Native style settings
enable Google Ad Manager to handle the rendering of your native ads based on native
styles you specify within the product. First, specify size and targeting.
Then add HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to define ads that are responsive
and produce a quality display across all screens. You don't need to do
any of the rendering; Ad Manager automatically applies the right native style
for the destination. Native styles are implemented just like banner ads,
using a AdManagerAdView
. They can be used with a fixed ad
size determined ahead of time, or a fluid ad size determined at runtime.
Prerequisites
- Google Mobile Ads SDK version 8.1 or higher
This guide assumes some working knowledge of the Google Mobile Ads SDK. If you haven't already done so, consider running through our Get Started guide.
Fixed size
Native styles with a fixed size allow you to control the width and height of the native ad. To set a fixed size, follow these steps:
Create a line item in the Ad Manager UI and select one of the predefined sizes from the
Size
field dropdown.In your app's XML layout file, set the
ads:adSize
attribute to the constant that matches the predefined size you selected in step 1. You can see a list of sizes and their correspondingAdSize
constants in the Banner size section.
Here's an example of how to specify a fixed size, such as the
MEDIUM_RECTANGLE
(300x250) ad size, in your layout file:
<com.google.android.gms.ads.admanager.AdManagerAdView
android:id="@+id/fluid_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
ads:adSize="MEDIUM_RECTANGLE"
ads:adUnitId="YOUR_AD_UNIT_ID" />
Fluid size
In some cases, a fixed size may not make sense. For example, you may
want the width of the ad to match your app's content, but need its height
to dynamically adjust to fit the ad's content. To handle this case,
you can specify Fluid
as the ad size in the Ad Manager UI, which
designates that the size of the ad is determined at runtime in the app.
The SDK provides a special AdSize
constant,
FLUID
,
to handle this case. The fluid ad size height is dynamically determined
based on the publisher defined width, allowing the
AdManagerAdView
to adjust its height to match that of the creative.
Fluid request
Unlike other ad formats, the fluid ad size doesn't have a predefined width,
so make sure to explicitly set the layout_width
of the AdManagerAdView
in your XML layout file:
<com.google.android.gms.ads.admanager.AdManagerAdView
android:id="@+id/fluid_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
ads:adSize="FLUID"
ads:adUnitId="YOUR_AD_UNIT_ID" />
Here's what the implementation looks like for making the ad request:
private AdManagerAdView mAdView;
@Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
mAdView = (AdManagerAdView) getView().findViewById(R.id.fluid_view);
AdManagerAdRequest request = new AdManagerAdRequest.Builder().build();
mAdView.loadAd(request);
}
To see an example implementation of the Ad Manager Fluid ad size, download the Android API Demo app: