Spaghetti and Google service

    Programming is not a game of play.
    I.V. Stalin

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    I want to remind you of the ancient Russian game of Spaghetti, of a toy for the iPhone and of Adwhirl, the closing Google service, with which you need to urgently do something.


    Foreword


    Village childhood has gone away, and with it games. And in Russia they loved to play. Grandmas, spools, napkins, bast shoes - everything was forgotten, there were only names in proverbs and neologisms. The rules of the pens are very simple - various utensils are poured into a bucket and, in turn, pulled out with a hook on a thread. We need to get another tsatsku so that others do not collapse.
    About 20 years ago, I made a computer analogue of this game and about 20 acquaintances played almost a year on desktops.

    Spills in the store


    The other day I rewrote it for iOS and put it in the store. Alas, the game is complicated, not for the mass user. The player needs a mathematical mindset and knowledge of the sum squared formula. I won’t make money on such a game, but by tradition I use a bunch of Apple’s iAd ads and Google Admob in the application. The free application can be viewed here in the Russian store .

    Earnings from advertising


    It is known that earnings from advertising from Apple are three times more than from Google. This means that if 100 people a day play your game and watch apple ads, then you will fall 3 daily dollars. A similar viewing by these same 100 people of Google ads will bring you daily 1 dollar of income.
    Unfortunately, apple advertising is not available in all countries of the world. America, England, Japan - of course there is civilization and Apple helps developers make money from bread. In Russia, China and Brazil, Google will help you.

    Adwhirl closes


    How to combine two advertising sites in one application? For example, google service Adwhirl.
    Alas, a week ago a notification came from Google that this Adwhirl service was being closed.

    In September, it will stop working and all developers need to look for analogues. Google offers to use admob mediation service instead of the old one.
    I took this advice. In my game, I switched to a new service quickly and painlessly and received the first income ($ 1) from a new bunch, which I inform you about.

    A few transition notes


    1. You need to download the new version of Admob SDK 6.4.2
    2. In no case do not use the documentation from the Google website, but use the example contained in the SDK;
    3. Do not forget to turn on iAd and always click save;
    4. Place country targeting for admob and iAd.
    5. Change the id Admob code to id Admob Mediation

    Have a good summer and easy code.

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