This guide shows you how to use the Google Mobile Ads SDK to load and display ads from i-mobile using mediation, covering waterfall integrations. It covers how to add i-mobile to an ad unit's mediation configuration, and how to integrate the i-mobile SDK and adapter into a Unity app.
The dashboard interface for i-mobile uses Japanese text for its labels, buttons, and descriptions. The screenshots in this guide have not been translated. In this guide's descriptions and instructions however, labels and buttons are translated with their English language equivalents in parentheses.
Supported integrations and ad formats
The AdMob mediation adapter for i-mobile has the following capabilities:
| Integration | |
|---|---|
| Bidding | |
| Waterfall | |
| Formats | |
| Banner | |
| Interstitial | |
| Rewarded | |
Requirements
- Unity 5.6 or higher
- Latest Google Mobile Ads SDK
- To deploy on Android
- Android API level 19 or higher
- To deploy on iOS
- iOS deployment target of 11.0 or higher
- A working Unity project configured with Google Mobile Ads SDK. See Get Started for details.
- Complete the mediation Get started guide
Step 1: Set up configurations in i-mobile UI
Sign up or log in to your i-mobile account.
Android
Add your app to the i-mobile dashboard by clicking the サイト／アプリ管理 (Site/Application Management) tab and clicking the 新規Androidアプリ (New Android App) button.
Register your app by providing its 名称 (Name) and マーケットURL (Market URL). Then, click the 新規登録 (Sign up) button after filling out the rest of the form.
To create a new Advertising Spot, select your app under the サイト／アプリ管理 (Site/Application Management) tab.
Navigate to the 広告スポット管理 (Ad Spot Management) tab and click on the 新規広告スポット (New Ad Spot) button.
Next, fill out the form by providing the 広告スポット名 (Ad Spot name), 広告スポットサイズ (Ad Spot size) and other details. Then, click the 新規登録 (Sign up) button.
Your new Ad spot is ready. To view its integration details, click the アプリ設定取得 (Get App settings) button.
Take note of the パブリッシャーID (Publisher ID), メディアID (Media ID), and スポットID (Spot ID). You'll need these parameters later when configuring i-mobile for mediation in the AdMob UI.
iOS
Add your app to the i-mobile dashboard by clicking the サイト／アプリ管理 (Site/Application Management) tab and clicking the 新規iPhoneアプリ (New iPhone App) button.
Register your app by providing its 名称 (Name) and App Store URL. Then, click the 新規登録 (Sign up) button after filling out the rest of the form.
To create a new Advertising Spot, select your app under the サイト／アプリ管理 (Site/Application Management) tab.
Navigate to the 広告スポット管理 (Ad Spot Management) tab and click on the 新規広告スポット (New Ad Spot) button.
Next, fill out the form by providing the 広告スポット名 (Ad Spot name), 広告スポットサイズ (Ad Spot size) and other details. Then, click the 新規登録 (Sign up) button.
Your new Ad spot is ready. To view its integration details, click the アプリ設定取得 (Get App settings) button.
Take note of the パブリッシャーID (Publisher ID), メディアID (Media ID), and スポットID (Spot ID). You'll need these parameters later when configuring i-mobile for mediation in the AdMob UI.
Step 2: Set up i-mobile demand in AdMob UI
To add i-mobile to the mediation configuration for your AdMob ad unit(s), first sign in to your AdMob account. Then, follow the iOS or Android platform specific instructions below.
If you're deploying your Unity app to both Android and iOS, you need two AdMob ad units, one for each platform.
Android
Navigate to the Mediation tab. If you have an existing mediation group you'd like to modify, click the name of that mediation group to edit it, and skip ahead to Add i-mobile as an ad source.
To create a new mediation group, select Create Mediation Group.
Enter your ad format and platform, then click Continue.
Give your mediation group a name, and select locations to target. Next, set the mediation group status to Enabled. Then click Add Ad Units.
Associate this mediation group with your existing AdMob ad units. Then click Done.
You should now see the ad units card populated with the ad units you selected.
Add i-mobile as an ad source
In the Ad Sources card, select Add Ad Network.
Select i-mobile and enable the Optimize feature. Enter the Login Name and API Password of your i-mobile account to set up ad source optimization for i-mobile. Then enter an eCPM value for i-mobile and click Continue.
If you already have a mapping for i-mobile, you can simply select it. Otherwise, click Add mapping.
Next, enter your Publisher ID, the Media ID and the Spot ID obtained in the previous section. Then click Done.
iOS
Navigate to the Mediation tab. If you have an existing mediation group you'd like to modify, click the name of that mediation group to edit it, and skip ahead to Add i-mobile as an ad source.
To create a new mediation group, select Create Mediation Group.
Enter your ad format and platform, then click Continue.
