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 theft_ctypeparameter in an extras object
and pass it to the ad request. This may restrict which ads are available and
result in no fill.
The following table lists the valid values forft_ctype:
Creative Type
ft_ctype
Format
HTML5
html5
Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded
App install image
image_app_install
Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded
Display image
image_display
Banner, Interstitial
Display partial slot
partial_slot
Banner, Native, Interstitial
App install text
text_app_install
Banner, Native, Interstitial
Display text
text_display
Banner, Native, Interstitial
Trueview
trueview
Interstitial, Rewarded
App install video
video_app_install
Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded
This feature impacts Google ads only. If your ad unit enablesmediation, ads returned from third-party ad sources don't
respect theft_ctypeparameter. We recommend testing with an ad unit that
doesn't have mediation enabled.
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