AdMob Rewarded Interstitial Ads Integration Tutorial

by Nikin · Published 18/03/2021 · Updated 15/04/2021

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Rewarded Interstitial ad is new to the AdMob app monetization platform. We can offer coins or points after the natural transition of your apps. Your app users get instantaneous rewards after watching the Rewarded Interstitial ads. Unlike rewarded ads, users aren’t obligated to opt-in to view a rewarded interstitial.

Difficulty Level : Advanced

Languages : Java , XML

How to integrate AdMob Rewarded Interstitial Ad in your Android app?

Prerequisites

You need to update the Android Manifest file (permission)

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>

Use Android Studio 3.2 or higher
minSdkVersion 16 or higher
compileSdkVersion 28 or higher

Step 1: Changes to project-level build.gradle

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
    }
}

Open and edit the app-level build.gradle with new Mobile Ads SDK

dependencies {
    
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:19.8.0'
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4'
}

Step 2 : Update your AndroidManifest.xml file

You must include the AdMob app ID in AndroidManifest.xml, If you don’t have an ID create a new AdMob account. You can follow this tutorial without having an AdMob account. Google AdMob provides a sample app ID, ad unit id for testing. In a real app, you must use your actual AdMob app ID.

<manifest>
    <application>
       
        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
            android:value="ca-app-pub-3940256099942544~3347511713"/>
    </application>
</manifest>

Before We start …

Updated Manifest File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.bigknol.example.rewardinterstitialadexample">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.RewardInterstitialAdExample">
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>


        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
            android:value="ca-app-pub-3940256099942544~3347511713" />


    </application>

</manifest>

Create an intro screen that provides clear reward messaging and an option to skip the ad before it starts.

Layout for an Intro Screen

Android Studio > layouts > New > Layout Resource File > intro_layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="350dp"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="220dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
        app:cardCornerRadius="15dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">

        <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/btnNoThanks"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="40dp"
                android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
                android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
                android:background="@drawable/button_background"
                android:text="@string/no_thanks"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

            <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/btnVideoStarts"
                android:layout_width="180dp"
                android:layout_height="40dp"
                android:layout_marginEnd="24dp"
                android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
                android:background="@drawable/button_background"
                android:text="@string/video_starting_in"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="Out of points!\n Watch this video and receive 2 more points"
                android:textAlignment="center"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

        </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

    </androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

button_background.xml

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
    <gradient
        android:angle="225"
        android:startColor="#DDF7BE07"
        android:endColor="#F2DA51"/>
    <corners
        android:bottomLeftRadius="5dp"
        android:bottomRightRadius="5dp"
        android:topLeftRadius="5dp"
        android:topRightRadius="5dp" />
</shape>

strings.xml

<resources>
    <string name="app_name">RewardInterstitialAdExample</string>
    <string name="no_thanks">No thanks</string>
    <string name="video_starting_in">Video starting in</string>
</resources>

Rewarded Interstitial Ad Implementation

Load Ad

Loading an ad is accomplished using the static load() method on the RewardedInterstitialAd class

Sample Snippet from official AdMob Doc.

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
  private RewardedInterstitialAd rewardedInterstitialAd;
  private String TAG = "MainActivity";
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    MobileAds.initialize(this, new OnInitializationCompleteListener() {
      @Override
      public void onInitializationComplete(InitializationStatus initializationStatus) {
        loadAd();
      }
    });

  public void loadAd() {
    // Use the test ad unit ID to load an ad.
    RewardedInterstitialAd.load(MainActivity.this, ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5354046379,
        new AdRequest.Builder().build(),  new RewardedInterstitialAdLoadCallback() {
      @Override
      public void onAdLoaded(RewardedInterstitialAd ad) {
        rewardedInterstitialAd = ad;
        Log.e(TAG, "onAdLoaded");
      }
      @Override
      public void onAdFailedToLoad(LoadAdError loadAdError) {
        Log.e(TAG, "onAdFailedToLoad");
      }
    });
  }
}

