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.