Advertising in apps for Windows Phone 8
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
You can monetize your Windows Phone apps and games by including ads. Your app can display ads from a number of ad networks, including Microsoft Advertising.
Note
For Windows Phone OS 8.0 and higher, you can use ad mediation to help maximize your ad revenue. For more info, see Using ad mediation to maximize ad revenue.
The Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone is installed as part of Windows Phone OS 7.1 or higher. You can monetize your Windows Phone apps and games by including ads from Microsoft Advertising. The Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone enables you to create apps that can do the following:
Easily integrate text and banner ads into your apps and games.
Provide a monetization solution that maximizes in-app advertising revenues by unlocking the power of multiple sales channels competing in real time to purchase your ad inventory.
Provide various ad targeting capabilities to deliver the most relevant ads to your users.
Seamlessly handle impression reporting.
For more information, see Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone.
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Provides introductory information about the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone. |
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Provides information about how to sign up with pubCenter and begin receiving ads. |
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Developing with the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone |
Provides conceptual and procedural information for developing apps by using the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone. |
Provides reference information for the Microsoft.Advertising.Mobile.UI namespace and the Microsoft.Advertising.Mobile.Xna namespace. |
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Provides walkthroughs and sample code that demonstrates how to integrate ads from the Microsoft Advertising Network into your Windows Phone apps and games. |