AdColony Mediation Integration Guide

This guide instructs you step-by-step on how to set AdColony live as an Ad Network on the Unity LevelPlay Mediation platform.

Step 1. Create an AdColony Account

1. Create an account with AdColony. You can do so here.
2. Once your account has been verified, you can log in to their partner login here.

Step 2. Create an Application and Ad Zone in AdColony

To gain access to AdColony’s inventory within Unity LevelPlay Mediation platform, you must first add your app and set up Ad Zones in your AdColony account.

1. Add Your App
   1. Log into your AdColony account and select ‘Setup New App’:
   2. Define the settings of your app:
      1. Platform – iOS or Android
      2. App URL – Add the AppStore or Google Play URL of your application. If your app is not live yet, you can also enter a temporary name manually.
      3. COPPA – Select if your app is targeted to users under the age of 13 for COPPA compliancy.
      4. Ad Settings – You can customize which Ad Categories you want to utilize.Once you’ve entered all your information, select ‘Create’ to finish.
         Note: You will need a unique AdColony application per platform (iOS + Android),  just the same as in your ironSource account.
2.  Create an Ad Zone
   Once your application has been added, you can create an Ad Zone. In AdColony’s system Ad Zones are Placements to which AdColony delivers ads. This will be the placement in your app where you have configured the Rewarded Video, Interstitial or Banner to trigger.
   1. Select ‘Setup New Ad Zone’
      
   2. Create the Ad Zone settings:
      1. Rewarded Video:
         Zone is active? ‘Yes’
         Zone Type: ‘Value Exchange/V4VC’ 
         Client Side Only: ‘Yes‘
         When finished, hit ‘Create’.
         
         
      2. Interstitial:
         Zone is active? ‘Yes’
         Zone Type: ‘Preroll/ Interstitial’
         House Ads: ‘None’
         Development: ‘No’When finished, hit ‘Create’.
         
      3. Banner:
         Zone is active? ‘Yes’
         Ad Zone Size: ‘Banner’
         Development: ‘No’
         When finished, hit ‘Create’.
         

Step 3. Activate AdColony in the SDK Networks Setup Module

There are a few parameters from your AdColony account which need to be inserted into your SDK Network Setup Module on the Unity LevelPlay platform in order for AdColony to work correctly in connection with Unity LevelPlay:

Once you obtain this information, you must configure AdColony’s Parameters in your ironSource Account. By adding the above information correctly, you will be able to take full advantage of AdColony’s ad inventory and reporting data on the Unity LevelPlay Mediation Mediation platform.

1. App ID
   Navigate back to the ‘Apps‘ tab and you will locate the ‘AdColony App ID‘.
   
2. Zone ID
   Navigate to ‘Monetization’ ➣ Select the ‘App’ you created ➣ Then select the ‘Zone‘ you created and you will be directed to the below page, where you will find the ‘Zone ID‘.
   
3. Read-Only API Key
   Select the Drop-down menu on the top right of their dashboard, and you will find the ‘Account Settings’ link.
   On the settings page you will find the ‘Read-Only API Key’.
   
   

Configure AdColony’s Parameters into ironSource Account

• Once you have all of these parameters, log in to your ironSource account and go to ‘Monetize‘ ➣ ‘Mediation‘ ➣ ‘SDK Networks‘.
  

• Select AdColony from the list of Available Ad Networks and enter the AdColony ‘API Key‘. Click ‘Save‘.
  
•  AdColony will then be enabled in the Available Ad Networks table.
  
• Make sure to define the app on which you’d like to run Unity LevelPlay’s mediation with AdColony. Go to the AdColony row on the Setup list of Ad Networks and click on the ‘Define‘ icon.
• Insert the ‘App ID‘ and the ‘Zone ID‘ for Rewarded Video and/or Interstitial in the relevant fields.
  
  
• Set status to Active and click ‘Save’. You will then see AdColony as Active for Mediation on your Setup Dashboard.
  
• New! Verify your integration with the Reporting API; this column will check your integration through the Reporting API and return three possible responses: Verified, Failed and No Response. Double check your integration and the information you entered above; then click ‘Retry‘ until you see ‘Verified’.

Step 4. Add the AdColony Adapter to Your Build

iOS

 ironSource SDK supports both Cocoapods and Manual download mechanisms.

Download the AdColony Adapter with Cocoapods

To integrate the AdColony SDK with Cocoapods, enter the following line in your podfile and you’re good to go!

pod 'IronSourceAppLovinAdapter','4.3.49.0'

Download the AdColony Adapter Manually

1. Download the AdColony Adapter and SDK:
   Add the AdColony Adapter and SDK to your build. You can find the latest AdColony files here.
   Important! The AdColony Adapter does not contain the AdColony SDK. You need to add the SDK to your project as well.
2. Add the AdColony frameworks to your Project:
   After you download and unzip the Adapter and SDK files, drop the framework files into your Xcode Project.
3. Open Target ➣ Build Settings ➣ Architectures and confirm that your Xcode Project uses Base SDK version 7.0 or greater and that it does not use armv6 architecture.

Step 5. Configure Additional Settings

1. 1. 1. Add Linker Flag

         Add a separate linker flag to Target ➣ Build Settings ➣ Linking ➣ Other Linker Flags:
         -fobjc-arc

      2. Configure Supported Orientations

         In order for your app to work in conjunction with the AdColony SDK, your app must support all orientations globally. To do this, select all possible orientations under the General tab of your Xcode target:

         

      3. Configure App Transport Security (ATS) Settings & URL Schemes
         

         1. You can choose to disable or enable ATS on your application by setting the following configurations:
            1. Disable ATS
               Disable ATS by adding the following key to your info.plist file:

               <key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
               <dict>
                  <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
                  <true/>
               </dict>

            2. Enable ATS
               If you want to keep ATS enabled, add the following keys to your info.plist file:

               <key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
               <dict>
               <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
               <true/>
               <key>NSAllowsLocalNetworking</key>  
               <true/>
               <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsInWebContent</key>
               <true/>
               </dict>

         2. Next, add the following entry to your app’s plist for URL scheme support:

            <key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
                <array>
                    <string>fb</string>
                    <string>instagram</string>
                    <string>tumblr</string>
                    <string>twitter</string>
                </array>

      4. Configure Privacy Controls

         If your app is compatible with iOS 10, make sure to configure the below Privacy Controls:

         <key>NSCalendarsUsageDescription</key>
         <string>Adding events</string>
         <key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
         <string>Taking selfies</string>
         <key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
         <string>Taking selfies</string>
         <key>NSMotionUsageDescription </key>
         <string>Interactive ad controls</string>

         Read more about these configurations here.

Step 6. Additional Steps

COPPA

Unity LevelPlay’s mediation platform lets publishers communicate AdColony Child-directed settings directly to the AdColony network.
This feature is enabled using ironSource SDK 7.1.0+, AdColony iOS Adapter 4.3.7+.
Use the following syntax, to set setPrivacyFrameworkOfType.COPPA with the parameter YES:

 [IronSource setMetaDataWithKey:@"AdColony_COPPA" value:@"YES"];

Use the following syntax, to setPrivacyFrameworkOfType.COPPA with the parameter NO:

[IronSource setMetaDataWithKey:@"AdColony_COPPA" value:@"NO"];

To learn more about Child-directed settings Under AdColony network visit here.
here.

Done!
You are now all set to deliver AdColony Ads within your application!