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iOS

Posted by Tom Coomer
Tom Coomer
1,331 Points

iAds in Sprite kit

I have recently finished the Space Cat iPhone app tutorial and would like to add iAds to the game when the "game over" screen appears. How would I go about doing this? Thanks.

1 Answer

Michael Blazek
Michael Blazek
162 Points
Michael Blazek
Michael Blazek
162 Points

It will require you to pull in the iAd framework, then to create a new banner view. From this you can tell the ad to hide or show within your game code.

Start here with the iAd programing guide provided by Apple: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/iAd_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html

Also other useful resources provided by Apple: https://developer.apple.com/iad/resources/

Tom Coomer
Tom Coomer
1,331 Points

I am still unsure how to add the iAds. Should they be crafted as nodes?

Michael Blazek
Michael Blazek
162 Points

iAds work by creating a subView of your main view. So no you do not want it to be a node. It is a view of its own that is added to your main view as a subView.

I suggest reading through the apple documentation, they have a large amount of sample code.

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/iAd_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html

But if you want to create an iAD in landscape here is the code you would use:

ADBannerView *adView = [[ADBannerView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
adView.requiredContentSizeIdentifiers = [NSSet setWithObject:ADBannerContentSizeIdentifierLandscape];
adView.currentContentSizeIdentifier = ADBannerContentSizeIdentifierLandscape;
[self.view addSubview:adView];

If you save the adView as a property or member of your class then you will be able to hide and show it later on so that it only shows at the end of the game.