Bidstack AdMob Adapter Installation Guide for iOS

The Bidstack AdMob Adapter for iOS allows you to display Interstitial and Rewarded ads in your app through AdMob.

Table of contents

• Prerequisites
• Integration
  • Using CocoaPods
  • Adding xcframeworks manually
• Privacy
• Supported versions

Prerequisites

Required: iOS version 12+

Required: If you're planning to integrate adapter manually, then you need to download BidstackCustomAdapterAdMob.xcframework, BidstackMobileAdsSDK.xcframework and BidstackMobileAdsSDKResources.bundle provided by Bidstack.

Before integrating the adapter, you will need to set up the Bidstack network in your AdMob account as documented here and add a custom event as documented here or follow the instructions in the section Configuring adapter in the AdMob dashboard and integrate the AdMob as documented here.

Configuring adapter in the AdMob dashboard

1. Login into your AdMob dashboard and go to Mediation. Then create a new mediation group or select created.

   

2. (If you already have a mediation group, skip to point 4). For creating a mediation group, choose the appropriate ad format and platform and click Continue

   

3. Enter any name for your mediation group, and choose ad units from your app

   

4. At the bottom of the page, press Add Custom Event

   

5. Enter any label for the custom event, and also add eCPM. Then click Continue

   

6. When prompted for Class Name, enter:

   • BidstackInterstitialEvent for interstitial
   • BidstackRewardedEvent for rewarded

7. In the Parameter field, you will need to enter the API key and ad unit name from the AdConsole in JSON format. For example: {"apiKey": "API_KEY", "unitId": "AD_UNIT_ID"}

   

8. Login into your AdConsole account and add a new game or select existing

   

9. From the navigation menu, select SDK control panel and copy the API key. Paste this API key in the AdMob dashboard parameter field into JSON

   

10. From the navigation menu, select Ad units. And then create and copy the ad unit name. Also, paste the ad unit name in the AdMob dashboard parameter field into JSON

    

11. When everything is set, press DONE and SAVE in the AdMob dashboard.

Integration

There are two ways how you can integrate BidstackCustomAdapterAdMob into your project - using CocoaPods or adding xcframeworks manually.

Using CocoaPods

Add to your podfile: pod 'BidstackCustomAdapterAdMob', '~> 2.4.0'

That's it! Now you can run pod install from your Terminal and BidstackCustomAdapterAdMob and BidstackMobileAdsSDK will be installed automatically. No additional steps needed.

Adding xcframeworks manually

1. Create Frameworks folder

Firstly, double-check if your Xcode project contains a Frameworks folder in the project navigator. If it doesn’t, just like in the screenshot below, then you’ll have to create one. The Frameworks folder is not added by default in latest Xcode, and it’s a good practice to keep your frameworks there.

Right-click on your project in the project navigator (top-most entry) and select New Group. Name the new group Frameworks.

2. Add BidstackCustomAdapterAdMob.xcframework, BidstackMobileAdsSDK.xcframework, and BidstackMobileAdsSDKResources.bundle to the Frameworks folder

With the Frameworks folder selected, click on File -> Add Files to “Your Project”

Find the BidstackAdMobAdapter.xcframework, BidstackMobileAdsSDK.xcframework, and BidstackMobileAdsSDKResources.bundle in the file navigator, select it, make sure “Copy items if needed” and “Create groups” are selected and click Add:

3. Verify that frameworks were added correctly by following these steps:

1. Navigate to your project settings by clicking on it in the project navigator.

2. Select your target and open the General tab.

3. Make sure that BidstackCustomAdapterIronSource.xcframework and BidstackMobileAdsSDK.xcframework have Do Not Embed selected.

   

4. Navigate to the Build Phases tab and open the Copy Bundle Resources section

5. Assure that BidstackMobileAdsSDKResources.bundle is added

   

The BidstackCustomAdapterAdMob.xcframework and BidstackMobileAdsSDK.xcframework are now fully added and integrated with your Xcode project. No additional setup is needed.

Privacy

Bidstack provides APIs for passing privacy flags. Note that nothing in this document should be considered as legal advice. If the user provided consent, set the following flag to true:

• Objective-C:

  [BidstackMobileAds setHasConsent: YES];

• Swift

  BidstackMobileAds.setHasConsent(true)

If the user is a child, set the following flag to true:

• Objective-C:

  [BidstackMobileAds setIsChildDirected: YES];

• Swift

  BidstackMobileAds.setIsChildDirected(true)

Supported versions

• iOS 12 and up
• GoogleMobileAdsSDK 11.1.0 and up