Implementing MoPub ads with Sparrow

Biggerplay

I'm trying to integrate MoPubs adds with sparrow. I've installed the library and that seems to be fine, but I'm not sure what they mean by the following.

"mport the "mpadview.h" header file
declare an mpadview property
declare that your view controller implements the mpadviewdelegate protocol"

// MyViewController.h

#import "MPAdView.h"

@interface MyViewController : UIViewController <MPAdViewDelegate>

    @property (nonatomic, retain) MPAdView *adView;

    @end

"Instantiate the MPAdView with its ad unit ID (key here) and size (320x50)
Set its delegate
Add the view to your view hierarchy
Implement -viewControllerForPresentingModalView
Load the ad"

// MyViewController.m

#import "MyViewController.h"

@implementation MyViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    // ... your other -viewDidLoad code ...
    self.adView = [[[MPAdView alloc] initWithAdUnitId:@"key here"
                   size:MOPUB_BANNER_SIZE] autorelease];
    self.adView.delegate = self;
    CGRect frame = self.adView.frame;
    CGSize size = [self.adView adContentViewSize];
    frame.origin.y = [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame].size.height - size.height;
    self.adView.frame = frame;
    [self.view addSubview:self.adView];
    [self.adView loadAd];
    [super viewDidLoad];
}

- (void)dealloc {
    // ... your other -dealloc code ...
    self.adView = nil;
    [super dealloc];
}

#pragma mark - <MPAdViewDelegate>
- (UIViewController *)viewControllerForPresentingModalView {
    return self;
}

@end

Shilo

You should be able to just use the above MyViewController code that you provided and change @"key here" to the correct key. You might also have to change MOPUB_BANNER_SIZE to a desired size. Also remove the dealloc method if you are using ARC.

Biggerplay

So I create a completely new UIViewController? I don't use Sparrows? how do I attach the new UIViewController to the Sparrow one to be displayed?

The MoPub SDK doesn't use ARC (I had to go through all the files in compile sources and turn off ARC).

Daniel

You can simply subclass "SPViewController" in your game code and add the methods that are required by MoPub that way!

Biggerplay

I'm still trying to get this to work right. I've got the ads to appear, but they are not allowing any input on the screen other than to the ad itself. TTStu was saying that I need to use a SPOverlayView, but I can't get it to work at all with that. In the admanager I created an instance of SPOverlay (banner), and then I did [banner addSubview:self.adView] and in the appdelegate I did

adViewController = [[AdViewController alloc]init];
[Sparrow.currentController.view addSubview:adViewController.banner];

But if you do that, the ads don't run at all.

Daniel

I just tried it out, and it worked without an SPOverlayView for me.

I used the Scaffold project and the latest Sparrow head revision:

I added the MoPubSDK to the Scaffold project, and did all that set-up stuff that's explained on the MoPubSDK (adding about a million frameworks along the way *g*).
Then I created a new class called "ViewController" that extends "SPViewController":

// ######## ViewController.h ########

#import <Sparrow/Sparrow.h>
#import "MPAdView.h"

@interface ViewController : SPViewController<MPAdViewDelegate>

@property (nonatomic, retain) MPAdView *adView;

@end

// ######## ViewController.m ########

#import "ViewController.h"

@implementation ViewController

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self)
    {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    self.adView = [[MPAdView alloc] initWithAdUnitId:@"3a5d847b861b49cb8c7e27a8da2a88fb"
                                                 size:MOPUB_BANNER_SIZE];
    self.adView.delegate = self;
    CGRect frame = self.adView.frame;
    CGSize size = [self.adView adContentViewSize];
    frame.origin.y = [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame].size.height - size.height;
    self.adView.frame = frame;
    [self.view addSubview:self.adView];
    [self.adView loadAd];

    [super viewDidLoad];
}

#pragma mark - <MPAdViewDelegate>

- (UIViewController *)viewControllerForPresentingModalView
{
    return self;
}

@end

This controller has to be used from "AppDelegate.m" instead of using "SPViewController" directly:

// AppDelegate.m

@implementation AppDelegate
{
    ViewController *_viewController;
    UIWindow *_window;
}

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    NSSetUncaughtExceptionHandler(&onUncaughtException);

    CGRect screenBounds = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds;
    _window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:screenBounds];

    _viewController = [[ViewController alloc] init];

    // Enable some common settings here:
    //
    // _viewController.showStats = YES;
    // _viewController.multitouchEnabled = YES;
    // _viewController.preferredFramesPerSecond = 60;

    [_viewController startWithRoot:[Game class] supportHighResolutions:YES doubleOnPad:YES];

    [_window setRootViewController:_viewController];
    [_window makeKeyAndVisible];

    return YES;
}

@end

After that, everything seemed to be working fine! There was an ad displayed and I could click on it. Furthermore, I could still click on the animated Sparrow and hear the sound. So clicks on the Sparrow content were still working.

Let me know if that helps!

Biggerplay

@Daniel, Thanks, that's great! works fine, now I just have to figure out how to hide/turn them off 🙂

Daniel

Perfect! I'm glad I could help!
You've got a tight schedule, I figured you wouldn't want to spend too much time on this annoying issue. 🙂

Biggerplay

Thanks. Yeah very tight schedule, 24 days to go! I'm making good progress, working 12 hours at a time (which is going to increase as time goes on), but there's still tonnes left to do. The replay system has probably taken up the most time so far.

I'm still not sure about MoPub, doesn't seem straightforward to use it, I think they want you to install the SDK's of the ad providers you want to use through them, but that's not clear (and you have to turn off ARC for the ones you use).

All I want is to easily switch between a few different banner providers with a flick of a switch (so to speak), but I'm not sure it's as simple as that.