
We currently get float ad cue points from IMA, but store these as longs in microseconds. The cast from double to long would take the floor of the value, which could lead to stored ad cue points being off-by-one. Use Math.round to avoid this. ImaAdsLoader also has code to map a double AdPodInfo position (which should match a cue point) onto the corresponding ad group index by searching the long ad cue points. Match the calculation used where we map float cue points, including narrowing the position to a float first to avoid regressions if IMA SDK behavior changes to represent positions in more than float precision later, and also remove the requirement that the ad positions match exactly as a defensive measure. PiperOrigin-RevId: 317607017
ExoPlayer IMA extension
The IMA extension is an AdsLoader implementation wrapping the Interactive Media Ads SDK for Android. You can use it to insert ads alongside content.
Getting the extension
The easiest way to use the extension is to add it as a gradle dependency:
implementation 'com.google.android.exoplayer:extension-ima:2.X.X'
where 2.X.X
is the version, which must match the version of the ExoPlayer
library being used.
Alternatively, you can clone the ExoPlayer repository and depend on the module locally. Instructions for doing this can be found in ExoPlayer's top level README.
Using the extension
To play ads alongside a single-window content MediaSource
, prepare the player
with an AdsMediaSource
constructed using an ImaAdsLoader
, the content
MediaSource
and an overlay ViewGroup
on top of the player. Pass an ad tag
URI from your ad campaign when creating the ImaAdsLoader
. The IMA
documentation includes some sample ad tags for testing. Note that the IMA
extension only supports players which are accessed on the application's main
thread.
Resuming the player after entering the background requires some special handling
when playing ads. The player and its media source are released on entering the
background, and are recreated when the player returns to the foreground. When
playing ads it is necessary to persist ad playback state while in the background
by keeping a reference to the ImaAdsLoader
. Reuse it when resuming playback of
the same content/ads by passing it in when constructing the new
AdsMediaSource
. It is also important to persist the player position when
entering the background by storing the value of player.getContentPosition()
.
On returning to the foreground, seek to that position before preparing the new
player instance. Finally, it is important to call ImaAdsLoader.release()
when
playback of the content/ads has finished and will not be resumed.
You can try the IMA extension in the ExoPlayer demo app. To do this you must
select and build one of the withExtensions
build variants of the demo app in
Android Studio. You can find IMA test content in the "IMA sample ad tags"
section of the app. The demo app's PlayerActivity
also shows how to persist
the ImaAdsLoader
instance and the player position when backgrounded during ad
playback.
Links
- ExoPlayer documentation on ad insertion
- Javadoc: Classes matching
com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.ima.*
belong to this module.