Xamarin.ios native ads admob

Question

I have been trying to figure out how to implement native google ads (admob) in my Xamarin.iOS app. (not xamarin forms)

I have googled like crazy but can't find any good examples.

Does anyone have any code that they could share?

This is my code so far, but the adloader.delegate is always null..

public partial class ExploreController : UIViewController
{
        readonly AdLoader adLoader;

     public ExploreController (IntPtr handle) : base (handle)
     {
            adLoader = new AdLoader(
            "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/3986624511",
            this,
            new AdLoaderAdType[] { AdLoaderAdType.Native },
            new AdLoaderOptions[] { new AdLoaderOptions() });

            adLoader.Delegate = new MyAdLoaderDelegate();
            var request = Request.GetDefaultRequest();
    }
}


public class MyAdLoaderDelegate : NSObject, IUnifiedNativeAdLoaderDelegate
{

    public MyAdLoaderDelegate()
    {
    }

    public void DidReceiveUnifiedNativeAd(AdLoader adLoader, NativeAd nativeAd)
    {
        Debug.WriteLine("DidReceiveUnifiedNativeAd");
    }
    public void DidFailToReceiveAd(AdLoader adLoader, NSError error)
    {
        Debug.WriteLine("DidFailToReceiveAd");
        //base.DidFailToReceiveAd(adLoader, error);
    }

    public void DidFinishLoading(AdLoader adLoader)
    {
        Debug.WriteLine("DidFinishLoading");
        //base.DidFinishLoading(adLoader);
    }
}

Thank you! I saw this one but I need native ads and this seems to be for Xamarin Forms! @Jason — Malin, Apr 21 '22 at 16:21
Does this answer your question? [How to add admob ads to Xamarin IOS](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56697807/how-to-add-admob-ads-to-xamarin-ios) — Jason, Apr 21 '22 at 16:33
I saw that too, but the link to the sample returned 404 not found, and I really need some code to look at since i can't seem to get mine to work! @Jason — Malin, Apr 21 '22 at 16:42
have you read this about how to do it https://montemagno.com/xamarinforms-google-admob-ads-in-ios/ — Adrain, Apr 22 '22 at 05:13
Yes, but didnt make me any wiser unfortunately! It doesn't seem to be many examples for native ads for Xamarin.ios @AdrainZhu-MSFT — Malin, Apr 22 '22 at 09:48
Have you found any solution to this? It is the same for me as well. — T.Y. Kucuk, Feb 17 '23 at 22:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 29 '23 at 23:02

This solution is for Xamarin iOS app with native Storyboard. This is NOT Xamarin Forms project.

Install NuGet package Xamarin.Google.iOS.MobileAds (the latest)
You should have UIView for the banner, with all needed constrains (you edit Storyboard files in XCode):

Custom Class must be set to GADBannerView:

NOTE: You are using native name GADBannerView in Storyboard, while in C# you reference to the same class as just BannerView.

You also need an outlet so you can reference the banner instance from C# code:

    [Outlet]
    [GeneratedCode ("iOS Designer", "1.0")]
    BannerView bottomBanner { get; set; }

Now you should be able to reference your native AdMob banner from C# code. This is how you may load the ad:

 public void ShowBannerAd()
 {

     bottomBanner.RootViewController = this;

     bottomBanner.AdSize = AdSizeCons.Banner;

     bottomBanner.AdUnitId = "<YOUR_AD_UNIT_ID>";

     var request = Request.GetDefaultRequest();
     bottomBanner.LoadRequest(request);
 }

The result:

Xamarin.ios native ads admob

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