, Interstitial
Trueview	trueview	Interstitial, Rewarded
App install video	video_app_install	Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

This feature impacts Google ads only. If your ad unit enables mediation, ads returned from third-party ad sources don't respect the ft_ctype parameter. We recommend testing with an ad unit that doesn't have mediation enabled.