iAd in xcode 6 with Swift

by

This is how I did it, possibly not all of it is necessary.

I did not use the banner in the Storyboard, so the IBOutlet is not necessary.

Also, if you manually create a banner, you do not need to set self.canDisplayBannerAds

This function (ported from ObjC) is how I display the ads.

func loadAds(){
  adBannerView = ADBannerView(frame: CGRect.zeroRect)
  adBannerView.center = CGPoint(x: adBannerView.center.x, y: view.bounds.size.height - adBannerView.frame.size.height / 2)
  adBannerView.delegate = self
  adBannerView.hidden = true
  view.addSubview(adBannerView)
}

This is called in viewDidLoad. Then, in the didLoadAd delegate method, I set adBannerView.hidden = false and in didFailToReceiveAdWithError, adBannerView.hidden = true

I think hidden is better than alpha in this situation, as it feels more natural. I believe (but am not sure) that when hidden, the view is not drawn at all by the GPU, while with an alpha of 0, it is still drawn, but made invisible (correct me if I am wrong).

This is my setup, and it worked for me, so hopefully it will work in your case too!

More Related Contents:

  1. Xcode Beta 6.1 and Xcode 6 GM stuck indexing for weird reason
  2. trying to animate a constraint in swift
  3. Swift Playground – Files are not readable
  4. Animating a constraint in Swift
  5. Safe (bounds-checked) array lookup in Swift, through optional bindings?
  6. Expected Declaration Error using Swift
  7. Swift iAd – More than 10 instances of ADBannerView warning and CGAffineTransformInvert: singular matrix output
  8. Error “Thread 1: breakpoint 2.1”
  9. ViewController.Type does not have a member named
  10. IBOutlet is nil, but it is connected in storyboard, Swift
  11. Swift Protocol Extensions overriding
  12. How to “Delete derived data” in Xcode?
  13. ‘var’ parameters are deprecated and will be removed in Swift 3
  14. “Use of undeclared type” in Swift, even though type is internal, and exists in same module
  15. Creating NSData from NSString in Swift
  16. Xcode beta 6 iOS 8: Simulator not working
  17. didFailToReceiveAdWithError not working for iOS 8 simulators
  18. Limiting UIDatePicker dates from a particular time. Such as Input DOB to a restricted age limit
  19. Xcode 6 crashes on submitting Archive
  20. NSTimer not firing when NSMenu is open in Swift
  21. How can I use swift in Terminal?
  22. How can I make a countdown with NSTimer?
  23. Xcode swift indexing forever
  24. Print unicode character from variable (swift)
  25. Class variables not yet supported
  26. How to present a modal atop the current view in Swift
  27. Calling Function from another class swift
  28. How would I repeat an action forever in Swift?
  29. Shared iAd banner for UITabBarController based app using XCode 4 with storyboard
  30. Remove println() for release version iOS Swift

Leave a Comment