Creative Debugger
You can examine comprehensive information about problematic ads that appear in MAX-mediated apps. To do this, incorporate the Creative Debugger into your test environments, QA processes, and support ticket systems.
The Creative Debugger displays a button in the application for five seconds after you complete a special gesture. (The video below describes this gesture.) If you then press the button that appears, a screen appears that displays a list of recently displayed ads. If you select an ad from this list, information displays about that ad (such as its mediated network and its creative ID). This gives you the information you need to report creative issues for that ad.
This gesture is available for all ads. It is enabled by default for both development and production builds.
To report issues with ads and to get help from the associated ad network, select the problematic ad and click the Report button. This creates an ad issue report. Send this report to the appropriate ad network partner. If the issue concerns AppLovin ads, send the report to your account manager or submit a ticket to AppLovin Support.
Disabling the Creative Debugger
The following code shows you how to disable the Creative Debugger with the MAX SDK:
[ALSdk shared].settings.creativeDebuggerEnabled = NO;
ALSdk.shared().settings.isCreativeDebuggerEnabled = falseUsing the Creative Debugger display API
You can display the Creative Debugger by making the following call:
[[ALSdk shared] showCreativeDebugger];
ALSdk.shared().showCreativeDebugger()Creative ID
You can also retrieve the creative ID of displayed ads from mediated networks. You can do this either by using the Creative Debugger, or by using the MAX SDK. The following code shows you how to do this with the MAX SDK:
NSString *creativeIdentifier = ad.creativeIdentifier;
let creativeIdentifier = ad.creativeIdentifierThe table below indicates which ad networks, ad formats, and adapter versions support this feature. The Ad Callback column shows you in which ad callback the creative ID becomes available.
| Ad network | Ad formats | Ad callback | iOS adapter version |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppLovin | Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 6.15.0 |
| Amazon | Banner, Interstitial, MREC, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 4.5.6.1 |
| BidMachine | Banner, Interstitial, MREC, Native, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 1.9.4.1.2 |
| Chartboost | Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 8.4.0.1 |
| DT Exchange | Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Displayed | 7.8.0.1 |
| Google Ad Manager | Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 7.69.0.1 |
| Google Bidding and Google AdMob | Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 7.69.0.1 |
| InMobi | Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 9.1.1.1 |
| Liftoff Monetize | Banner, Interstitial, MREC, Native, Rewarded | Ad Displayed | 6.8.1.3 |
| Liftoff Monetize | Banner, Interstitial, MREC, Native, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 7.2.0.0 |
| Meta Audience Network | Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | All |
| Mintegral | Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 6.7.5.0.1 |
| Pangle | Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | All |
| Smaato | Banner, Interstitial, MREC, Native, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | 21.6.10.1 |
| YSO Network | Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded | Ad Loaded | All |
Network name
You can also retrieve the name of the ad network that is responsible for an ad. The following code shows you how to do this with the MAX SDK:
- (void)didLoadAd:(MAAd *)ad
{
NSString *networkName = ad.networkName;
}
- (void)didFailToDisplayAd:(MAAd *)ad withError:(MAError *)error
{
NSString *networkName = ad.networkName;
}
func didLoad(_ ad: MAAd)
{
let networkName = ad.networkName
}
func didFail(toDisplay ad: MAAd, withError error: MAError)
{
let networkName = ad.networkName
}
