[BUG?] FacebookAdapter findClosestSize method always returns 'null'

[tominou]

com.facebook.android:audience-network-sdk:5.3.0 com.google.ads.mediation:facebook:5.3.0.0 com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:17.2.1

FacebookAdapter never returns banners because findClosestSize always returns null

From adb logcat:

05-26 08:41:13.211  6557  6557 I FacebookAdapter: Potential ad sizes: [FULLx50_as, FULLx90_as, FULLx250_as]
05-26 08:41:13.211  6557  6557 W FacebookAdapter: The input ad size 393x50_as is not supported at this moment.

[stowy]

Hi, thanks for posting, can you share your client code for requesting the ad? What ad size are you specifying?

[tominou]

Hi Stowy,

I specify SMART_BANNER ad size. If i switch to BANNER, ads are showing fine. Here is the code: https://github.com/ratson/cordova-plugin-admob-free/tree/master/src/android

Thank you for your time ^^

[rodrigograca31]

I'm having the same issue: I'm using SMART_BANNER and I see many requests but 0% match rate as I describe here and I think its because of this "bug":

06-18 21:33:14.845 19468 19468 I FacebookAdapter: Potential ad sizes: [FULLx50_as, FULLx90_as, FULLx250_as]
06-18 21:33:14.845 19468 19468 W FacebookAdapter: The input ad size 360x50_as is not supported at this moment.

if I use BANNER I see this:

06-18 22:08:57.916  4266  4266 I FacebookAdapter: Potential ad sizes: [320x50_as, 320x90_as, 320x250_as]
06-18 22:08:57.916  4266  4266 I FacebookAdapter: Found closest ad size: 320x50_as
06-18 22:08:58.037  4266  4266 E Ads     :      at com.google.ads.mediation.facebook.FacebookInitializer.initialize(FacebookInitializer.java:51)
06-18 22:08:58.037  4266  4266 E Ads     :      at com.google.ads.mediation.facebook.FacebookInitializer.initialize(FacebookInitializer.java:33)
06-18 22:08:58.037  4266  4266 E Ads     :      at com.google.ads.mediation.facebook.FacebookAdapter.requestBannerAd(FacebookAdapter.java:163)

I still dont see ads but I think that's because Facebook has no ads for me.... Tried on 3 phones though........

[rodrigograca31]

@tominou do you think my problem with 0% match rate is because I use SMART_BANNER?

[tominou]

@rodrigograca31 Yes Im pretty sure it is. But FB should support SMART_BANNER, it did work fine until recent sdk releases.

[rodrigograca31]

Oh, ok. Thanks @tominou ! Let's hope it gets fixed. maybe I will dig deeper to find a sdk version that works....

I've now tried in a fourth phone and still no ads while using BANNER but its probably because they are all in the same network and etc.... I should also configure mediation for my interstitial ad and that might help me debug stuff....

[tominou]

In your logs, size is not an issue when you use BANNER, but you still got some errors that may prevent FAN ads to work: 06-18 22:08:58.037 4266 4266 E Ads : at com.google.ads.mediation.facebook.FacebookInitializer.initialize(FacebookInitializer.java:51) 06-18 22:08:58.037 4266 4266 E Ads : at com.google.ads.mediation.facebook.FacebookInitializer.initialize(FacebookInitializer.java:33) 06-18 22:08:58.037 4266 4266 E Ads : at com.google.ads.mediation.facebook.FacebookAdapter.requestBannerAd(FacebookAdapter.java:163)

[rodrigograca31]

@tominou also, in case you didn't notice your plugin uses 5.3.0.0 and 5.4.0.0 was just released. Not sure if it fixes it though... but there's also 5.3.1.x....

[rodrigograca31]

wait.... were those erros? I was using adb logcat | grep -i facebook so didnt see the whole output but maybe they are.....!

[rodrigograca31]

Seems 5.4.0 also doesnt support SMART_BANNER .... Also seems there was changes in com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:17.2.0 related to mediation.

Mediation: Added a new set of mediation adapter APIs that support initialization. Adapters implementing the new API implement the Adapter class.

[rodrigograca31]

@tominou you were correct! changing to 'BANNER' makes it work. (Even though I would prefer 'SMART_BANNER' because its probably better for advertisers, so its probably brings better revenue....)

you were also right about me having a bug. it was #133 .

@tominou Thanks a lot for your help!

[dfretes]

I'm also having the same issue with 'SMART_BANNER' and the facebook adapter. I hope this gets fixed since SMART_BANNERs have a higher eCPM overall.

Regards!

[TomTasche]

According to the changelog, this was fixed: "Fixed an issue that caused Smart Banner Ad requests to fail." - https://developers.google.com/admob/android/mediation/facebook#facebook-android-mediation-adapter-changelog