Comments on: PhoneGap iAds Plugin

By: NewbieDan

NewbieDan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:52:25 +0000

ok, I added code to my showAd methoid to show/hide an extra div at the bottom of my app if showAd(true) is called, trouble is even if showAd(false) is called the ad banner still pops up (test ad) and my div.hide() gets called and my buttons are hidden again. Is there a more reliable way to detect when the ad banner is shown and when it is hidden?

By: NewbieDan

NewbieDan — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:44:29 +0000

HI,
Thanks for the tut but one question:
How do get the ads to show up below my app and not ontop of it, I have a row of buttons on the bottom of my app but the ads show up on top of them thereby blocking them from the view and use. If I just add an extra 50px to the bottom of my app then that is wasted space if there is no app to show.

here is what my appdelagate.h and .m look like now:
#import “iAd/iAd.h”

@interface AppDelegate : PhoneGapDelegate {
NSString* invokeString;
BOOL bannerIsVisible;
}

@property (copy) NSString* invokeString;
@property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet ADBannerView *adView;
@property BOOL bannerIsVisible;

and .m:
@implementation AppDelegate

@synthesize invokeString;
@synthesize adView;
//@property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet ADBannerView *adView;
@synthesize bannerIsVisible;

……
- (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)theWebView
{
// only valid if DromeiOS.plist specifies a protocol to handle
if(self.invokeString)
{
// this is passed before the deviceready event is fired, so you can access it in js when you receive deviceready
NSString* jsString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"var invokeString = \"%@\";", self.invokeString];
[theWebView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:jsString];
}
bannerIsVisible = YES;
//ADBannerView * ############ NOTICE THIS CHANGE ############
adView = [[ADBannerView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
adView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 410, 320, 50); // if you want the banner to be on top of the screen remove this line
adView.delegate = self;
adView.currentContentSizeIdentifier = ADBannerContentSizeIdentifierPortrait;//ADBannerContentSizeIdentifier320x50;
[theWebView addSubview:adView];
return [ super webViewDidFinishLoad:theWebView ];
}

……

By: shazron

shazron — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:23:30 +0000

Don’t know really. I’ve often had the problem — Apple is just not serving ads even the test ones sometimes.

By: claras

claras — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:26:52 +0000

Hi Shazron,

I followed all steps, but nothing is showing up. No errors. The app works fine, but I don’t see the ad. What could I be doing wrong?

Thank you!

By: shazron

shazron — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:38:10 +0000

Yeah, the iAds plugin is outside of the WebView.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:09:26 +0000

Is it possible to show iAds using Sencha + Phonegap + PhoneGap AdPlugin ?

By: Rascaltester

Rascaltester — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:47:30 +0000

Anyone know of any support for YOC Network and Phonegap? http://group.yoc.com/uk/

By: shazron

shazron — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:43:23 +0000

The demo project is just that, a demo.
If you created a new project and did what you did according to the readme, it should be fine.
Don’t use iAdHost as your base.

By: Jamie McDonnell

Jamie McDonnell — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:08:28 +0000

Hi Shazron,

thanks for a great plugin, problem is I can’t get the demo project to compile ;(

I’ve followed the readme to the letter, a handful of times, the project zip is here:
http://www.jm3d.co.uk/iAdHost.zip

The error I’m getting is:
cp ../*.js /Users/imacapple/Work/iAdHost/www/
cp: ../*.js: No such file or directory

And I really can’t see what I’m doing wrong… would you mind taking a look please? It would be a great help.

I saw this guide – should I be making these changes also:
http://www.zeletron.com.br/2010/07/adding-iad-in-phonegap-apps.html

Thanks a lot

Jamie

By: Giulio

Giulio — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:02:08 +0000

@Shazron, thanks for your reply. I’ll try it