Question

I am using Google AdMob for iOS:

Google AdMob

I was wondering whether I’m able to turn off these ads programmatically so they stop displaying. After reading through the SDK I can’t see anywhere to toggle the ads on or off.

EDIT:

This is how I load the Google AdMob code:

MainViewController.m

- (void) viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.

    // Create a view of the standard size at the bottom of the screen.
    // Available AdSize constants are explained in GADAdSize.h.
    bannerView_ = [[GADBannerView alloc] initWithAdSize:kGADAdSizeBanner];
    // Must be a better way to position at bottom of page
    [bannerView_ setCenter:CGPointMake(kGADAdSizeBanner.size.width/2, 455)];
    // Specify the ad's "unit identifier." This is your AdMob Publisher ID.
    bannerView_.adUnitID = MY_BANNER_UNIT_ID;
    // Let the runtime know which UIViewController to restore after taking
    // the user wherever the ad goes and add it to the view hierarchy.
    bannerView_.rootViewController = self;
    [self.view addSubview:bannerView_];

    // Initiate a generic request to load it with an ad.
    GADRequest *request = [GADRequest request];
    // remove this line when you are ready to deploy for real
    request.testing = YES;
    [bannerView_ loadRequest:request];
}

I’d like to disable the superview within a class implementation:

This is the code I’ve tried so far to loop through the MainViewController subviews.

Once I’ve found the right subview GADBannerView I want to be able to remove it.

OtherClass.m

- (void)disableAds
{
    // Turn the ads off.
    UIViewController *mainView = [[UIViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"MainViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
    for (UIView *subview in [mainView.view subviews]) {
        NSLog(@"View(s): %@", subview);
    }
}

Answer 1

Because the class implementation was actually a plugin I was able to use the following code:

for (UIView *subview in [self.viewController.view subviews]) {
    if([subview isKindOfClass:[GADBannerView class]]) {
        [subview removeFromSuperview];
    }
}

According to Phonegap documentation, every plugin has a self.viewController property. So it was just a matter of looping through and removing only the GADBannerView from the superview.

Of course I had to #import "GADBannerView.h" in the plugin class implementation first so it knew about GADBannerView.