Monetization
This area allows you to choose from a variety of advertising options for your apps.
Ad Formats
Banner Ads
Banner ads are small rectangular ads that generate revenue when they're clicked. They are usually shown at the bottom of the screen (but may be shown at the top in some activity types). These ads are relatively popular with users because they don't interfere very much with their use of the app.
If you choose to show more than one, an ad network will be selected randomly by the app each time it needs to show an activity. (Each banner ad network you select has an equal chance of being chosen whenever an activity is shown.)
Remember to click Save Changes at the bottom of the page so the changes are applied to your project, and then build a new version of your app and distribute it to your users.
Note: Banner ads will appear on your app's dashboard by default. If you don't want ads on the dashboard, you can disable the feature by unchecking the "Show Banne Ads on Dashboard" checkbox on your project's Dashboard tab.
Interstitial Ads
Interstitial ads are large ads that appear 'between' activities in your app. Since they really grab the user's attention, they can be more effective than banner ads at generating clicks. However, you don't want to show them too frequently, or you may risk annoying some of your users.
AdMob
AdMob banner ads are cost per click (CPC), which generate a little revenue every time the user clicks on an ad. See the article Setting Up AdMob Ads for further details about setting up your AdMob account.
AdMob Banner Ads
To enable AdMob banner ads in your app, check the box labelled AdMob Banner Ads, and copy your app's Ad Unit ID for banners from your AdMob account into the AdMob Ad Unit ID (Banner) field.
AdMob Interstitial Ads
To enable AdMob interstitial ads in your app, check the box labelled AdMob Interstitial Ads, and copy your app's interstitial Ad Unit ID from your AdMob account into the AdMob Ad Unit ID (Interstitial) field.
AdMob App ID
The AdMob App ID for your app. This setting is optional however if provided improves initialization time. To find your app ID, click the App management option under the settings dropdown (located in the upper right-hand corner) on the AdMob account page. App IDs have the form ca-app-pub-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX~NNNNNNNNNN.
Amazon Mobile Ads
Amazon Mobile Ads is an ad network that delivers high-quality ads on Amazon Kindle tablets, as well as Android phones and tablets. See Setting Up Amazon Mobile Ads for further details about setting up your account.
Amazon Banner Ads
To enable Amazon Mobile Ad banners in your app, check the box labelled Amazon Banner Ads and copy your Amazon Application Key from your app's Mobile Ads tab in your Amazon Mobile App Distribution account into the Amazon Application Key (Banner) field.
Amazon Interstitial Ads
To enable Amazon interstitial ads in your app, check the box labelled Amazon Interstitial Ads, and copy your Amazon Application Key from your app's Mobile Ads tab in your Amazon Mobile App Distribution account into the Amazon Application Key (Interstitial) field.
AppBrain
See the article Setting Up AppBrain Ads for further details about setting up your account.
AppBrain Interstitial Ads
To enable AppBrain interstitial ads in your app, check the box labelled AppBrain Interstitial Ads.
AppLovin
AppLovin ads are cost-per-action (CPA), which generate revenue when the end user performs some action such as installing an app. See the article Setting Up AppLovin Ads for further details about setting up your account.
AppLovin Interstitial Ads
To enable AppLovin interstitial ads in your app, check the box labelled AppLovin Interstitial Ads, and copy your AppLovin Key from your AppLovin account into the AppLovin SDK Key field.
Facebook Audience Network
Facebook's Audience Network helps you monetize your app by tapping into Facebook's powerful advertising platform which includes all of the people-based targeting, measurement, and real-time optimization that's used on Facebook itself. See the article Setting Up Facebook Audience Network Ads for further details about setting up your Facebook developer account.
Facebook Banner Ads
To enable Facebook Audience Network banner ads in your app, check the box labeled Facebook Banner Ads, and copy your app's ad Placement ID for banners from your Facebook developer account into the Facebook Placement ID (Banner) field.
Facebook Interstitial Ads
To enable Facebook Audience Network interstitial ads in your app, check the box labelled Facebook Interstitial Ads, and copy your app's interstitial ad Placement ID from your Facebook developer account into the Facebook Placement ID (Interstitial) field.
StartApp
StartApp ads are either cost per click (CPC), or cost-per-action (CPA), which generate revenue when the end user either clicks on an add or performs some action such as installing an app. See the article Setting Up StartApp Ads for further details about setting up your account.
StartApp Banner Ads
To enable StartApp banner ads in your app, check the box labelled StartApp Banner Ads, and copy your StartApp Developer ID and StartApp App ID from your StartApp account into their corresponding fields.
StartApp Interstitial Ads
To enable StartApp interstitial ads in your app, check the box labelled StartApp Interstitials, and copy your StartApp Developer ID and StartApp App ID from your StartApp account into their corresponding fields (the same IDs are used for both banners and interstitials).
Interstitial Ad Settings
Time between Ads
This setting controls the duration between interstitial ad impressions. Try to choose an appropriate value based on how often you think your users would want to see an interstitial ad. Keep in mind that shorter times aren't always better -- setting this value too low may cause some users to uninstall your app.
Require several interactions before showing an interstitial ad
This setting controls whether or not the user has to interact with your app more than once to see an interstitial ad. Enabling this option will add a bit of randomness to when the interstitial ad is shown so that it does not always display when the first activity is selected.
Remember to click Save Changes at the bottom of the page so the changes are applied to your project, and then build a new version of your app and distribute it to your users.