BannerAd

class BannerAd(self, UnitID, size=None, bottom=False)

This class represents a BannerAd Object. Instance this class to create a banner ad object. You can reuse this class as the refreshing of banner ads is controlled by AdMob servers from your AdMob console webpage.

Parameters

• UnitID (str) – The UnitID for this Ad.

• size ([string,int,tuple]) –

  Set the size of the banner ad. You can choose between pre defined sizes, an adaptive size(using Google Adaptive Banner Ads) or your own size.

  The available predefined sizes are [‘BANNER’,’LARGE_BANNER’,’MEDIUM_RECTANGLE’,’LEADERBOARD’].n

  If using adaptive banner size then pass an integer for the size argument. This will set the width of the ad to whatever integer you passed and will automatically compute the required height based on the device density.

  If you want to set your own size, then pass a tuple of width x height in pixels to the size argument.

  By default the size is set to SMART_BANNER. Check here for more info: https://developers.google.com/admob/android/banner#banner_sizes

• bottom (boolean) – If set to True, it will cause the banner ad to be shown at the bottom of the screen. By default it is set to False.

showing: boolean = False

Read only property that will return True if the banner ad is currently being shown on screen. Or else it will return False.

__init__(self, UnitID, size=None, bottom=False)

Constructor Function

load(self, UnitID, size=None, bottom=False)

Parameters

• UnitID (str) – The UnitID for this Ad.

• size ([string,int,tuple]) –

  Set the size of the banner ad. You can choose between pre defined sizes, an adaptive size(using Google Adaptive Banner Ads) or your own size.

  The available predefined sizes are [‘BANNER’,’LARGE_BANNER’,’MEDIUM_RECTANGLE’,’LEADERBOARD’].n

  If using adaptive banner size then pass an integer for the size argument. This will set the width of the ad to whatever integer you passed and will automatically compute the required height based on the device density.

  If you want to set your own size, then pass a tuple of width x height in pixels to the size argument.

  By default the size is set to SMART_BANNER. Check here for more info: https://developers.google.com/admob/android/banner#banner_sizes

• bottom (boolean) – If set to True, it will cause the banner ad to be shown at the bottom of the screen. By default it is set to False.

Loads a banner ad from AdMob Servers. If you call this function when there is already an ad loaded, nothing will happen. This is done so as to prevent reloads of ads causing more network usage and possible suspicous network traffic report on your AdMob account. This function is auto called when instancing the class.

show(self)

Call this function to show your banner ad. Function will only run if an ad is already loaded or else nothing will happen. Function will not run if the banner ad is already showing.

hide(self)

Hides the banner ad from the screen

is_loaded(self)

Return type

boolean

Returns whether the banner ad has been loaded from AdMob servers.

is_clicked(self)

Return type

boolean

Returns if the banner ad was clicked