How to add Admob Rewarded Ads in Android App

In this article we will learn to integrate Google Admob Rewarded Ad in you android app. Before going to coding part we will first learn some basics and features of Rewarded Ads. You can also learn about adding Banner ads and Interstitial Ads in android app from our previous tutorial

Rewarded Ads:

Rewarded ads is a full screen video ad of 10 second to 60 second which cover the entire screen of the user ,it is used in many apps and games for different purposes such as

• unlocking the level or new skin in the game

• skipping the level of the game

• get premium content for free in apps or games

• getting some extra coins or lifes in games

Feature of Rewarded Ad

• Support frequency cap means wecan decide how many ads are show to the user daily or hourly

• User can interact with the ad as it also contains playable ads

• The eCPM is hight as compare to Banner Ads and Interstitial Ads, so it leads to more revenue

• support both Mobile phones and Tablets

• fill rate is maximum

• We can change the value of reward in the realtime using the google admob dashboard

• If the user skiped the rewarded ad then also we will earn some revenue and if user watches the rewarded ad completely then the revenue earned is more than the skipped ad

• Even work with low internet connection speed as the ads which are shown to the users will take less data

So let's implement a simple Admob Rewarded Ad in our android app.

Step 1: Create a new Project

1. Open Your Android Studio Click on "Start a new Android Studio project"(Learn how to setup Android Studio and create your first Android project)

2. Choose "Empty Activity" from the project template window and click Next

3. Enter the App Name,Package name, save location, language(Java/Kotlin ,we use Java for this tutorial ) and minimum SDK(we are using API 19: Android 4.4 (KitKat) )

4. Next click on Finish button after filling the above details

5. Now wait for the project to finish building.

Step 2: Adding the Mobile Ads SDK

To show the ads in our app we have to first implement the Admob sdk in our app, to do so.

Go to Gradle Scripts->build.gradle (Module: app) section and import below dependencies and click the "sync Now" show at the top:

dependencies {
     // adding Admob SDK
     implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:19.4.0'
}

Now our build.gradle file look like:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29
    buildToolsVersion "29.0.3"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.studytonight.project"
        minSdkVersion 19
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.2'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'

    // adding Admob SDK
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:19.4.0'

}

Step 3: Modify AndroidManifest.xml

Go to app->manifests->AndroidManifest.xml file and add the internet permission to the Android Manifest file

<manifest>
<uses-permission android:name= "android.permission.INTERNET"/> 
</manifest>

Now we add add our AdMob AppId to your in the AndroidManifest file by adding the <meta-data> tag inside the <application> tag

<manifest>
    <application>
           <meta-data
                android:name= "com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
                android:value= "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544~3347511713"/> 
   </application>
</manifest>    

To show video ads smoothly in the Rewarded ad views, hardware acceleration must be turned on. In Android the hardware acceleration is enabled by default, we can also enable and disable it for the entire or for each activity separately in our android manifest file as show below:

<!-- for the entire app --> 
<application
    android:hardwareAccelerated="true"></application>

<!-- for the each activity -->
<application>
        <activity
           android:hardwareAccelerated="true"> </activity>
</application>

The complete code of AndroidManifest.xml file is shown below:

<?xml version= "1.0" encoding= "utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android= "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package= "com.studytonight.project">

    <!-- adding internet permission to show allow app to use internet to load and show ads -->
    <uses-permission android:name= "android.permission.INTERNET"/>

    <!-- hardware Acceleration is turned on for the entire app -->
    <application
        android:hardwareAccelerated= "true"
        android:allowBackup= "true"
        android:icon= "@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label= "@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon= "@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl= "true"
        android:theme= "@style/AppTheme">
        <activity
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:name= ".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name= "android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name= "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <!-- Adding AdMob App Id -->
        <meta-data
            android:name= "com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
            android:value= "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544~3347511713"/>

    </application>

</manifest>

Step 4: Modify activity_main.xml

We will now create 2 Buttons to load and show Rewarded ad insde a vertical linearLayout:

<!-- vertical linear layout with 2  button -->
<LinearLayout
    android:layout_centerInParent= "true"
    android:layout_margin= "16dp"
    android:orientation= "vertical"
    android:layout_width= "match_parent"
    android:layout_height= "wrap_content">

