Presentation of the hackathon #3 of Android Aalto Community (Espoo, Finland). How to embed AdMob in your Android applications.

1. Integrating AdMob in your App
Hackathon #3
Claudio M. Camacho
www.androidaalto.org
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2. Agenda
• introduction
• briefing about Android Market
• registering at AdMob
• AdMob in the App
• tips and tricks
• summary
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3. Introduction
• Android Market
• three main revenue stream models
• payed app
• donate versions
• advertisement
• advertisement advantages
• easy
• allows free applications
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4. Android Market
• being at:
http://market.android.com/publish
• two different SLAs
• one for free apps
• another one for payed apps
• $25 per year (developer fee)
• 30% of earnings go to Google
• taxation is not included
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5. Registering at AdMob
• register (free) at:
http://www.admob.com
• app package name (e.g. com.mkd.testapp)
• linked to your app in the market
• generates AdMob publisher's code
• more information:
http://developer.admob.com/wiki/PublisherSetup
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6. AdMob in the App
• adding the JAR library (admob-sdk-android.jar)
• editing AndroidManifest.xml
• AdMob viewing attributes (res/values/attrs.xml)
• adding AdMob to your layout
• beware the padding!
• setting Test mode
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7. Tips and Tricks
• beware the (horizontal) padding!
• use Ad settings at admob.com (for simplicity)
• AdMob placement
• design your app having the Ad space in mind
• use as many views as possible to show it
• AdMob refresh
• use a scheduled refresh to change your Ad
• different Ads are differently worthy (revenue)
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8. Summary
• different revenue streams using apps
• register to AdMob
• follow their PDF tutorial
• before publishing
• register to the Android Market
• use the same package.app name
• remove the Test code for your phone
• export a signed app and test it on your phone
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9. Thank you!
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