Test creative types

AI-generated Key Takeaways

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• The Google Mobile Ads C++ SDK is deprecated as of June 17, 2024 and should not be adopted in new projects.

• Instead of the Google Mobile Ads C++ SDK, consider using the iOS and Android SDKs from AdMob.

• The Google Mobile Ads SDK provides an API to specify a creative type for test queries using the ft_ctype parameter.

• The ft_ctype parameter only works in Test Mode and impacts only Google ads, not ads from third-party sources through mediation.

• The ft_ctype parameter can be added to an AdRequest using the add_extra method with a specified adapter_class_name , extra_key of "ft_ctype", and a valid extra_value from the provided table.

Google Mobile Ads SDK provides an API that lets you specify a creative type for test queries. When the parameter is set, only creatives of the specified type are retrieved and rendered.

Usage

To specify a creative type, include the ft_ctype parameter in an extras object and pass it to the ad request. This may restrict which ads are available and result in no fill.

  AdRequest 
  
 ad_request 
 ; 
 ad_request 
 . 
 add_extra 
 ( 
  
 /*adapter_class_name=*/ 
 "com.google.ads.mediation.admob.AdMobAdapter" 
 , 
  
 /*extra_key=*/ 
 "ft_ctype" 
 , 
  
 /*extra_value=*/ 
 "video_app_install" 
 ); 
 

  AdRequest 
  
 ad_request 
 ; 
 ad_request 
 . 
 add_extra 
 ( 
  
 /*adapter_class_name=*/ 
 "GADExtras" 
 , 
  
 /*extra_key=*/ 
 "ft_ctype" 
 , 
  
 /*extra_value=*/ 
 "video_app_install" 
 ); 
 

The following table lists the valid values for ft_ctype :

This feature impacts Google ads only. If your ad unit enables mediation , ads returned from third-party ad sources don't respect the ft_ctype parameter. We recommend testing with an ad unit that doesn't have mediation enabled.