[Gametize Tech] Feature Knowledge: Google Ad on Mobile App

General

Google Ad will show if the project is a free plan or plan that had exceeded ad-free player counts.
In order to show Google Ad, there are two bool flag that determine if a project should shows ad.

• Bool value of enabledGoogleAd found it config.dart under GoogleAdConfig

• Under project object, bool value of showAds

Both bool condition must be true for Google Ad to shows up.

Ad Type

Banner Ad

Banner ad are ads that appear like a banner that will not cause any disturbance to app flow.

Currently banner ads are only show in page where it contain list of items. It is now show in the following list.

• Topic list

• Challenge list

• Activity list (Completion list)

All banner ad showing logic follows the same which are show banner ad on x position in the list per page. For example, if the x position was set to 2, meaning every page load for items in the list, second item shown will always be banner ad. The value can be configured in config.dart, look for corresponding BannerAdPosition value.
*Currently the ad position value was set to 2

Banner Ad in topic list

Interstitial Ad

Interstitial ad are ad that show up and takes up all the screen, and will prevent user from using the app until user have dismiss the ad with the cancel/close button. Usually interstitial ad will force user to see the ad for 5 seconds (some have more) before cancel/close button appear for user to dismiss it.

Currently interstitial ad are only show in the following action

• Completed a challenge

• Click on next challenge/topic button

Completed a challenge

First completion after updated the app to support Google Ad will always trigger interstitial ad. And after that it will follow value of challengeCompletionInterstitialAdShowCount set in config.dart to show the next interstitial ad after x amount of completion. For example, when it is set to 5, then after the fifth completion of a challenge, interstitial ad will be shown and the counter reset back to 0 vice versa. However, additional condition was added to show interstitial ad, if the app went to background for more than x amount of time (showInterstitialAdBackgroundTime in config.dart) then when the app resume, regardless of the counter it has previously it will always show interstitial ad after user completed a challenge and the counter reset again.
*Currently the completion count value was set to 5 and 2 minutes for background time

Click on next challenge/topic button

Interstitial ad will be shown after user click x amount of next challenge/topic button. The value is configured at nextChallengeActionInterstitialAdShowCount in config.dart. For example, when it is set to 5, then after the fifth click of next action button, interstitial ad will be shown and the counter reset back to 0 vice versa.
*Currently the next challenge action count value was set to 5

Interstitial Ad

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