Advert Integration

[HalfMoon]

I've got an app that I was considering releasing as as free/advert supported.

Before I get started and try and figure out how to integrate Admob, Mobclix, Pinch Analytics etc - Has anyone else successfully added ads to a NimbleKit app yet?

[brass]

check out the sample uploaded by hugh over at viewtopic.php?f=5&t=329&p=1310&hilit=redirect#p1310

I am going to implement something like this for one of my planned free apps, seems like it could be for using 1 or 2 ads.

[HalfMoon]

Hey brass,

Thanks for that - it looks like a easy way to add ads. Just drop in the ad networks html/js to the first page along with a "NKIsInternetAvailable" to skip the page if no internet connection available.

I was thinking more along the lines of integrating the AdMob/AdWhirl sdk's natively with the app by using an Obj C mix - this way you would get all the benefits of the ad network like app tracking, analytics etc as well as the ad serving.

[brass]

yeah i could see the benefits of that as well. Unfortunately i am not sure how to do that. I am simply trying to or going to try to sell my apps to 1 individual company and charge for my other apps. Would like to know how to do it though, could always use more tools in the tool box.

[HalfMoon]

Looking at AdMob's wiki, they don't recommend showing javascript AdMob ads as part of a UIWebView but I tried it and it works (for now anyway) so that could be a possibility. I'm still keen to integrate them "properly" though - I've put their ads into other (non-nimble) apps via the SDK with Interface builder (which was a doddle) but as we can't use IB with NimbleKit they need to be added programatically.

The readme suggests:

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Create an AdMob delegate class; it can be as simple as a class that only implements -publisherId:.
Add the following code to your view creation (modify as appropriate):

   AdMobView *ad = [AdMobView requestAdWithDelegate:<your delegate>]; // start a new ad request
   ad.frame = CGRectMake(0, 432, 320, 48); // set the frame, in this case at the bottom of the screen
   [self.window addSubview:ad]; // attach the ad to the view hierarchy; self.window is responsible for retaining the ad
 

but this is where I get lost in Obj-C (hence using NK! ). I'm looking into how LiquidGear calls ads but I'm not sure if I can garner anything from their method as the NK library is obfuscated.

I'll keep poking around and if anyone with better Obj-C knowledge than I has any ideas, please add your input.

[billymay]

I found Admob kinda hard to get installed into my project... kept failing. Let me know if someone knows how to integrate either Admob or Adwhirl. Thanks!

Billy