Banner Integration for Android

Banners are rectangular, system-initiated ads that can be either static or animated that are served in a designated area around your live app content.

Step 1. Create Banner Layout 

First, you’ll need to create a Banner view to configure the Banner.

• Initiate the Banner view by calling this method (in this example it’s the BANNER banner size):

  IronSourceBannerLayout banner = IronSource.createBanner(Activity, ISBannerSize.BANNER);
  

  See table below for details about our supported standard banner sizes:

  ISBannerSize	Description	Dimensions in dp (WxH)
  BANNER	Standard Banner	320 x 50
  LARGE	Large Banner	320 x 90
  RECTANGLE	Medium Rectangular (MREC)	300 x 250
  SMART	Smart Banner (Adjusted for both mobile and tablet)	If (screen width ≤ 720) 320 x 50 If (screen width > 720) 728 x 90

• Another option is initiating the banner with Custom size, using this signature (WxH in dp):

  IronSourceBannerLayout banner = IronSource.createBanner(Activity, new ISBannerSize(320, 50));

Step 2. Implement the Listener

Next, implement the Banner Listener in your code. The ironSource SDK fires several callbacks to inform you of Banner activity. The SDK will notify your Listener of all possible events listed below:

banner.setLevelPlayBannerListener(new LevelPlayBannerListener() {
   // Invoked each time a banner was loaded. Either on refresh, or manual load.
   //  AdInfo parameter includes information about the loaded ad   
   @Override
   public void onAdLoaded(AdInfo adInfo) {}
   // Invoked when the banner loading process has failed.
   //  This callback will be sent both for manual load and refreshed banner failures. 
   @Override
   public void onAdLoadFailed(IronSourceError error) {}
   // Invoked when end user clicks on the banner ad
   @Override
   public void onAdClicked(AdInfo adInfo) {}
   // Notifies the presentation of a full screen content following user click
   @Override
   public void onAdScreenPresented(AdInfo adInfo) {}
   // Notifies the presented screen has been dismissed
   @Override
   public void onAdScreenDismissed(AdInfo adInfo) {}
   //Invoked when the user left the app
   @Override
   public void onAdLeftApplication(AdInfo adInfo) {}
   
});

You can view the full listeners implementation here.

Step 3. Load Banner Ad Settings

• To load a Banner ad with the default settings, call the following method:

  IronSource.loadBanner(banner);

• We support placements, pacing and capping for Banners on the LevelPlay dashboard. Learn how to set up placements, capping and pacing for Banners to optimize your app’s user experience here.If you’ve set up placements for your Banner, call the following method to serve a Banner ad in a specific location:

  IronSource.loadBanner(banner, (String)placement);

Step 4. Destroy the Banner Ad

To destroy a banner, call the following method:

IronSource.destroyBanner(banner);

A destroyed banner can no longer be loaded. If you want to serve it again, you must initiate it again.

Step 5.  Integrate a Banner Provider

Next, integrate the ad network adapters to serve Banners through LevelPlay Mediation.
You can find the supported networks below, and bannerSize behaviour for each network below:  

Banner Size Reference

• Banner:  320 X 50
• Large Banner:  320×90  
• Medium Rectangle (MREC): 300×250 
• LeaderBoard: 728X90

* AdMob define Large as 320X100

Step 6.  Adaptive banners

The adaptive banner feature will allow you to receive the optimal banner size, based on an ad-width and the screen size. 

While using this feature, networks that support adaptive banners (Currently AdMob and Ad Manager) will return ads with best-fit-height based on your banner size.
All other networks will continue to deliver banners according to the specified ad size.  

1. When you define your banner size add the “adaptive” flag
   

   ISBannerSize.setAdaptive(true);

2. Receive the ad size as part of the load-success callback onBannerAdLoaded(), both for load and refreshed banner ads, allowing you to adjust the banner view in your app
   

Done!
You are now all set up to serve Banners in your application. Verify your integration with our Integration Helper.

What’s Next? 

Follow our integration guides to integrate additional ad units:

• Rewarded Video
• Interstitial
• Offerwall

Interested in integrating more mediation adapters? Check out our supported Mediation Networks.