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Google Mobile Ads SDK allows you to specify a desired creative type for test queries using the ft_ctype request parameter.
This parameter helps to retrieve and render only specific creative types like video, image, or HTML5 during testing.
This feature is only functional in Test Mode and impacts Google ads, not ads from third-party networks through mediation.
Using the ft_ctype parameter can potentially increase the chances of encountering no fills due to ad restrictions.
Several creative types including video_app_install, html5, and image_app_install can be specified using the ft_ctype parameter.

Select platform: Android iOS

Google Mobile Ads SDK provides an API that lets you specify a creative type for test queries. When the parameter is set, only creatives of the specified type are retrieved and rendered.

Usage

To specify a creative type, include the ft_ctype parameter in an extras object and pass it to the ad request. This may restrict which ads are available and result in no fill.

Swift

letextras=Extras()
extras.additionalParameters=["ft_ctype":"video_app_install"]
letrequest=Request()
request.register(extras)

Objective-C

GADExtras*extras=[[GADExtrasalloc]init];
extras.additionalParameters=@{@"ft_ctype":@"video_app_install"};
GADRequest*request=[GADRequestrequest];
[requestregisterAdNetworkExtras:extras];

The following table lists the valid values for ft_ctype:

Creative Type	ft_ctype	Format
HTML5	html5	Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded
App install image	image_app_install	Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded
Display image	image_display	Banner, Interstitial
Display partial slot	partial_slot	Banner, Native, Interstitial
App install text	text_app_install	Banner, Native, Interstitial
Display text	text_display	Banner, Native, Interstitial
Trueview	trueview	Interstitial, Rewarded
App install video	video_app_install	Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

This feature impacts Google ads only. If your ad unit enables mediation, ads returned from third-party ad sources don't respect the ft_ctype parameter. We recommend testing with an ad unit that doesn't have mediation enabled.