Complete Code MainActivity.java

package com.bigknol.example.rewardinterstitialadexample;

import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.CountDownTimer;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdError;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.FullScreenContentCallback;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.LoadAdError;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAds;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.OnUserEarnedRewardListener;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.initialization.InitializationStatus;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.initialization.OnInitializationCompleteListener;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardItem;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewardedinterstitial.RewardedInterstitialAd;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewardedinterstitial.RewardedInterstitialAdLoadCallback;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements OnUserEarnedRewardListener {
    Dialog dialog;
    int value = 0;
    private RewardedInterstitialAd rewardedInterstitialAd;
    private String TAG = "MainActivity";
    private Button showAd;
    private TextView points;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        showAd = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showAd);
        points = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.point);
        dialog = new Dialog(this);
        dialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(true);


        MobileAds.initialize(this, new OnInitializationCompleteListener() {
            @Override
            public void onInitializationComplete(InitializationStatus initializationStatus) {
                loadAd();

            }
        });


        showAd.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                openIntroDialog();
            }
        });
    }

    public void loadAd() {

        // Use the test ad unit ID to load an ad.
        RewardedInterstitialAd.load(MainActivity.this, "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5354046379",
                new AdRequest.Builder().build(), new RewardedInterstitialAdLoadCallback() {
                    @Override
                    public void onAdLoaded(RewardedInterstitialAd ad) {
                        rewardedInterstitialAd = ad;
                        rewardedInterstitialAd.setFullScreenContentCallback(new FullScreenContentCallback() {
                            /** Called when the ad failed to show full screen content. */
                            @Override
                            public void onAdFailedToShowFullScreenContent(AdError adError) {
                                Log.i(TAG, "onAdFailedToShowFullScreenContent");
                            }

                            /** Called when ad showed the full screen content. */
                            @Override
                            public void onAdShowedFullScreenContent() {
                                Log.i(TAG, "onAdShowedFullScreenContent");
                            }

                            /** Called when full screen content is dismissed. */
                            @Override
                            public void onAdDismissedFullScreenContent() {
                                Log.i(TAG, "onAdDismissedFullScreenContent");
                                loadAd(); // don't know how useful
                            }
                        });

                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onAdFailedToLoad(LoadAdError loadAdError) {
                        Log.e(TAG, "onAdFailedToLoad");
                    }
                });
    }

    @Override
    public void onUserEarnedReward(@NonNull RewardItem rewardItem) {
        Log.i(TAG, "onUserEarnedReward");
        my_reward();


    }

    public void my_reward() {
        value = Integer.parseInt(points.getText().toString());
        value = value + 1;
        points.setText(String.valueOf(value));

    }


    private void openIntroDialog() {
        dialog.setContentView(R.layout.intro_layout);
        dialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));


        Button btnNoThanks = dialog.findViewById(R.id.btnNoThanks);
        Button btnVideoStarts = dialog.findViewById(R.id.btnVideoStarts);
        btnNoThanks.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                dialog.dismiss();
            }
        });

        btnVideoStarts.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                showAdNow();
                dialog.dismiss();
            }
        });


//optional
        dialog.setOnShowListener(new DialogInterface.OnShowListener() {
            private static final int AUTO_MILLS = 6000;

            @Override
            public void onShow(DialogInterface dialogInterface) {
                final CharSequence videoStartsButtonText = btnVideoStarts.getText();
                new CountDownTimer(AUTO_MILLS, 100) {

                    @Override
                    public void onTick(long l) {
                        btnVideoStarts.setText(String.format(
                                Locale.getDefault(), "%s(%d)",
                                videoStartsButtonText,
                                TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(l) + 1
                        ));

                    }


                    @Override
                    public void onFinish() {
                        if (dialog.isShowing()) {
                            // dialog.dismiss();
                            btnVideoStarts.setText("Watch now");
                        }

                    }
                }.start();
            }
        });
        //optional ends

        dialog.setOnDismissListener(new DialogInterface.OnDismissListener() {

            @Override
            public void onDismiss(DialogInterface dialogInterface) {
                dialog.cancel();
            }
        });


        dialog.show();
    }


    private void showAdNow() {
        if (rewardedInterstitialAd != null) {
            rewardedInterstitialAd.show(MainActivity.this, MainActivity.this);
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Ad Not Loaded", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }


}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/showAd"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Show me"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/point"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="0"
        android:textSize="30sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/showAd"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

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