Integrate Verve HyBid SDK with AdMob Mediation

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This guide shows you how to use Google Mobile Ads SDK to load and display ads from Verve HyBid SDK using AdMob Mediation covering bidding integrations. It covers how to add Verve HyBid SDK to an ad unit's mediation configuration, and how to integrate the Verve HyBid SDK and adapter into an iOS app.

Supported integrations and ad formats

The mediation adapter for Verve HyBid SDK has the following capabilities:

Integration
Bidding	^1
Waterfall
Formats
Banner
Interstitial
Rewarded Interstitial
Rewarded
Native

¹ Bidding integration is in alpha. Reach out to your your account manager to request access.

Prerequisites

Before you continue, verify the following:

• iOS deployment target of 13.0 or later.

• Latest Google Mobile Ads SDK version.

• Set up AdMob Mediation.

Step 1: Set up configurations in Verve HyBid SDK UI

For configuration setup, contact Verve.

Step 2: Set up Verve HyBid SDK demand in AdMob UI

Configure mediation settings for your ad unit

You need to add Verve HyBid SDK to the mediation configuration for your ad unit.

First, sign in to your AdMob account. Next, navigate to the Mediation tab. If you have an existing mediation group you'd like to modify, click the name of that mediation group to edit it, and skip ahead to Add Verve HyBid SDK as an ad source.

To create a new mediation group, select Create Mediation Group.

Enter your ad format and platform, then click Continue.

Give your mediation group a name, and select locations to target. Next, set the mediation group status to Enabled, and then click Add Ad Units.

Associate this mediation group with one or more of your existing AdMob ad units. Then click Done.

You should now see the ad units card populated with the ad units you selected:

Add Verve HyBid SDK as an ad source

In the Ad Sources section, find the Bidding card and select Add ad source. Then select Verve HyBid SDK .

Click How to sign a partnership agreement and set up a bidding partnership with Verve HyBid SDK.



Click Acknowledge & agree, then click Continue.



If you already have a mapping for Verve HyBid SDK, you can select it. Otherwise, click Add mapping.



Next, enter the Zone ID and AppToken obtained in the previous section. Then click Done.

Add Verve Group to GDPR and US state regulations ad partners list

Important: Verify that you have Account Management permission to complete the configuration for EU Consent and GDPR, US State regulations, and User Messaging Platform. See Manage user access to your account for details.

Follow the steps in European regulations settings and US state regulations settings to add Verve Group to the European and US state regulations ad partners list in the AdMob UI.

Step 3: Import the Verve HyBid SDK and adapter

Note: Failure to integrate the compatible Verve HyBid SDK and Google Mobile Ads SDK versions might lead to build issues.

Use Swift Package Manager

Before you continue, you must have the minimum supported adapter version 3.8.0.0.

To add a package dependency to your project, follow these steps:

1. In Xcode, navigate to File > Add Package Dependencies....

2. In the prompt that appears, search the following package URL:

   https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-ios-mediation-verve.git
   

3. In Dependency Rule, select Branch.

4. In the text field, enter main.

Use CocoaPods

• Add the following line to your project's Podfile:

  pod 'GoogleMobileAdsMediationVerve'
  

• From the command line run:

  pod install --repo-update

Manual integration

• Download the latest version of the Verve iOS SDK and link VerveSDK.framework in your project.

• Download the latest version of the Verve adapter from the download link in the Changelog and link VerveAdapter.framework in your project.

• Add the following frameworks to your project:

  • AdSupport
  • AVFoundation
  • CoreGraphics
  • CoreMedia
  • CoreTelephony
  • StoreKit
  • SystemConfiguration
  • UIKit
  • WebKit
  • libz.tbd

Step 4: Implement privacy settings on Verve SDK

EU Consent and GDPR

To comply with Google EU User Consent Policy, you must make certain disclosures to your users in the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK, and Switzerland, and obtain their consent for the use of cookies or other local storage where legally required, and for the collection, sharing, and use of personal data for ads personalization. This policy reflects the requirements of the EU ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You are responsible for verifying consent is propagated to each ad source in your mediation chain. Google is unable to pass the user's consent choice to such networks automatically.

Verve HyBid SDK automatically reads GDPR consent set by consent management platforms including UMP SDK. For more information, see GDPR TCF Compliance.

