Both, the built-in Bitmovin Advertising handling as well as IMA support VMAP ad tags. Ad playlists are only supported with the IMA integration.

Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of Android development with Kotlin
• Bitmovin Player Android SDK added to your project (see Getting Started guide)
• (Only necessary for ad playlists) Setup IMA

Setup

Step 1: Create an AdSource

// This snippet includes IMA Sample Tags from https://developers.google.com/interactive-media-ads/docs/sdks/android/tags
val vmapAdSource = AdSource(AdSourceType.Bitmovin, "https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?iu=/21775744923/external/vmap_ad_samples&sz=640x480&cust_params=sample_ar%3Dpremidpostlongpod&ciu_szs=300x250&gdfp_req=1&ad_rule=1&output=vmap&unviewed_position_start=1&env=vp&impl=s&cmsid=496&vid=short_onecue&correlator=")

Step 2: Create an AdItem

Since VMAP and ad playlists already specify scheduling times for their ad breaks, it is recommended to place them at the beginning of the main content i.e. as a pre-roll ad:

// Define the VMAP ad tag as a pre-roll ad
val preRollAd = AdItem(vmapAdSource)

Step 3: Scheduling Ads

As outlined in the general ad guide the ad can now be scheduled using the AdvertisingConfig or the Player.scheduleAd API.