    <!-- Simple Buttons to Load Rewarded Ad when clicked -->
    <Button
        android:textSize= "24dp"
        android:layout_margin= "16dp"
        android:id= "@+id/loadRewardedBtn"
        android:text= "Load Rewarded  Ad"
        android:fontFamily= "serif"
        android:textStyle= "bold"
        android:textColor= "#ffffff"
        android:background= "@color/colorPrimary"
        android:layout_width= "match_parent"
        android:layout_height= "60dp"/>

    <!-- Simple Buttons to Show  Rewarded Ad if is is loaded when clicked -->
    <Button
        android:textSize= "24dp"
        android:layout_margin= "16dp"
        android:id= "@+id/showRewardedBtn"
        android:text= "Show Rewarded  Ad"
        android:fontFamily= "serif"
        android:textStyle= "bold"
        android:textColor= "#ffffff"
        android:background= "@color/colorPrimary"
        android:layout_width= "match_parent"
        android:layout_height= "60dp"/>

</LinearLayout>

The complete code of activity_main.xml is show below:

<?xml version=  "1.0" encoding=  "utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android=  "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app=  "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools=  "http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width=  "match_parent"
    android:layout_height=  "match_parent"
    tools:context=  ".MainActivity">

    <!-- vertical linear layout with 2  button -->
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_centerInParent= "true"
        android:layout_margin= "16dp"
        android:orientation= "vertical"
        android:layout_width= "match_parent"
        android:layout_height= "wrap_content">

        <!-- Simple Buttons to Load Rewarded Ad when clicked -->
        <Button
            android:textSize= "24dp"
            android:layout_margin= "16dp"
            android:id= "@+id/loadRewardedBtn"
            android:text= "Load Rewarded  Ad"
            android:fontFamily= "serif"
            android:textStyle= "bold"
            android:textColor= "#ffffff"
            android:background= "@color/colorPrimary"
            android:layout_width= "match_parent"
            android:layout_height= "60dp"/>

        <!-- Simple Buttons to Show  Rewarded Ad if is is loaded when clicked -->
        <Button
            android:textSize= "24dp"
            android:layout_margin= "16dp"
            android:id= "@+id/showRewardedBtn"
            android:text= "Show Rewarded  Ad"
            android:fontFamily= "serif"
            android:textStyle= "bold"
            android:textColor= "#ffffff"
            android:background= "@color/colorPrimary"
            android:layout_width= "match_parent"
            android:layout_height= "60dp"/>

    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

Step 5: MainActivity.java file

First we have to import the library inside the ActivityMain.java,

//library for Button, View and Toast
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

// important library for Google adMob
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdError;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.LoadAdError;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAds;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.initialization.InitializationStatus;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.initialization.OnInitializationCompleteListener;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardItem;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardedAd;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardedAdCallback;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardedAdLoadCallback;

Now inside the MainActivity class we create object of RewardedAd, Button (loadAdBtn, showAdBtn)

//creating Object of RewardedAd
private RewardedAd rewardedAd ;

//creating Object of Buttons
private Button loadAdBtn;
private Button showAdBtn;

Next, we will create Rewarded Ad callback object(RewardedAdLoadCallback) to know whether or not the ad is loaded and other callback(RewardedAdCallback) to know the status of Rewarded ad after it is loaded, the code is shown below:

//creating Object of Rewarded Ad Load Callback
RewardedAdLoadCallback rewardedAdLoadCallback;

//creating Object of Rewarded Ad Callback
RewardedAdCallback rewardedAdCallback;

Now inside the onCreate we initialize the MobileAds and will show a simple toast message when initialization is completed using the below code:

//initializing the Google Admob SDK
MobileAds.initialize (this, new OnInitializationCompleteListener() {
    @Override
    public void onInitializationComplete( InitializationStatus initializationStatus ) {

        //Showing a simple Toast Message to the user when The Google AdMob Sdk Initialization is Completed
        Toast.makeText (MainActivity.this, "AdMob Sdk Initialize "+ initializationStatus.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    }
});