US states privacy laws

US states privacy laws require giving users the right to opt out of the "sale" of their "personal information" (as the law defines those terms), with the opt-out offered through a prominent "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link on the "selling" party's homepage. The US states privacy laws compliance guide offers the ability to enable restricted data processing for Google ad serving, but Google is unable to apply this setting to each ad network in your mediation chain. Therefore, you must identify each ad network in your mediation chain that may participate in the sale of personal information and follow guidance from each of those networks to ensure compliance.

Verve HyBid SDK supports privacy settings through a method. The following sample code passes this consent information to Verve HyBid SDK. If you pass consent information to Verve HyBid SDK manually, we recommend that you call the example before you request ads through Google Mobile Ads SDK.

Swift

HyBidUserDataManager.sharedInstance().setIABUSPrivacyString(usPrivacyString)
VerveMediationSwiftSnippets.swift

Replace usPrivacyString with your US privacy string.

Objective-C

[[HyBidUserDataManager sharedInstance] setIABUSPrivacyString:kUSPrivacyString];
VerveMediationObjectiveCSnippets.m

Replace kUSPrivacyString with your US privacy string.

For details, see Verve HyBid SDK privacy documentation on CCPA Compliance.

Step 5: Add required code

Implement SKAdNetwork

Follow Verve HyBid SDK's documentation to add the SKAdNetwork identifiers to your project's Info.plist file.

Step 6: Test your implementation

Enable test ads

Make sure you register your test device for AdMob.

Important: Disable test mode for AdMob and Verve HyBid SDK before releasing your app.

Verify test ads

To verify that you are receiving test ads from Verve HyBid SDK, enable single ad source testing in ad inspector using the Verve (Bidding) ad source(s).

Follow Verve HyBid SDK's documentation for additional configuration.

Error codes

If the adapter fails to receive an ad from Verve HyBid SDK, publishers can check the underlying error from the ad response using GADResponseInfo.adNetworkInfoArray under the following classes:

GADMAdapterVerve
GADMAdapterVerveRewardBasedVideoAd
GADMediationAdapterVerve

Here are the codes and accompanying messages thrown by the Verve HyBid SDK adapter when an ad fails to load:

Error code	Reason
100 to 106	Verve HyBid SDK returned an error.
101	Missing app token.
102	User is a child.
103	Verve HyBid SDK fails to initialize.
104	Invalid ad configuration.
105	Unsupported banner size.
106	The full screen ad is not ready for presentation.
115	Ad unit ID is missing. Cannot load ad.
116	Ad is not ready. Cannot display the ad.

Verve iOS Mediation Adapter Changelog

Version 3.9.0.0

• Updated the minimum Google Mobile Ads iOS SDK version to 13.3 to relax and allow minor versions.
• Verified compatibility with HyBid SDK version 3.9.0.

Built and tested with:

• Google Mobile Ads SDK version 13.6.0.
• HyBid SDK version 3.9.0.

Version 3.8.1.1

• Filter age-restricted requests for Verve SDK when new ageRestrictedTreatment is set to GADAgeRestrictedTreatmentChild.

Built and tested with:

• Google Mobile Ads SDK version 13.4.0.
• HyBid SDK version 3.8.1.

Version 3.8.1.0

• Verified compatibility with HyBid SDK version 3.8.1.

Built and tested with:

• Google Mobile Ads SDK version 13.4.0.
• HyBid SDK version 3.8.1.

Version 3.8.0.0

• Removed banner size check from the adapter to resolve signal collection failures and ad load failures.
• Verified compatibility with HyBid SDK version 3.8.0.

Built and tested with:

• Google Mobile Ads SDK version 13.2.0.
• HyBid SDK version 3.8.0.

Version 3.7.1.3

• Updated the Google Mobile Ads SDK dependency to version 13.0.0.

Built and tested with:

• Google Mobile Ads SDK version 13.0.0.
• HyBid SDK version 3.7.1.

Version 3.7.1.2

• Updated the CocoaPods minimum iOS version to 13.0.

Built and tested with:

• Google Mobile Ads SDK version 13.0.0.
• HyBid SDK version 3.7.1.

Version 3.7.1.1

• Initial Release!
• Supports bidding banner, interstitial, rewarded, rewarded interstitial and native ad formats.
• Verified compatibility with HyBid SDK version 3.7.1.

Built and tested with:

• Google Mobile Ads SDK version 12.13.0.
• HyBid SDK version 3.7.1.