I currently have Appbrain Appwall implemented in my about to be released app.
I have it set to run on exit (specifically onBackPressed() as they suggest).
And I have it set up to run as they suggest i.e. “occasionally” (which is handled their method).
Implementation is super-easy.
Only thing to watch for is that you need to add these lines to your proguard.cfg file (for final signed APK).
-keep public class cmn.Proguard$KeepMembers
-keep public class * implements cmn.Proguard$KeepMembers
-keepclassmembers class * implements cmn.Proguard$KeepMembers {
<methods>;
}
This is standard for some ad SDKs - as you don’t want to obfuscate some of the SDK calls.
The appwall appears at the end when I exit the app - and that too occasionally every few days.
This is what Appbrain suggests according to their research - and if true - it may be because if you show it TOO often it becomes part of the user’s knee-jerk reaction to “always press skip”.
If shown less often it is possibly likely to make user think that “oh let’s see what else new has appeared on that app wall” or something like that.
I considered using Appwall at startup - however I could not mentally see why someone running the program would all of a sudden want to go see new apps via the Appbrain Appwall.
Same goes for in-game.
The appwall perhaps should be shown at a time when the user is likely to be bored with your app and ready to move just about anywhere else.
Which would fit the usage pattern suggested by Appbrain i.e. put it at the end.
I have seen that if presented less frequently it does not seem as irritating - in fact because it does NOT appear most of the time and them sometimes appears it MAY invoke some sense of novelty which may make some users click and goto the Appwall.
You can manually invoke the Appwall on demand as well.
But the suggested use is via the intervening “Yes I want to see/ No thanks” type of mini-dialog which appears before the appwall.
So those not interested will click the “No thanks” and not see the Appwall.
I don’t know about it’s performance yet - but it just seems like a clean design at least.
Chartboost
To the person who was using Chartboost prior to Appbrain Appwall.
I have been wanting to fill the app startup interstitial area with some type of ad - the Appbrain Appwall does not seem to fit (or maybe it does as someone posted above).
But what does Chartboost offer ?
I have implemented Greystripe so far - for full screen interstitial - but hear they may not offer ads outside u.s./europe - and for that reason was thinking should have some alternative that I can show if greystripe is not available.
Any suggestions for full screen interstitials - that are preferably impression based - or even if click-through based - if they are cleanly implementable and have good fill rate ?
Video ad ones would be even better if they were available.