Next, we will initilize the Button and RewardedAd inside the onCreate method after initializing the SDK. RewardedAd constructor has 2 parameter:

• 1st Parameter : Context

• 2nd Paramnter: AdId (we are using test id provided by admob for this tutorial ,you can change it with your own app rewarded ad id)

//Initializing the RewardedAd  objects
rewardedAd = new RewardedAd( this, "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5224354917" ) ;


// Initializing the Button  objects to their respective views from activity_main.xml file
loadAdBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.loadRewardedBtn);
showAdBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showRewardedBtn);

Now we will create a simple method loadRewardedAd() to load the Rewarded Ad inside MainActivity class as show below:

private void loadRewardedAd()
{
    // Creating  an Ad Request
    AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();

    // load Rewarded Ad with the Request
    rewardedAd.loadAd(adRequest, rewardedAdLoadCallback);

    // Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded an ad is Loading
    Toast.makeText (MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is loading ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

Next, we create one more method showRewardedAd() to show the Rewarded Ad to the user if it is loaded and if it is not loaded we will load the Rewarded ad using the above method loadRewardedAd() and if the ad is loaded we initialize the RewardedAdCallback object and show the appropriate toast message to the user about the status of the rewarded video ad, as shown below:

private void showRewardedAd() {
	if (rewardedAd.isLoaded()) {

		//creating the Rewarded Ad Callback and showing the user appropriate message
		rewardedAdCallback = new RewardedAdCallback() {@Override
			public void onRewardedAdOpened() {
				// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad is opened
				Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is Opened", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
			}

			@Override
			public void onRewardedAdClosed() {
				// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad is closed
				Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad Closed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

			}

			@Override
			public void onUserEarnedReward(RewardItem reward) {
				// Showing a simple Toast message to user when user earned the reward by completely watching the Rewarded Ad
				Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You won the reward :" + reward.getAmount(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

			}

			@Override
			public void onRewardedAdFailedToShow(AdError adError) {
				// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad Failed to Show
				Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad failed to show due to error:" + adError.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

			}
		};

		//showing the ad Rewarded Ad if it is loaded
		rewardedAd.show(MainActivity.this, rewardedAdCallback);

		// Showing a simple Toast message to user when an Rewarded ad is shown to the user
		Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad  is loaded and Now showing ad  ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

	}
	else {
		//Load the Rewarded ad if it is not loaded
		loadRewardedAd();

		// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded ad is not loaded
		Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is not Loaded ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

	}

}

Now we will create a click listener inside the onCreate method so that the above function are executed when the buttons are clicked, which we have created in our activity_main.xml file:

//OnClickListener listeners for loadAdBtn and showAdBtn buttons
loadAdBtn.setOnClickListener( new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick( View view) {
        //calling the loadRewardedAd method to load  the Rewarded Ad
        loadRewardedAd();
    }
});

showAdBtn.setOnClickListener( new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick( View view) {
        //calling the showRewardedAd method to show the Rewarded Ad
        showRewardedAd();
    }
});

To know the status of the Rewarded ad if it is loaded or not we intilaize the RewardedAdLoadCallback object inside the onCreate() method as shown below in the code:

// creating  RewardedAdLoadCallback for Rewarded Ad with some 2 Override methods
rewardedAdLoadCallback =new RewardedAdLoadCallback(){
    @Override
    public void onRewardedAdLoaded() {
        // Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad Failed to Load
        Toast.makeText (MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is Loaded", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show() ;
    }

    @Override
    public void onRewardedAdFailedToLoad( LoadAdError adError) {
        // Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad Failed to Load
        Toast.makeText (MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is Loaded", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show() ;
    }
};

Overridable methods of RewardedAdLoadCallback

Here is a list of overridable methods of RewardedAdLoadCallback:

public void onRewardedAdLoaded()

public void onRewardedAdFailedToLoad(LoadAdError adError)

Overridable methods of RewardedAdCallback

Here is a list of overridable methods of RewardedAdCallback:

public void onRewardedAdOpened() 

public void  onRewardedAdClosed()

public void onUserEarnedReward( RewardItem reward )

public void onRewardedAdFailedToShow( AdError adError ) 

