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Rewarded Ads

Full-screen opt-in video ads that grant a reward when the user finishes watching. Each placement uses a Zone ID from the Empower dashboard.

Load and Show​

using Empower.MobileAds;

// Pre-load (after OnSdkReady)
EmpowerAds.LoadRewardedAd("YOUR_REWARDED_ZONE_ID");

// Show when the user taps "Watch ad for reward"
EmpowerAds.ShowRewarded("YOUR_REWARDED_ZONE_ID");

Handling Status — grant the reward correctly​

Grant the reward only on AdStatus.Rewarded. Never grant on Shown, CompletePlaying, Closed, or Skipped.

EmpowerAds.OnRewardedStatusChanged += (status, zoneId) =>
{
    if (zoneId != "YOUR_REWARDED_ZONE_ID") return;
    switch (status)
    {
        case AdStatus.Ready:
            // enable your "Watch Ad" button
            break;
        case AdStatus.Rewarded:
            GrantReward();          // ✅ the ONLY place to grant
            break;
        case AdStatus.Closed:       // dismissed after earning
        case AdStatus.Skipped:      // dismissed without earning
            EmpowerAds.LoadRewardedAd("YOUR_REWARDED_ZONE_ID"); // reload
            break;
        case AdStatus.Failed:
            // disable button / retry later
            break;
    }
};

Key statuses: Ready, Shown, CompletePlaying, Rewarded (grant reward HERE), Closed (dismissed after earning — reload here), Skipped (dismissed without earning — reload here too), Failed.

On iOS a rewarded ad dismisses as Closed when the user earned the reward and as Skipped when they closed it early without earning. Do your reload/cleanup on both, and grant only on Rewarded.

Best Practices​

  • Grant only on Rewarded — this is the most common rewarded integration mistake.
  • Handle both dismiss statuses — reload and reset your UI on Closed and Skipped.
  • Gate the entry point — enable the "Watch Ad" button on Ready, disable on Failed.
  • Subscribe before Initialize() so you never miss the Rewarded callback.