Windowscommunitytoolkit: Ad Mediation control

[brandonh-msft]

A great add to the control set for UWP Toolkit would be an Ad Mediator control since the Ad Mediation functionality has been temporarily removed w/ the new AdControl from the Store Monetization and Engineering SDK.

There are numerous examples of these controls in the wild.

[deltakosh]

I would like to understand first what the Monetization team plan for UWP (just in case :))

[brandonh-msft]

totally agree. but at least this could be captured and worked on as a stopgap while we wait ;)

[deltakosh]

Sure thing :)

[dotMorten]

I think the key here is "temporarily removed". That must mean it comes back, so it might be better to rely on their controls rather than duplicate efforts?

[hermitdave]

if its removed temporarily its not worth adding to the toolkit. I'd like to think that we can provide missing pieces that UWP SDK currently does not.

@deltakosh if the team doesn't have a mid term plan to provide one then we should consider adding it to toolkit

[deltakosh]

Completely aligned

[Odonno]

It seems that they only support MS and AdDuplex ads https://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/monetize/migrate-from-admediatorcontrol-to-adcontrol

[deltakosh]

So far I prefer to wait and see :)

[brandonh-msft]

eh, that's not a "supports only" type of scenario in my mind. What they're showing you there is a very manual approach to mediate w/ AdDuplex using entirely code. Not a singular control as it was in the past.

However, the code shown there would be a _great_ starting point for the control that I'm proposing we create in UWPCT

[Odonno]

@brandonh-msft Well, we should try. What I would say is that we should not duplicate these controls. If it works like expected, we should communicate with the Monetization team to integrate the control in their SDK.

The better would be to have one of the team on the discussion, but if there is need for this control, let's go !

[brandonh-msft]

i feel like if the Store team themselves are telling devs to write all that code, there's no reason we can't do it and make it a control.

[ailon]

There will be no official client-side mediation control in near-mid term if ever. The "official" branch is migrating to server-side mediation at some point. FWIW, AdDuplex is unlikely to be a part of the server-side mediation in the foreseeable future. So adding a control, like @brandonh-msft proposes, will not duplicate any "standard" functionality.

[brandonh-msft]

Thanks for the insight, @ailon.

[deltakosh]

Looks like a go:)

[deltakosh]

Closing it as I see no activity.