Spritekit Supporting iAd - swift

Question

I have been looking everywhere on the web for tutorials on how to include iad banners in my spritekit game. For example I looked at this: Swift SpriteKit iAd but I got some errors, probaly due to the new swift 2 and swift 1. But could you explain what to do to include IAD in my spritekit game. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Make sure you have this code in your GameViewController. I just tested this out and it works for landscape and portrait mode.
class GameViewController: UIViewController, ADBannerViewDelegate {
//--------------------
//-----iAd Banner-----
//--------------------
var SH = UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.height
let transition = SKTransition.fadeWithDuration(0)
var UIiAd: ADBannerView = ADBannerView()
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
let BV = UIiAd.bounds.height
UIiAd.delegate = self
UIiAd.frame = CGRectMake(0, SH + BV, 0, 0)
self.view.addSubview(UIiAd)
}
override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
UIiAd.delegate = nil
UIiAd.removeFromSuperview()
}
func bannerViewDidLoadAd(banner: ADBannerView!) {
UIView.beginAnimations(nil, context: nil)
UIView.setAnimationDuration(0.5) // Time it takes the animation to complete
UIiAd.alpha = 1 // Fade in the animation
UIView.commitAnimations()
}
func bannerView(banner: ADBannerView!, didFailToReceiveAdWithError error: NSError!) {
UIView.beginAnimations(nil, context: nil)
UIView.setAnimationDuration(0.5)
UIiAd.alpha = 0
UIView.commitAnimations()
}
func showBannerAd() {
UIiAd.hidden = false
let BV = UIiAd.bounds.height
UIView.beginAnimations(nil, context: nil)
UIView.setAnimationDuration(0.5) // Time it takes the animation to complete
UIiAd.frame = CGRectMake(0, SH - BV, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.width, 0)
UIView.commitAnimations()
}
func hideBannerAd() {
UIiAd.hidden = true
let BV = UIiAd.bounds.height
UIView.beginAnimations(nil, context: nil)
UIView.setAnimationDuration(0.5) // Time it takes the animation to complete
UIiAd.frame = CGRectMake(0, SH + BV, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.width, 0) //Beginning position of the ad
UIView.commitAnimations()
}
//--------------------
//-----View Loads-----
//--------------------
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//iAd Control
self.UIiAd.hidden = true
self.UIiAd.alpha = 0
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(GameViewController.hideBannerAd), name: "hideadsID", object: nil)
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(GameViewController.showBannerAd), name: "showadsID", object: nil)
}
Add the following outside your class declarations. It doesn't matter what class you go to, as long as it's global so you can access them from any game scene.
//-------------
//-----Ads-----
//-------------
func showAds() {
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().postNotificationName("showadsID", object: nil)
}
func hideAds() {
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().postNotificationName("hideadsID", object: nil)
}
And then whenever you want to show ads in the specific scene or whenever, just call the "showAds()" function or "hideAds()" to hide them.