Interactive Media Ads (IMA) is a suite of SDKs that make it easy to integrate multimedia ads into your websites and apps. IMA SDKs can request ads from any VAST-compliant ad server and manage ad playback in your apps. IMA can also display companion ads, report metrics to ad servers, and incorporate key buying signals, such as Active View viewability, IDFA/ADID, and content targeting.

There are two ways to implement IMA SDKs: client-side, which combines ad and content video within your app, and dynamic ad insertion (DAI), which combines ad and content video on the Ad Manager servers, and then returns a single video stream to your app for playback.

With IMA client-side SDKs, you maintain control of content video playback, while the SDK handles ad playback. Ads play in a separate video player positioned on top of the app's content video player.

Features

For more information on the features supported by IMA client-side for each platform, refer to Support and compatibility.

With IMA DAI SDKs, apps make a stream request for ad and content video—either VOD or live content. The SDK then returns a combined video stream, so that you don't have to manage switching between ad and content video within your app.

Features

In addition to using IMA SDKs with their native platforms, you may also be able to integrate IMA with other platforms and devices by using the native SDKs to develop apps for compatible platforms.