Native video ads

MediaContent

Native ads provide access to a MediaContent object that is used to get information about media content, which could be video or an image. It is also used to control video ad playback and listen for playback events. You can obtain the MediaContent object by calling NativeAd.getMediaContent().

The MediaContent object contains information such as the aspect ratio and duration of a video. The following snippet shows how to get the aspect ratio and duration of a native ad.

Kotlin

if (myNativeAd.mediaContent.hasVideoContent) {
  val mediaAspectRatio: Float = myNativeAd.mediaContent.aspectRatio
  val duration: Float = myNativeAd.mediaContent.duration
  // ...
}

Java

if (myNativeAd.getMediaContent().getHasVideoContent()) {
  float mediaAspectRatio = myNativeAd.getMediaContent().getAspectRatio();
  float duration = myNativeAd.getMediaContent().getDuration();
  // ...
}

Callbacks for video events

To handle specific video events, write a class that extends the abstract VideoLifecycleCallbacks class, and call setVideoLifecycleCallbacks() on the VideoController. Then, override only the callbacks you care about.

Kotlin

val videoController = myNativeAd.mediaContent.videoController
videoController.videoLifecycleCallbacks = object : VideoController.VideoLifecycleCallbacks {
  override fun onVideoStart() {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Started")
  }

  override fun onVideoPlay() {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Played")
  }

  override fun onVideoPause() {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Paused")
  }

  override fun onVideoEnd() {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Ended")
  }

  override fun onVideoMute(boolean isMuted) {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Muted")
  }
}

Java

VideoController videoController = myNativeAd.getMediaContent().getVideoController();
videoController.setVideoLifecycleCallbacks(new VideoLifecycleCallbacks() {
  @Override
  public void onVideoStart() {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Started");
  }

  @Override
  public void onVideoPlay() {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Played");
  }

  @Override
  public void onVideoPause() {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Paused");
  }

  @Override
  public void onVideoEnd() {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Ended");
  }

  @Override
  public void onVideoMute(boolean isMuted) {
    Log.d("MyApp", "Video Muted");
  }
});