iAds showing "Test Advertisement" - is this normal now?

SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
edited April 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
Hey.
I just updated one of my free games "Dood Jump" which has iAds in it.
I really only updated it to have a play with the Playhaven stuff.....which works really well.


But now in the live version, it's showing the iAds with the blank "Test Adverisement".
I always thought that was just for ad-hoc/non live versions of the games, and if no ad could be served, it just wouldn't show anything.

Is this normal? deffo feels different to how I remember/would like it to be.

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  • ZoytZoyt Member Posts: 374
    If your on an iOS Simulator or a beta release if iOS software, it's normal. Hope that helps!
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Yeah if your on a Beta iOS the app store version will show test ads.
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  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Am deffo not on a beta ios.

    Just updated to the latest public release (5.1) to see if that made a difference.. but it didnt.

    http://www.flamingmitten.co.uk/test_ad.PNG

    If anyone fancies giving it a test for me to see if it works for them (it's a free game)

    http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dood-jump/id412488778?mt=8

    Sparks.

  • LiquidGameworksLiquidGameworks Anchorage, AKMember, Sous Chef Posts: 956
    @Sparkyidr Out of curiosity, is the version of the game you have on your phone downloaded from iTunes? Did you make sure to delete any adhocs that were still on your device? If you downloaded from store, but didn't delete adhoc first, may be confusing them.
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  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Yeah... that was my first thought, that I had save data from an adhoc causing some sort of conflict.
    So I totally removed the version I had, and re-downloaded as of today.

    :(
  • ZoytZoyt Member Posts: 374
    I'm guessing one of the following:
    1. You app isn't registered with ad-hoc.
    2. It's just that you app isn't registered with app or something.
    3. Apple's being retarded.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    It might be that you have not setup itunes connect to send ads. Did you activate iADs before sending in your binary?
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  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    edited April 2012
    It was an update to an existing game. So I didn't change anything.
    But In my iAds control panel, I got the message saying that :
    "Your app is now eligible to receive ads from the iAd Network | News" as expected.

    So I assumed everything was fine.....pretty sure I have never had to do anything in all of the other updates I did to the game.

    Has anyone managed to test for me to see if it works on their device?
    Much appreciated it if anyone can spare 5 mins to give it a go. If it works for you, then I know it's an issue with my device....if it doesn't, then I know there is a bigger prob to figure out.

    :)
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    @tendrmer
    Cheers for the test. much appreciated.

    At least I can ignore it for tonight, as I know it's just my device. :)

    Thanks

    Sparks.
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