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Jonathan Safa
Jonathan Safa

Reputation: 181

How can I create custom Ads in my iPhone app?

I am developing an iPhone app for my University radio station, and I would like to insert ads (that look and feel just like iAds) but with my own custom designs/content/links so I can sell this adspace to possible sponsors.
Would anyone know how I can do this or point me in the right direction? I am building a "utility" style app.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1015

Answers (1)

Robot Woods
Robot Woods

Reputation: 5687

I have a JSON file on my server with certain data about the ad (mine happens to be set up for one, but you could accomodate multiple the same way). 

{"promo":"yes","imageURL":"http://somedomain/testAd.png","image2xURL":"http://somedomain/[email protected]","link":"http://www.whereTheAdShouldDirect.com"}

Then, in the app, I have this amongst the rest of viewWillAppear:

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.mydomain/promo.php"];

NSString *response = [[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url];
const char *convert = [response UTF8String];
NSString *responseString = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:convert];
NSDictionary *promo = [responseString JSONValue];

[response release];
if([[promo objectForKey:@"promo"] isEqualToString:@"yes"]){
    self.linkURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[promo objectForKey:@"link"]];
    NSURL *picURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[promo objectForKey:@"imageURL"]];
    if([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion]intValue]>=4){
        if([[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]==2.0){
            picURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[promo objectForKey:@"image2xURL"]];
        }
    }
    CGRect imgFrame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 50);
    UIButton *adImage=[[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:imgFrame];
    NSData * imageData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:picURL];
    UIImage * image = [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];
    [adImage setBackgroundImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [adImage addTarget:self action:@selector(ad) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [self.view addSubview:adImage];
    [adImage release];
}

and this method as well:

-(void)ad{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:self.linkURL];
}

You may want to change that last method depending on how you want the ad to react (load a webview right in the app?)

Upvotes: 2

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