🤩Create your Ad unit

Ad unit

From the Adrop console, go to project, then select Ad unit in the left navigation menu to create and manage Ad units. Ad units are containers you place in your apps to show ads to users. Ad units send ad requests to Adrop, then display the ads they receive to fill the request. When you create an ad unit, you assign it an ad format and ad type(s).


Managing Ad unit

Create, edit, and archive your Ad units in the console.

Creating Ad units

To create a new Ad unit:

  1. From the left navigation menu, select Ad Units.

  2. Select Create Ad unit to bring up the ad unit builder.

  3. Enter an Ad unit name, then select your app (iOS or Android) and Ad format (Banner, Interstitial, or Rewarded).

  4. Select Create to save your Ad unit.

Ad unit name

A descriptive identifier by which to recognize the Ad unit in the console.

Please name the Ad unit in a way that advertisers or partners can easily understand the product. Example: Android Main Feed Banner

App

Select the app for which you want to connect the ad unit. You may need to create Ad units for each platform.

Ad Formats

The following list details the various Ad format templates.

  • Banner - A basic ad format that appears at the top & bottom of the device screen.

  • Interstitial - Full-page ads appear at natural breaks & transitions, such as level completion.

  • Rewarded - Ads reward users for watching short videos and interacting with playable ads and surveys. Good for monetizing free-to-play users. Supports video content.

  • Native - Native advertising is a form of advertising that matches the form and function of the platform on which it appears.

Banner Ad Size

size displayed in the ad space. We recommend using common sizes used in mobile advertising for the ad size. If custom ad size settings are needed, choose Custom and enter the banner size. (When developing an Android app, use dp to display)

Density-independent pixels

Density-independent pixels, written as dp (pronounced "dips"), are flexible units that scale to have uniform dimensions on any screen. They provide a flexible way to accommodate a design across platforms.

https://m2.material.io/design/layout/pixel-density.html#density-independence

  • 375x80 - Recommended

  • 320x50

  • 320x100

Editing Ad units

From the Ad unit page, select the Ad unit that you want to edit to view its settings.

Ad unit ID

The Ad unit’s unique identifier to reference in your code. This setting is read-only.

Archiving Ad Units

You can archive Ad units that you are not using into a collapsible workspace. To do so, select Archive button. Archived Ad units are automatically deactivated, which means that they cannot request or show ads.

You can expand the archived Ad units section at the bottom of the Ad Units page to reactivate archived Ad Units at any time.


Next steps

Learn how to display ads.

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