The complete code of MainActivity.java is shown below:

package com.studytonight.project;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;

//library for Button, View and Toast
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

// important library for Google adMob
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdError;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.LoadAdError;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAds;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.initialization.InitializationStatus;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.initialization.OnInitializationCompleteListener;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardItem;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardedAd;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardedAdCallback;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.rewarded.RewardedAdLoadCallback;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

	//creating Object of RewardedAd
	private RewardedAd rewardedAd;

	//creating Object of Buttons
	private Button loadAdBtn;
	private Button showAdBtn;

	//creating Object of RewardedAdLoadCallback
	RewardedAdLoadCallback rewardedAdLoadCallback;

	//creating Object of RewardedAdCallback
	RewardedAdCallback rewardedAdCallback;

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

		//initializing the Google Admob SDK
		MobileAds.initialize(this, new OnInitializationCompleteListener() {@Override
			public void onInitializationComplete(InitializationStatus initializationStatus) {

				//Showing a simple Toast Message to the user when The Google AdMob Sdk Initialization is Completed
				Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "AdMob Sdk Initialize " + initializationStatus.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

			}
		});

		//Initializing the RewardedAd  objects
		rewardedAd = new RewardedAd(this, "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5224354917");

		// Initializing the Button  objects to their respective views from activity_main.xml file
		loadAdBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.loadRewardedBtn);
		showAdBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.showRewardedBtn);

		//OnClickListener listeners for loadAdBtn and showAdBtn buttons
		loadAdBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {@Override
			public void onClick(View view) {
				//calling the loadRewardedAd method to load  the Rewarded Ad
				loadRewardedAd();
			}
		});

		showAdBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {@Override
			public void onClick(View view) {
				//calling the showRewardedAd method to show the Rewarded Ad
				showRewardedAd();
			}
		});

		// creating  RewardedAdLoadCallback for Rewarded Ad with some 2 Override methods
		rewardedAdLoadCallback = new RewardedAdLoadCallback() {@Override
			public void onRewardedAdLoaded() {
				// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad Failed to Load
				Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is Loaded", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
			}

			@Override
			public void onRewardedAdFailedToLoad(LoadAdError adError) {
				// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad Failed to Load
				Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is Loaded", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
			}
		};
	}

	private void loadRewardedAd() {
		// Creating  an Ad Request
		AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();

		// load Rewarded Ad with the Request
		rewardedAd.loadAd(adRequest, rewardedAdLoadCallback);

		// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded an ad is Loading
		Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is loading ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
	}

	private void showRewardedAd() {
		if (rewardedAd.isLoaded()) {

			//creating the Rewarded Ad Callback and showing the user appropriate message
			rewardedAdCallback = new RewardedAdCallback() {@Override
				public void onRewardedAdOpened() {
					// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad is opened
					Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is Opened", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				}

				@Override
				public void onRewardedAdClosed() {
					// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad is closed
					Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad Closed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				}

				@Override
				public void onUserEarnedReward(RewardItem reward) {
					// Showing a simple Toast message to user when user earned the reward by completely watching the Rewarded Ad
					Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You won the reward :" + reward.getAmount(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				}

				@Override
				public void onRewardedAdFailedToShow(AdError adError) {
					// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded Ad Failed to Show
					Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad failed to show due to error:" + adError.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				}
			};

			//showing the ad Rewarded Ad if it is loaded
			rewardedAd.show(MainActivity.this, rewardedAdCallback);

			// Showing a simple Toast message to user when an Rewarded ad is shown to the user
			Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad  is loaded and Now showing ad  ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
		}
		else {
			//Load the Rewarded ad if it is not loaded
			loadRewardedAd();

			// Showing a simple Toast message to user when Rewarded ad is not loaded
			Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Rewarded Ad is not Loaded ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

		}
	}
}

Output:

In the below snapshots, you can see how the Rewarded Ad will look in the android application.

When Rewarded Ad is shown to the user:

Conclusion:

In just 5 simple steps we have integrated and shown you the basic example for creating a Google Admob Rewarded Video Ad. If you face any issue while doing this, please share it in the comment section below and we will be happy to help.

Also Read: Add Admob Native Ad in Android App