Give your mediation group a name, and select locations to target. Next, set the mediation group status to Enabled. Then click Add Ad Units.
Associate this mediation group with your existing AdMob ad units. Then click Done.
You should now see the ad units card populated with the ad units you selected.
Add i-mobile as an ad source
In the Ad Sources card, select Add Ad Network.
Select i-mobile and enable the Optimize feature. Enter the Login Name and API Password of your i-mobile account to set up ad source optimization for i-mobile. Then enter an eCPM value for i-mobile and click Continue.
If you already have a mapping for i-mobile, you can simply select it. Otherwise, click Add mapping.
Next, enter your Publisher ID, the Media ID and the Spot ID obtained in the previous section. Then click Done.
Step 3: Import the i-mobile SDK and adapter
Download the latest version of Google Mobile Ads mediation plugin for i-mobile
from the download link in the Changelog
and extract the GoogleMobileAdsIMobileMediation.unitypackage from the zip
file.
In your Unity project editor, select Assets > Import Package >
Custom Package and find the GoogleMobileAdsIMobileMediation.unitypackage
file you downloaded. Make sure that all the files are selected and click
Import.
Then, select Assets > Play Services Resolver > Android Resolver >
Force Resolve. The Unity Play Services Resolver library will perform
dependency resolution from scratch and copy the declared dependencies into the
Assets/Plugins/Android directory of your Unity app.
Step 4: Additional code required
Android
No additional code is required i-mobile integration.
iOS
SKAdNetwork integration
Follow i-mobile's documentation
to add the SKAdNetwork identifiers to your project's Info.plist file.
Step 5: Test your implementation
Enable test ads
Make sure you register your test device for AdMob. i-mobile provides test Spot ID, Media ID, and Publisher ID for testing, you can find them here.
Verify test ads
To verify that you are receiving test ads from i-mobile, enable single ad source testing in ad inspector using the i-mobile (Waterfall) ad source(s).
Error codes
If the adapter fails to receive an ad from i-mobile, publishers can check the
underlying error from the ad response using ResponseInfo
under the following classes:
Android
| Format | Class name |
|---|---|
| Banner | com.google.ads.mediation.imobile.IMobileAdapter |
| Interstitial | com.google.ads.mediation.imobile.IMobileAdapter |
| Native | com.google.ads.mediation.imobile.IMobileMediationAdapter |
iOS
| Format | Class name |
|---|---|
| Banner | IMobileAdapter |
| Interstitial | IMobileAdapter |
| Native | GADMediationAdapterIMobile |
Here are the codes and accompanying messages thrown by the i-mobile adapter when an ad fails to load:
Android
| Error code | Reason |
|---|---|
| 0-99 | i-mobile SDK returned an error. See code for more details. |
| 101 | i-mobile requires an Activity context to load ads. |
| 102 | i-mobile server parameters configured in the AdMob UI are missing/invalid. |
| 103 | The requested ad size does not match an i-mobile supported banner size. |
| 104 | i-mobile's native ad load success callback returned an empty native ads list. |
iOS
| Error code | Reason |
|---|---|
| 0-10 | i-mobile SDK returned an error. See code for more details. |
| 101 | i-mobile server parameters configured in the AdMob UI are missing/invalid. |
| 102 | The requested ad size does not match an i-mobile supported banner size. |
| 103 | i-mobile failed to present an ad. |
| 104 | i-mobile returned an empty native ad array. |
| 105 | i-mobile failed to download native ad assets. |
| 106 | i-mobile does not support requesting for multiple interstitial ads using the same Spot ID. |
i-mobile Unity Mediation Plugin Changelog
Version 1.3.2
- Moved adapter content to
GoogleMobileAds/Mediation/IMobile/. - Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.3.1.1.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.3.2.0.
- Built and tested with the Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin version 8.1.0.
Version 1.3.1
- Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.3.0.0.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.3.0.1.
- Built and tested with the Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin version 7.4.1.
Version 1.3.0
- Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.3.0.0.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.3.0.0.
- Built and tested with the Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin version 7.3.1.
Version 1.2.2
- Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.0.23.1.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.2.0.1.
- Built and tested with the Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin version 7.0.2.
Version 1.2.1
- Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.0.23.0.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.2.0.1.
- Built and tested with the Google Mobile Ads Unity Plugin version 7.0.0.
Version 1.2.0
- Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.0.23.0.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.2.0.0.
Version 1.1.0
- Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.0.22.2.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.1.0.1.
Version 1.0.2
- Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.0.22.0.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.0.32.0.
Version 1.0.1
- Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.0.21.0.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.0.31.0.
Version 1.0.0
- First release!
- Supports i-mobile Android adapter version 2.0.20.1.
- Supports i-mobile iOS adapter version 2.0.29.0.