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Configuring a source app

Set up a source app to participate in ad campaigns.

Overview

A source app is an app that participates in ad campaigns by displaying ads that an ad network signs. To participate in install validation, the source app needs to include ad network IDs in its Info.plist file. Ad networks are responsible for publishing or providing their ad network IDs to developers.

Only ads from ad networks that have an entry in the app’s Info.plist file are eligible for install validation. To work with multiple ad networks, include each of the ad network IDs in the source app’s Info.plist file, as follows:

  1. Select Info.plist in the Project navigator in Xcode.

  2. Click the Add button (+) beside a key in the property list editor and press Return.

  3. Type the key name SKAdNetworkItems.

  4. Choose Array from the pop-up menu in the Type column.

Create an array that contains one dictionary for each allowed ad network, using the single key SKAdNetworkIdentifier. The string value for the key is the ad network ID.

The following example shows an array with two dictionaries that represent the example ad network IDs example100.skadnetwork and example200.skadnetwork:

<array>
    <dict>
        <key>SKAdNetworkIdentifier</key>
        <string>example100.skadnetwork</string>
    </dict>
    <dict>   
         <key>SKAdNetworkIdentifier</key>
         <string>example200.skadnetwork</string>
    </dict>
</array>

For more information about property lists, see Edit property lists.

See Also

Registering ad networks and configuring apps