Show instream video ads on Android

This page describes how to use the SDK to fetch and display instream video ads.

Step 1. Include the SDK in your project

If you use Maven, use the following Gradle config to install the version of the SDK with instream video support:

// Android: Gradle config to install the SDK and the Video SDK
repositories {
     mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
     compile  'com.appnexus.opensdk:appnexus-instreamvideo:[8,9)'
}

Step 2: Cache the video Ad

To cache a video ad, set up a request object and supply it with either:

• A placement ID (as shown in the example below), or
• A combination of your Xandr member ID and an inventory code

Then register a VideoAdLoadListener which will signal whether the ad load succeeded or failed. This is optional but strongly recommended. If you don't set the VideoAdLoadListener, you can use the VideoAd.isReady() method to check whether the ad is available.

After that, call VideoAd.loadAd() to start caching the ad.

// Create a VideoAd instance
VideoAd videoAd = new VideoAd( this , "9924002" );
// Set the (optional) VideoAdLoadListener.
videoAd.setAdLoadListener( new VideoAdLoadListener() {
  @Override
   public void onAdLoaded(VideoAd videoAd) {
        Log.d(TAG,  "onAdLoaded" );
   }
   @Override
     public void onAdRequestFailed(VideoAd videoAd, ResultCode errorCode) {
        Log.d(TAG,  "onAdRequestFailed" );
     }
  });
// At this point you can set targeting parameters, the ad landing
// page, and many other options before calling `loadAd()`.  For
// details, see the SDK documentation.
// Load the VideoAd.
videoAd.loadAd();

Step 3: Set up the video playback listener

Before showing the video ad, you'll need to set up the mandatory VideoPlaybackListener. The onAdCompleted() notification is required to show your content video after the ad finishes playing.

// Set the (mandatory) PlayBack Listener.
videoAd.setVideoPlaybackListener( new VideoAdPlaybackListener() {
   
@Override
public void onAdPlaying( final VideoAd videoAd) {
      Log.d(TAG,  "onAdPlaying::" );
   }
@Override
public void onQuartile(VideoAd view, Quartile quartile) {
Log.d(TAG,  "onQuartile::" + quartile);
}
//Resume your VideoPlayer with the 'onAddCompleted' notification.
@Override
public void onAdCompleted(VideoAd view, PlaybackCompletionState playbackState) {
Log.d(TAG,  "onAdCompleted::playbackState" + playbackState);
videoPlayer.start();
//The 'videoPlayer' here is your Application Content Video Player.
}
@Override
public void onAdMuted(VideoAd view,  boolean isMute) {
  Log.d(TAG,  "isAudioMute::" + isMute);
}
@Override
public void onAdClicked(VideoAd adView) {
Log.d(TAG,  "onAdClicked" );
   }           
@Override
public void onAdClicked(VideoAd videoAd, String clickUrl) {
Log.d(TAG,  "onAdClicked" );
   }
});

Step 4: Pass activity lifecycle events to the Ad

Pass on the Activity Lifecycle callback events to VideoAd as shown below:

// This is important because it's used to resume the ad after an interruption by user activity.
@Override
public void onResume() {
     super .onResume();
     videoAd.activityOnResume();
}
@Override
public void onPause() {
     super .onPause();
     videoAd.activityOnPause();
}
// Used to clear the memory footprint of the VideoAd instance.
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
     super .onDestroy();
     videoAd.activityOnDestroy();
}

Step 5: Show the video Ad

You are now all set to show the Video Ad by calling playAd() as shown below. Remember to pause your content video player before calling VideoAd.playAd():

if (videoAd.isReady()) {
     // Pause your app's video player.
     videoPlayer.pause();
     // Play the Ad by passing the container. The container here is a
     // FrameLayout/RelativeLayout, on top of which the ad will be
     // displayed.
     videoAd.playAd(baseContainer);
}

Pause and resume the video Ad

To pause or resume playing the video ad use the following method calls.

 public void resumeAd();
 public void pauseAd();

Fetch the attributes of a loaded video creative

Once the video is loaded, you may retrieve various creative attributes:

public String getVastURL()  //Provide the VAST content URL
public int getVideoAdDuration()  //Provide the duration of the video
public String getVastXML()  //Provide the VAST content as an XML string
public String getCreativeURL()  //Provide the actual creative loaded
public VideoOrientation getVideoOrientation()  //Provide the Orientation of the Video rendered. Possible video orientations can be square, portrait, landscape or none

Determine ad play progress

You can determine how far the adPlay has progressed by retrieving the amount of time that has elapsed since the ad began playing:

public void getAdPlayElapsedTime(ResultCallback<String> resultCallback)

Example

See below for a complete working example of showing an instream video ad.

 package com.appnexus.example.simplevideo;
  
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
 import android.widget.VideoView;
  
 import com.appnexus.opensdk.ResultCode;
 import com.appnexus.opensdk.instreamvideo.Quartile;
 import com.appnexus.opensdk.instreamvideo.VideoAd;
 import com.appnexus.opensdk.instreamvideo.VideoAdLoadListener;
 import com.appnexus.opensdk.instreamvideo.VideoAdPlaybackListener;
  
  
 public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  
    public static final String TAG = MainActivity.class.getName();
  
    // The Ad Video instance.
    // Its important to create this as a Instance variable to make sure its not removed Garbage Collected.
    private VideoAd videoAd;
  
    // Content video player.
    private static VideoView videoPlayer;
  
    // Ad Container.
    private RelativeLayout baseContainer;
  
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        videoPlayer = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.video_player);
        baseContainer = (RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.id.baseContainer);
        videoPlayer.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("https://acdn.adnxs.com/mobile/video_test/content/Xandr_HighRes.mp4"));
  
        // Initialize VideoAd
        videoAd =new VideoAd(this,"9924002");
  
        // Set the Ad-Load Listener
        videoAd.setAdLoadListener(new VideoAdLoadListener() {
                @Override
                public void onAdLoaded(VideoAd videoAd) {
                    // Pause App's Content Video Player
                    videoPlayer.pause();
                    // Play the VideoAd by passing the container.
                    videoAd.playAd(baseContainer);
                }
  
                @Override
                public void onAdRequestFailed(VideoAd videoAd, ResultCode errorCode) {
                    Log.d(TAG, "onAdRequestFailed::"+errorCode);
                    videoPlayer.start();
                }
            });
        // videoAd.setAge("25");
        // videoAd.setGender(AdView.GENDER.FEMALE);
        // videoAd.setLoadsInBackground(true);
        // videoAd.addCustomKeywords("KEY_1","VALUE_1");
        // videoAd.addCustomKeywords("KEY_2","VALUE_2");
        //Load the Ad.
        videoAd.loadAd();
        // Set PlayBack Listener.
        videoAd.setVideoPlaybackListener(new VideoAdPlaybackListener() {
                                @Override
                                public void onAdPlaying(VideoAd view){
                                        Log.d(TAG, "onAdPlaying");
                                }
                @Override
                public void onQuartile(VideoAd view, Quartile quartile) {
                    Log.d(TAG, "onQuartile::" + quartile);
                                           
                                        videoAd.getAdPlayElapsedTime(new ResultCallback<String>() {
                                        @Override
                                                public void onResult(String s) {
                                                        Log.d(TAG, "elapsed time::" + s);      
                                                }
                                        });
                }
  
                @Override
                public void onAdCompleted(VideoAd view, PlaybackCompletionState playbackState) {
                    Log.d(TAG, "onAdCompleted::playbackState" + playbackState);
                    videoPlayer.start();
                }
  
                @Override
                public void onAdMuted(VideoAd view, boolean isMute){
                    Log.d(TAG, "isAudioMute::"+isMute);
                }
  
                @Override
                public void onAdClicked(VideoAd adView) {
                    Log.d(TAG, "onAdClicked");
                }
 
                                @Override
                public void onAdClicked(VideoAd videoAd, String clickUrl) {
                        Log.d(TAG, "onAdClicked");
                }
            });
    }
  
 
    // Pass the Activity LifeCycle Callback's to VideoAd. This is very important for autoresuming the Video Ad after interruption.
    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        videoAd.activityOnResume();
    }
  
    @Override
    public void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        videoAd.activityOnPause();
    }
  
    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        videoAd.activityOnDestroy();
    }
}
  

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