Rewarded ads

Rewarded ads allow you to reward users with in-app items for interacting with video ads, playable ads, and surveys.

Prerequisites

Complete the Get started guide.

Always test with test ads

When building and testing your apps, make sure you use test ads rather than live, production ads. Failure to do so can lead to suspension of your account.

The easiest way to load test ads is to use our dedicated test ad unit ID for Android rewarded ads:

/21775744923/example/rewarded

It's been specially configured to return test ads for every request, and you're free to use it in your own apps while coding, testing, and debugging. Just make sure you replace it with your own ad unit ID before publishing your app.

For more information about how the Mobile Ads SDK's test ads work, see Test Ads.

Load an ad

To load a rewarded ad, call the RewardedAd static load() method and pass in an AdLoadCallback<RewardedAd> to receive the loaded ad or any possible errors.

Warning: The Google Mobile Ads SDK must be initialized before loading ads.

Kotlin

import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.common.AdLoadCallback
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.common.AdRequest
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.common.FullScreenContentError
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.common.LoadAdError
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.rewarded.RewardedAd
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.rewarded.RewardedAdEventCallback
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.MobileAds

class RewardedActivity : Activity() {
  private var rewardedAd: RewardedAd? = null

  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

    // Load ads after the Google Mobile Ads SDK is initialized.
    RewardedAd.load(
      AdRequest.Builder(AD_UNIT_ID).build(),
      object : AdLoadCallback<RewardedAd> {
        override fun onAdLoaded(ad: RewardedAd) {
          // Rewarded ad loaded.
          rewardedAd = ad
        }

        override fun onAdFailedToLoad(adError: LoadAdError) {
          // Rewarded ad failed to load.
          rewardedAd = null
        }
      },
    )
  }

  companion object {
    // Sample rewarded ad unit ID.
    const val AD_UNIT_ID = "/21775744923/example/rewarded"
  }
}

Java

import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.common.AdLoadCallback;
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.common.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.common.FullScreenContentError;
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.common.LoadAdError;
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.rewarded.RewardedAd;
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.rewarded.RewardedAdEventCallback;
import com.google.android.libraries.ads.mobile.sdk.MobileAds;

class RewardedActivity extends Activity {
  // Sample rewarded ad unit ID.
  private static final String AD_UNIT_ID = "/21775744923/example/rewarded";
  private RewardedAd rewardedAd;

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // Load ads after the Google Mobile Ads SDK is initialized.
    RewardedAd.load(
        new AdRequest.Builder(AD_UNIT_ID).build(),
        new AdLoadCallback<RewardedAd>() {
          @Override
          public void onAdLoaded(@NonNull RewardedAd rewardedAd) {
            // Rewarded ad loaded.
            AdLoadCallback.super.onAdLoaded(rewardedAd);
            RewardedActivity.this.rewardedAd = rewardedAd;
          }

          @Override
          public void onAdFailedToLoad(@NonNull LoadAdError adError) {
            // Rewarded ad failed to load.
            AdLoadCallback.super.onAdFailedToLoad(adError);
            rewardedAd = null;
          }
        }
    );
  }
}

Set the RewardedAdEventCallback

The RewardedAdEventCallback handles events related to displaying your RewardedAd. Before showing the rewarded ad, make sure to set the callback:

Kotlin

// Listen for ad events.
rewardedAd?.adEventCallback =
  object : RewardedAdEventCallback {
    override fun onAdShowedFullScreenContent() {
      // Rewarded ad did show.
    }

    override fun onAdDismissedFullScreenContent() {
      // Rewarded ad did dismiss.
      rewardedAd = null
    }

    override fun onAdFailedToShowFullScreenContent(
      fullScreenContentError: FullScreenContentError
    ) {
      // Rewarded ad failed to show.
      rewardedAd = null
    }

    override fun onAdImpression() {
      // Rewarded ad did record an impression.
    }

    override fun onAdClicked() {
      // Rewarded ad did record a click.
    }
  }

Java

// Listen for ad events.
rewardedAd.setAdEventCallback(
    new RewardedAdEventCallback() {
      @Override
      public void onAdShowedFullScreenContent() {
        // Rewarded ad did show.
        RewardedAdEventCallback.super.onAdShowedFullScreenContent();
      }

      @Override
      public void onAdDismissedFullScreenContent() {
        // Rewarded ad did dismiss.
        RewardedAdEventCallback.super.onAdDismissedFullScreenContent();
        rewardedAd = null;
      }

      @Override
      public void onAdFailedToShowFullScreenContent(
          @NonNull FullScreenContentError fullScreenContentError) {
        // Rewarded ad failed to show.
        RewardedAdEventCallback.super.onAdFailedToShowFullScreenContent(
            fullScreenContentError);
        rewardedAd = null;
      }

      @Override
      public void onAdImpression() {
        // Rewarded ad did record an impression.
        RewardedAdEventCallback.super.onAdImpression();
      }

      @Override
      public void onAdClicked() {
        // Rewarded ad did record a click.
        RewardedAdEventCallback.super.onAdClicked();
      }
    }
);

Show the ad

To show a rewarded ad, use the show() method. Use an OnUserEarnedRewardListener object to handle reward events.

Kotlin

// Show the ad.
rewardedAd?.show(
  this@RewardedActivity,
  object : OnUserEarnedRewardListener {
    override fun onUserEarnedReward(rewardItem: RewardItem) {
      // User earned the reward.
      val rewardAmount = rewardItem.amount
      val rewardType = rewardItem.type
    }
  },
)

Java

// Show the ad.
rewardedAd.show(
    RewardedActivity.this,
    new OnUserEarnedRewardListener() {
      @Override
      public void onUserEarnedReward(@NonNull RewardItem rewardItem) {
        // User earned the reward.
        int rewardAmount = rewardItem.getAmount();
        String rewardType = rewardItem.getType();
    }
});

FAQ

Is there a timeout for the initialization call?

After 10 seconds, the Google Mobile Ads SDK invokes the OnInitializationCompleteListener even if a mediation network still hasn't completed initialization.

What if some mediation networks aren't ready when I get the initialization callback?

We recommend loading an ad inside the callback of the OnInitializationCompleteListener. Even if a mediation network is not ready, the Google Mobile Ads SDK still asks that network for an ad. So if a mediation network finishes initializing after the timeout, it can still service future ad requests in that session.

You can continue to poll the initialization status of all adapters throughout your app session by calling MobileAds.getInitializationStatus().

How do I find out why a particular mediation network isn't ready?

AdapterStatus.getDescription() describes why an adapter is not ready to service ad requests.

Does the onUserEarnedReward() callback always get called before the onAdDismissedFullScreenContent() callback?

For Google ads, all onUserEarnedReward() calls occur before onAdDismissedFullScreenContent(). For ads served through mediation, the third-party ad network SDK's implementation determines the callback order. For ad network SDKs that provide a single close callback with reward information, the mediation adapter invokes onUserEarnedReward() before onAdDismissedFullScreenContent().

Example

Download and run the example app that demonstrates the use of the Next Gen Google Mobile Ads SDK.