Google AdMob in Swift

Let's create a simple single view application

1. Create a new Xcode project
2. Choose a template for your new project -> select "Single View Application" -> Next
3. Fill your product name and choose Language : Swift
4. Build and run your new project, the app will show a blank screen.

Let's add AdMob SDK into your application

Note: CocoaPods is the dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C

We will install AdMob SDK by using CocoaPods. There are 2 steps for the installation.

1.Create the Podfile (in the same directory as the example.xcodeproj)

• File name: Podfile
• File contents:

source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
platform :ios, '7.0'
pod 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK', '~> 7.0'

2.Install AdMob SDK by using Podfile

• Close all projects
• Open terminal
• Go to directory which has Podfile
• Run

pod install

Let's make a simple banner in your application

1.Open up file "example.xcworkspace" in the same directory as the example.xcodeproj (You will see an additional files in your application: Pods)

2.Rebuild and run your project. The application will show a white screen, but now the Ads SDK has included in your application already.

3.Add "GADBannerView" into the Storyboard File:

• Search for UIView
• Drag UIView element into your view controller
• In the Identity inspector: set the properties as below

UIView class: GADBannerView
UIView size: 320x50

4.Add reference to the ViewController:

import GoogleMobileAds
@IBOutlet weak var bannerView: GADBannerView!

5.Load an ads into GADBannerView

• Add the following code into ViewDidLoad function

6.Run an application

Reference

1. Swift (https://developer.apple.com/swift/)
2. The dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C (https://cocoapods.org)
3. Mobile Ads SDK for iOS with Objective-C (https://developers.google.com/admob/ios/quick-start?hl=en)