Rewarded ads

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

Prerequisites

• Google Mobile Ads SDK 19.7.0 or higher.
• 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 a rewarded ad object

Note: Make all calls to the Mobile Ads SDK on the main thread.

Rewarded ads are loaded by calling the static load() method on the RewardedAd class and passing in a RewardedAdLoadCallback. This is usually done in the onCreate() method of an Activity. Notice that like other format load callbacks, RewardedAdLoadCallback leverages LoadAdError to provide higher fidelity error details.

Java

import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardedAd;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  private RewardedAd rewardedAd;
  private final String TAG = "MainActivity";

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    AdManagerAdRequest adRequest = new AdManagerAdRequest.Builder().build();
    RewardedAd.load(this, "/21775744923/example/rewarded",
      adRequest, new RewardedAdLoadCallback() {
        @Override
        public void onAdFailedToLoad(@NonNull LoadAdError loadAdError) {
          // Handle the error.
          Log.d(TAG, loadAdError.toString());
          rewardedAd = null;
        }

        @Override
        public void onAdLoaded(@NonNull RewardedAd ad) {
          rewardedAd = ad;
          Log.d(TAG, "Ad was loaded.");
        }
    });
  }
}

Kotlin

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

  private var rewardedAd: RewardedAd? = null
  private final var TAG = "MainActivity"

  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
    var adRequest = AdManagerAdRequest.Builder().build()
    RewardedAd.load(this,"/21775744923/example/rewarded", adRequest, object : RewardedAdLoadCallback() {
      override fun onAdFailedToLoad(adError: LoadAdError) {
        Log.d(TAG, adError?.toString())
        rewardedAd = null
      }

      override fun onAdLoaded(ad: RewardedAd) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Ad was loaded.")
        rewardedAd = ad
       }
    })
  }
}

Tip: You can use ad load calls to build up a cache of preloaded ads before you intend to show them, so that ads can be shown with zero latency when needed. Since ads expire after an hour, you should clear this cache and reload with new ads every hour.

Set the FullScreenContentCallback

The FullScreenContentCallback handles events related to displaying your RewardedAd. Before you show your RewardedAd, make sure to set the callback like so:

Java

rewardedAd.setFullScreenContentCallback(new FullScreenContentCallback() {
  @Override
  public void onAdClicked() {
    // Called when a click is recorded for an ad.
    Log.d(TAG, "Ad was clicked.");
  }

   @Override
  public void onAdDismissedFullScreenContent() {
    // Called when ad is dismissed.
    // Set the ad reference to null so you don't show the ad a second time.
    Log.d(TAG, "Ad dismissed fullscreen content.");
    rewardedAd = null;
  }

  @Override
  public void onAdFailedToShowFullScreenContent(AdError adError) {
    // Called when ad fails to show.
    Log.e(TAG, "Ad failed to show fullscreen content.");
    rewardedAd = null;
  }

  @Override
  public void onAdImpression() {
    // Called when an impression is recorded for an ad.
    Log.d(TAG, "Ad recorded an impression.");
  }

  @Override
  public void onAdShowedFullScreenContent() {
    // Called when ad is shown.
    Log.d(TAG, "Ad showed fullscreen content.");
  }
});

Kotlin

rewardedAd?.fullScreenContentCallback = object: FullScreenContentCallback() {
  override fun onAdClicked() {
    // Called when a click is recorded for an ad.
    Log.d(TAG, "Ad was clicked.")
  }

  override fun onAdDismissedFullScreenContent() {
    // Called when ad is dismissed.
    // Set the ad reference to null so you don't show the ad a second time.
    Log.d(TAG, "Ad dismissed fullscreen content.")
    rewardedAd = null
  }

  override fun onAdFailedToShowFullScreenContent(adError: AdError?) {
    // Called when ad fails to show.
    Log.e(TAG, "Ad failed to show fullscreen content.")
    rewardedAd = null
  }

  override fun onAdImpression() {
    // Called when an impression is recorded for an ad.
    Log.d(TAG, "Ad recorded an impression.")
  }

  override fun onAdShowedFullScreenContent() {
    // Called when ad is shown.
    Log.d(TAG, "Ad showed fullscreen content.")
  }
}

Show the ad

When you show a rewarded ad, you will use an OnUserEarnedRewardListener object to handle reward events.

Java

if (rewardedAd != null) {
  Activity activityContext = MainActivity.this;
  rewardedAd.show(activityContext, new OnUserEarnedRewardListener() {
    @Override
    public void onUserEarnedReward(@NonNull RewardItem rewardItem) {
      // Handle the reward.
      Log.d(TAG, "The user earned the reward.");
      int rewardAmount = rewardItem.getAmount();
      String rewardType = rewardItem.getType();
    }
  });
} else {
  Log.d(TAG, "The rewarded ad wasn't ready yet.");
}

Kotlin

rewardedAd?.let { ad ->
  ad.show(this, OnUserEarnedRewardListener { rewardItem ->
    // Handle the reward.
    val rewardAmount = rewardItem.amount
    val rewardType = rewardItem.type
    Log.d(TAG, "User earned the reward.")
  })
} ?: run {
  Log.d(TAG, "The rewarded ad wasn't ready yet.")
}

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().

Examples on GitHub

• Rewarded ads example: Java | Kotlin

Next steps

Explore the following topics:

• User privacy
• Optimized SDK initialization and ad loading (beta)