Adwhirl iOS

[fzuleta]

Hi!
so I decided to make a new way "drag/drop" solution that I could share between my projects and that works with the projects made with the latest UATs, and I'd like to share it with you guys. Im not really sure its the best way, but its working for me, so let me know if it works for you, and if u have ideas on how to improve it: please post.
First,
Special Thanks to pharaoh for his work on Adwhirl
Special Thanks to Giggsy for his work on MASS and MAOF

Steps:
Download this:

f_Adwhirl.zip

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in SHIVA:

1. Import the STE into your project
2. Add the AI [AdWhirl] to your User main AIs
3. Open onFeli_says_StartAds() from the AdWhirl AI
4. Set your AdWhirl Key
5. Call from your Main AI when you want to start the Ads (usually onInit)


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user.sendEvent ( application.getCurrentUser(), "AdWhirl", "onFeli_says_StartAds" )

in XCode:

1. Create your project
2. Drag both AdWhirl and feli_AdWhirl folder into your classes.
3. open S3DEngine_EAGLView.m, paste at the top of the file


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#import "feli_Adwhirl.h"


and at the end of the function - (void)layoutSubviews


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feli_AdWhirlRegisterCallbacks();


4. open S3DEngine_ViewController.h add


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#import "Adwhirl_Helper.h"



and add the AdWhirlHelperDelegate EXAMPLE:


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@interface S3DEngine_ViewController : UIViewController <AdWhirlHelperDelegate>


6. in the project view open the Classes > AdWhirl > Adapters and remove references for the Ad systems you are not going to use: Example for using iAds and AdMob:



Adwhirl_0.jpg (18.1 KiB) Viewed 1716 times



5. Add the system frameworks required by the supported ad networks:

• AddressBook
  
• AudioToolbox
• AVFoundation
• CoreLocation
• libsqlite3
• libz
• MapKit
The following additional frameworks are required by the iAd adapter:

• iAd
• QuartzCore
• SystemConfiguration

for other Ad companies, check out https://www.adwhirl.com/doc/ios/AdWhirliOSSDKSetup.html


That should be it!

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Customizing Ad

if your game is landscape, you can open the AdWhirl AI, then open onFeli_says_StartAds, there is a comment on how to rotate the ads, and position it to the top.

Play around with the this.nAdFramePositionX, this.nAdFramePositionY values

Inside the comment there is a way to independently position the Ad for iPhone or iPad.

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[fzuleta]

hi everyone, with my two new games that came out, I realized that there is an issue with admob, its calling, but for some reason the ads are not being shown, I'll fix it asap, I'll let you guys know

[ThunderZ]

Thx a lot for you're work

[boyk]

hi everyone, with my two new games that came out, I realized that there is an issue with admob, its calling, but for some reason the ads are not being shown, I'll fix it asap, I'll let you guys know

Same, I think because this.

Warning: All new iPad and iPhone apps created after October 14, 2011 will require an AdMob SDK that was released on or after March 15, 2011. This corresponds to version 4.0.2+ for iOS. If you downloaded the library from our official download site, then you're already set. Otherwise you may have an old version of the AdMob SDK that was released prior to March 15, 2011, and your new app will not receive any ad impressions until you update your SDK.

[giggsy]

Same, I think because this.

Warning: All new iPad and iPhone apps created after October 14, 2011 will require an AdMob SDK that was released on or after March 15, 2011. This corresponds to version 4.0.2+ for iOS. If you downloaded the library from our official download site, then you're already set. Otherwise you may have an old version of the AdMob SDK that was released prior to March 15, 2011, and your new app will not receive any ad impressions until you update your SDK.

I think so too!
We can use our old IDs without a problem, but new ones won't work.

[broozar]

http://www.stonetrip.com/developer/wiki/index.php?title=Apple_iOS_Devices#adWhirl_Tutorial

[fzuleta]

Hello

Same, I think because this.

Warning: All new iPad and iPhone apps created after October 14, 2011 will require an AdMob SDK that was released on or after March 15, 2011. This corresponds to version 4.0.2+ for iOS. If you downloaded the library from our official download site, then you're already set. Otherwise you may have an old version of the AdMob SDK that was released prior to March 15, 2011, and your new app will not receive any ad impressions until you update your SDK.

thanks boyk, this is exactly the problem, so
Ive been playing around with it, and found a solution a "temp" solution for new Admob SDK:

which suggest using in terminal:

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        $ cd API_build
        $ mv libBumpAPI.a libBumpAPI.bak
        $ perl -n -p -e 's/MD5/MX5/g' < libBumpAPI.bak > libBumpAPI.a

When I apply this to the libGoogleAdMobAds.a, it seems to take away another function required based on the duplicate mx5, so doesn't compile, BUT! when I applied it to S3DClient_iPhone.a, the app builds no problem, displays ads and seems to work fine, however I'm not comfortable messing up this file,

NicoX if you read this could you please advice? could this work as a temp solution?

ah, one thing for it to compile, I did remove the Admod directory and commented all its calls in S3DEngine_EAGLView.h and .m
I also downloaded the new SDK from both Adwhirl and Admob and put them in without any modifications.

[boyk]

Hello

It's work fine for me after upgrade to "GoogleAdMobAdsSDKiOS-5.0.5"

I just drag "GoogleAdMobAdsSDKiOS-5.0.5" to project, add "SystemConfiguration.Framework"
and I add simple Admob Banner with code from AdMob website

- Deleate "S3DEngine_ViewController" and add GADBannerView
- create AdMob banner in "viewDidLoad" function
- release AdMob banner in "dealloc" function
- Implement adViewDidRecieveAd

I can compile without any error

[makkar]

Hi,

Could someone please summarize the current situation with this Adwhirl implementation and latest Xcode/BetaUAT environments? Should the downloadable solution work now, is it updated, or should we try to follow each post in the thread like download latest sdk-s and comment out Admob, etc...?

Thanks,
Makkar

[makkar]

Coming back to this topic again.
Is this tutorial still working well for iAd?