Google Mobile Ads
Monetize your app with banner or interstitial ads from Google's vast pool of advertisers. Integrate with top ad networks through mediation to maximize your revenue from impressions. Take advantage of new ad features and capabilities through Google Play services, without having to add or update a library in your APK.
Check out the Google Mobile Ads API reference and visit developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk for more information about integrating Google Mobile Ads into your app.
Key Developer Features
Seamless auto-updates
The Google Mobile Ads SDK is part of Google Play services, so you can take advantage of features and capabilities in each new release of Google Play services, without needing to update your APK.
Monetize your apps
Connect with over a million Google advertisers and show relevant ads in your app. Users
engage with the ads, you make money. The Google Mobile Ads SDK fully supports AdMob,
DoubleClick for Publishers, DoubleClick Ad Exchange, and Search Ads for Mobile Apps.
Learn more
and sign up.
Location-based ads
You can use the publisher-provided location API to provide Google with the location when requesting ads. Location-based ads can improve your app monetization.
Innovative ads
Choose from a range of ads across mobile devices and tablets, including interactive ad units.
Flexible and powerful tools
Filters and controls help you manage your ads. If you want to use multiple ad networks, you can do that too, with free ad network mediation.
Getting Started
1. Get the Google Play services SDK
The Google Mobile Ads APIs are part of the Google Play services platform.
To get started, set up the Google Play services SDK.
2. Run the sample
Once you've installed the Google Play services package, the Google Mobile Ads sample is located
in <android-sdk>/extras/google-play-services/samples/ads and shows you how to
serve banner and interstitial ads using the Google Mobile Ads APIs.
3. Read the documentation
Read the AdSense Terms of Service and the AdMob publisher guidelines and policies.
For quick access while developing your Android apps, the Google Mobile Ads API reference is available here on developer.android.com.
Detailed documentation for Google Mobile Ads for Android is available with the rest of the Google Mobile Ads developer documents at developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk.