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Android In-app purchasing: платное отключение рекламы в своём приложении

Много раз уже просили написать статью о том, как в приложении реализовать платное отключение рекламы. По In-app уже были статьи на хабре. Правда, они старую версию API рассматривали. В принципе, новая версия не особо то и отличается от старой. Была похожая статья, но там больше именно про отображение рекламы рассказывалось, а второй части статьи мы так и не увидели. Как оказалось, многим до сих пор интересен этот вопрос, решил написать как это реализовать в своём приложении.

In-App Purchase представляет собой сервис покупки виртуальных товаров внутри приложения (например игровой валюты, новых уровней и т.д.). Применяется он в основном в играх, в тех случаях, когда встает вопрос о необходимости заработка на своем творении.

В данной статье рассмотрю как можно использовать In-App Purchase для отключения рекламы в своём приложении.

Реклама в приложении

В принципе, можно взять любую площадку. Возьмём, к примеру AdMob. Я для удобства обычно подобные вещи в обёртки запихиваю, чтобы при смене площадки, если потребуется, почти ничего не пришлось менять. Обёртки для рекламной площадки должны реализовывать интерфейс:

Тогда обёртка для AdMob будет выглядеть примерно так:

Тогда инициализация рекламы будет такой:

При такой реализации в случае смены площадки, мы просто создадим инстанс другого класса. Для работы вам нужен лишь ID_приложения. который получите после создания в приложения в админке Admob.

In-app purchasing или внутренние платежи в приложениях

Для того, чтобы работать с системой покупок необходим файл IMarketBillingService.aidl. Лежит он в /user/android-sdk-linux/extras/google/play_billing директории с SDK. Положить файлик надо в com.android.vending.billing пакет вашего приложения.

О типах покупок можно почитать тут. Нас интересую восстанавливаемые покупки, то есть те, что привязываются к аккаунту и повторно их уже не купить. Если вы удалите приложение и постановите заново, то покупка будет восстановлена. В нашем случае, после покупки отключения рекламы, реклама больше не будет беспокоить пользователя. Это касается и других устройств: если пользователь залогиниться на другом устройство под своим аккаунтом, то в приложение будет восстановлена покупка и реклама будет отключена.

Для работы необходимо добавить разрешение в AndroidManifest.xml:

Очень помогает официальная документация и пример из SDK.

Необходимо определить ключик в приложении – PublicKey, полученный при регистрации аккаунта на Android Market
Определяем IabHelper и инициализируем. Если удачно, то пытаемся восстановить покупки.

mGotInventoryListener – слушатель для восстановления покупок.

Теперь надо, собственно, саму покупку реализовать:

SKU_ADS_DISABLE – идентификатор товара, который вы создали в адмике Google Play. mPurchaseFinishedListener – слушатель:

Стоит отдельно поговорить о методе по верификации:

Сейчас нет никакой проверки покупок, но в реальном приложении вы должны сверять полученные данные с той сгенерированой строкой, что вы отправили в запросе на покупку. Проверять это надо на своём стороннем сервере. Для обычно приложения или офф-лайн игры это может и не критично, но для он-лайн игры это очень важно.

В принципе всё, теперь при запуске приложения просиходит проверка настроек (куда мы сохранили, что отключили рекламу):

После чего реклама уже не будет показываться.

Тестирование покупок

Сейчас довольно удобно тестировать своё приложение. Можно залить .apk как альфа/бета версию и опубликовать. При этом можно назначить группу в Google+, которая будет иметь возможность к тестированию. Если вы публикуете альфа или бета версию приложения, то в маркете она не появится, иметь доступ будет только эта группа.

Тестеры смогут осуществлять покупки. Деньги будут списываться без комиссии и будут возвращены после 15 минут после покупки. Так что, не беспокойтесь. Вот только у вас не получится протестировать приложение, если ваш аккаунт на устройстве и аккаунт издателя один и тот же =/

Полностью рабочий пример можете посмотреть на гитхабе.

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How to block ads on Android, with root and without root

Nobody likes ads, including your very own, whose livelihood depends on an ad-supported internet experience. Yet, it’s hard to imagine a world without ads. Ads are the reason why we can access many of the most popular websites, services, and apps without paying a single penny. It’s not that ads are fundamentally bad — when done right, ads can be entertaining, engaging, and genuinely useful. It’s just that many websites and apps can be short-sighted at times and engage in shady ad practices to boost their revenue.

We’ve all come across annoying websites that take us on a bumpy redirecting rollercoaster ride without our consent. And those in-app ads covering the entire display of your phone or computer and basically hijacking us by disabling the back button can especially be annoying. It’s practices like these that earn ads a bad name.

While we can’t wipe out these nasty ads from the face of the earth, we can certainly wipe them clean from your Android device. Let us present to you some of the most powerful tools Android users have at their disposal that will make sure you never see the sight of ads.

Removing ads affects the internet ecosystem and the monetization ability of many businesses. If you frequently use certain apps, websites, and services, consider subscribing to their paid services or adding them to a whitelist. Help them continue to be useful to you.

Some of these tools require root access, but you won’t need it at all in most cases. The Android ad-blocking tools come in all shapes and sizes, with each having varying degrees of effectiveness and use case. Let’s review them one by one to help you find the one that works the best for you.

Changing the DNS to Block Ads on Android

One of the easiest ways to block ads on Android smartphones is by changing to an ad-blocking service’s private DNS provider. This method requires no apps, but it only works on Android phones with Android 9 Pie and above, as the Private DNS setting was introduced with this version of the OS.

To change the DNS, go to Settings > Network and Internet > Advanced > Private DNS. Choose the option Private DNS Provider Hostname, and enter “dns.adguard.com” or “us.adhole.org“, and hit Save. That’s it. You’ll no longer see any in-app ad banners, nor any advertisements on web browsers.

On some phones, the path to change the Private DNS may be different. If your phone UX has a search bar, simply search for Private DNS to land on the relevant settings page.

AdLock

AdLock is a blocking solution that has options for PC and Android. It’s an easy way to block in-game ads or browser ads while using your phone. You’ll even have the option to block specific websites and filter all of your traffic through HTTPS secure filtering.

Thanks to AdLock for sponsoring this part of the article.

AdAway

If you have root access, there’s no better solution than AdAway. It has a non-root mode as well, but it works best with root. AdAway uses a hosts file to block ad-serving hostnames. What it essentially does is keep an updated list of ad networks and redirects them to 127.0.0.1 (your own phone), so these requests go nowhere, and no ads can be served. The best part is it blocks out both browser and in-app advertisements. Setting up the service is very straightforward.

The service comes with three sources with over 90,000 user-verified hosts, with new hosts regularly being added to the list. If some ads still seep through, you can use the DNS logging feature to record the outgoing DNS requests and manually add them to the “hosts” file. But even without touching any of these or getting too technical, AdAway effectively blocks out most ads, if not all, across apps and websites.

AdAway is free and open-source and in active development. If you want to give it a try, head over to the project’s GitHub or grab the latest APK from the official XDA thread linked below.

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How To Block Ads In Android Apps, Games And Browsers

Ads are a necessary evil. Many websites and applications are providing you with free service, free content and free software because someone else is paying them to keep them up. Thus, the service provider has to serve ads to you in return for the income that is keeping them in business, and in development. As the user, you reap the benefit of using the product for free.

However, sometimes the ad placements can be really annoying, contributing to not-so-appealing user experience. In this post we will look at methods to block ads from showing up on Android. You can block ads from appearing in apps and games, or only on browsers.

The methods here may work for both rooted and non-rooted devices. It will be specified for each method. Before we begin, you need a File Manager, e.g. Astro File Manager. Any other file manager will work fine.

Disclaimer: Attempt ad-blocking at your own risk. We cannot be held responsible for any effects on your device resulting from these methods.

1. Adblock Plus (ABP)

This method uses ad-blockers (apps) to block all ads in your device, including the ads shown in various apps and games. There are many ad-blockers for Android, thanks to the ever-growing Android developers. The top two would be Adblock Plus (ABP) and AdAway; we wil discuss the former, but you can install AdAway if that’s your preference.

Using Adblock Plus

We’re going with Adblock Plus as it is an open source project and has the option to allow non-intrusive ads. This method works for both rooted and non-rooted devices. Installing an ad-blocker app requires your device to allow applications from unknown sources.

Sideloading is required as Google has removed ad-block apps from Google Play Store. You need to sideload any ad-blocker, i.e. install ad-blockers using its APK file and not from Google Play Store.

Follow the given steps to set this configuration:

1. Go to Settings >Applications (or Security on 4.0 and above) on your Android device.
2. Navigate to the Unknown sources option.
3. If unchecked, tap the checkbox, and then tap OK on the confirmation popup.

Your Android device is ready to install ad-blockers.

Installing And Configuring Adblock Plus

1. Open a browser in your device and download Adblock Plus for Android. Your device will receive the APK file: adblockplusandroid-version.apk.

2. Navigate to where your downloaded files are kept, then tap on the file and install. (If you open the APK file using a file manager, select Open App Manager and then click on Install.)

3.1 On rooted devices: after installing, open Adblock Plus. It will request for super user permissions. Allow super user permissions to Adblock Plus and you are good to go.

3.2 On non-rooted devices: you need a few more steps, to manually set up proxy in your Android. You will need to follow the instructions here as instructions are different for Android versions up to 3.1 and 4.0+.s

Now Adblock Plus will start blocking ads. You can set more options in Adblock Plus like ads filter lists, non-intrusive ads, etc in Settings.

Adblock Plus – Browser Extension

Adblock Plus is also available as a browser extension for Firefox. With this method, only the ads shown on web pages inside the browser are blocked. Ads in apps or games are not affected. This method works for rooted as well as non-rooted devices.

Setting Up Adblock Plus (Extension)

1. If you are not using Firefox as a browser on your Android yet, get it here. Run the browser on your device and go to the Adblock Plus add-on here. Add it to Firefox and Install it.

2. Restart Firefox and browse ad-free. You can set more options in Adblock Plus by going to the Menu > Adblock Plus and going through the options you can configure.

2. Block Ads using ‘hosts’ file

This method uses ‘hosts’ file to block ads. This method blocks all ads in your device, including the ones shown in various apps and games. This method works only for rooted devices.

What is a ‘hosts’ file?

‘hosts’ file is a plain-text file in an operating system to map hostnames (like anything.com) to its IP address. Whenever you try to launch a website using its hostname, the operating system will usually search the ‘hosts’ file to find the corresponding IP address first.

If the search is successful, then its mapped IP address is used; otherwise a query is sent to DNS (Domain Name Service) to find the IP address of that hostname.

Setting Up ‘hosts’ file

1. On the computer, open MVPS (or pgl.yoyo.org or hostfile.mine.nu) on your browser. A plain-text page will open. Save this page as the name hosts in the computer.

2. Using Bluetooth or a USB connection, copy this hosts file from your computer to your Android device. Note the file path.

3. On your Android, open the file manager in your device and copy the hosts file to /etc or /system/etc. Accessing this location may require you to ‘allow super user permissions’ to the file manager.

4. Rename the original hosts file (if present) to a .txt or .bak extension. Paste the saved hosts file here. Reboot your Android and your Android is now ad-free.

Wrap Up

Although ads are annoying, they are also a great way to try out new apps, products or sites. Allowing non-intrusive ads is a way to be exposed to these new and sometimes great apps via ads. Alternatively many apps offers you the option to buy an ad-free version of the app, so you can support your favorite apps without being annoyed by the ads.

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