Whether you are creating an App campaign to drive more app installs, in-app actions or in-app action value, you will need ad groups and ads.
Create ad group and criteria
Create an ad group
using AdGroupService
. Do not
specify a type
for the ad
group.
-
(Optional) If the
advertising_channel_sub_type
of the campaign isAPP_CAMPAIGN_FOR_ENGAGEMENT
, you can override the default CPA target at the ad group level by settingtarget_cpa
. -
If the
advertising_channel_sub_type
isAPP_CAMPAIGN
, you cannot override bid settings at the ad group level.
If the advertising_channel_sub_type
of the campaign is APP_CAMPAIGN_FOR_ENGAGEMENT
, you must target a specific audience by adding an AdGroupCriterion
. Set the user_list_info
field to
a UserListInfo
, where the user_list
contains the
resource name of the UserList
to target.
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You cannot override bid settings at the ad group criterion level.
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You cannot exclude criteria, so ensure that
negative
isfalse
. -
If the
advertising_channel_sub_type
isAPP_CAMPAIGN
, you cannot add ad group criteria.
Create ad group ad
For each logical set of assets
, including videos,
images, and text, add an ad group ad
with the
corresponding ad
for the campaign's advertising_channel_sub_type
:
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If the sub type is
APP_CAMPAIGN
, useAppAdInfo
. -
If the sub type is
APP_CAMPAIGN_FOR_ENGAGEMENT
, useAppEngagementAdInfo
. -
If the sub type is
APP_CAMPAIGN_FOR_PRE_REGISTRATION
, useAppPreRegistrationAdInfo
.