Implement Interstitial Ads in Android with Facebook Audience Network

(Updated with Android SDK 6.2.0)

Changes are:

Change of InterstitialAdListener
load ad with interstitial AdListener

In this post, we implement Facebook Interstitial Ads using the Facebook Audience Network. We will show test ads by Facebook Audience Network on our Android device.

To Create Banner Ads with Facebook Audience Network, click Here

Then Create an app under MyApp section on top-right corner.

Create an App

Then name your app and click create an app.

Name your App

Then Click on Audience Network from the product section.

Click on Audience Network

Then click on Get started of monetization and then select a business account.

Monetization and business account.

Then name your first app.

Name your app

Then click on Android from platforms.

Click on Android from platform section

If your app is live then write your app link, else click on the app is not live.

Facebook Developer Console Facebook Audience Network

The app is not Live

Then under creating placement, add a Placement name.

Name your Placement

Then Click on Interstitial Ad from Placements.

Click on Interstitial

Then click on Create placement. and Then copy your placement Id from next Page.

Copy your Placement Id

*Your Placement ad is only working on your app if you added a payment account with your account.*

So, Add a Test Device in the Testing section to show test ads in your Android app without payment account.

Then, click on a Testing section in the left menu on business.facebook.com

Click on Testing

Under Add Test Device, Enter your test device Id.

For Test Device Id of Android Mobile.

Open Settings -> click on google -> click on Ads -> your AAID is write in bottom of your screen.

Then enter your device id and click on add device.

Then select the ad type of your added device.

Add Test Device

Then select Interstitial from ads.

Select Ad Type

Now your ad is set up properly. Now open Android Studio and create a new project.

After the Gradle sync Then opens your app-level Gradle file and add Facebook ads dependency.

 implementation 'com.facebook.android:audience-network-sdk:6.2.0'

Then Paste your placement Id in your project String.xml file
String.xml

 <string name="Facebook_Interstitial_placement">1449151565259453_1452519068256036</string>

Then we create a button to show Interstitial Ad on button click.

acivitymain.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:layout_width="wrap_content"  
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
     android:text="Interstitial"  
     android:id="@+id/button"/>  
 </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Then we create a variable for Button and Interstitial Ad and find Ids in our java file.

MainActivity.java

 private InterstitialAd interstitialAd;  
   Button btn;  
   String TAG = "Tag";  
   @Override  
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
     setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);  
     btn = findViewById(R.id.button);

Then create a click listener for button and then initialize your Interstitial Ad in Button Click listener.

MainActivity.java

 package studio.harpreet.myfbtestads;  
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;  
 import android.os.Bundle;  
 import android.util.Log;  
 import android.view.View;  
 import android.widget.Button;  
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;  
 import com.facebook.ads.Ad;  
 import com.facebook.ads.AdError;  
 import com.facebook.ads.AdSize;  
 import com.facebook.ads.AdView;  
 import com.facebook.ads.AudienceNetworkAds;  
 import com.facebook.ads.InterstitialAd;  
 import com.facebook.ads.InterstitialAdListener;  
 public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {  
   private InterstitialAd interstitialAd;  
   Button btn;  
   String TAG = "Tag";  
   @Override  
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
     setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);  
     btn = findViewById(R.id.button);  
     AudienceNetworkAds.initialize(this);  
     btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {  
       @Override  
       public void onClick(View view) {  
         interstitialAd = new InterstitialAd(MainActivity.this, getResources().getString(R.string.Facebook_Interstitial_placement));  
         InterstitialAdListener interstitialAdListener = new InterstitialAdListener() {  
           @Override  
           public void onInterstitialDisplayed(Ad ad) {  
             // Interstitial ad displayed callback  
             Log.e(TAG, "Interstitial ad displayed.");  
           }  
           @Override  
           public void onInterstitialDismissed(Ad ad) {  
             // Interstitial dismissed callback  
             Log.e(TAG, "Interstitial ad dismissed.");  
           }  
           @Override  
           public void onError(Ad ad, AdError adError) {  
             // Ad error callback  
             Log.e(TAG, "Interstitial ad failed to load: " + adError.getErrorMessage());  
           }  
           @Override  
           public void onAdLoaded(Ad ad) {  
             // Interstitial ad is loaded and ready to be displayed  
             Log.d(TAG, "Interstitial ad is loaded and ready to be displayed!");  
             // Show the ad  
             interstitialAd.show();  
           }  
           @Override  
           public void onAdClicked(Ad ad) {  
             // Ad clicked callback  
             Log.d(TAG, "Interstitial ad clicked!");  
           }  
           @Override  
           public void onLoggingImpression(Ad ad) {  
             // Ad impression logged callback  
             Log.d(TAG, "Interstitial ad impression logged!");  
           }  
         });  
         // For auto play video ads, it's recommended to load the ad  
         // at least 30 seconds before it is shown  
         interstitialAd.loadAd(interstitialAd.buildLoadAdConfig().withAdListener(interstitialAdListener).build());  
       }  
     });  
   }  
 }

Now our Interstitial Ad is successfully loaded on button click.

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