Changing ad source in runtime (Exoplayer IMA extension)

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[REQUIRED] Question

is There a way to change Ad source XML while the ad is running? For eg, if i created an ad source before the actual playback (using Uri adXMLUri =Uri.parse(AD_XML_URL), imaAdsLoader = new ImaAdsLoader(this,adXMLUri ) and AdsMediaSource adsMediaSource = new AdsMediaSource( mediaSource, dataSourceFactory, imaAdsLoader,adViewProvider) ), is there a way i could run them all again and change this AD_XML_URL everytime the ad runs completely?will exoplayer be able to catch this change and update its ads/video stream and player ui accordingly? I also know there is some way to add adEventListener , as discussed in #3322 , but i am unable to figure out how. would be great to get some insights for that too.

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[andrewlewis]

#4680 will likely solve this request once we get round to it (and even if it doesn’t, it will likely provide a good starting point for doing what’s described here), so I will close this.

[andrewlewis]

@root-ansh Sorry for the delayed response. My understanding is that in the VMAP specification your top level ad tag can point to other ad tags which are loaded just before playback reaches the corresponding cue point.

It sounds like you may be trying to implement this on the client rather than having an ad server that provides a VMAP ad tag as described. In that case you probably need to implement a custom AdsLoader, but I’m afraid we don’t have detailed documentation on how to do that yet.