Required Changes

1. Pause and resume ads with AdsManager
   
   Previously, the SDK did not provide a method to pause/resume the current ad. Beta 9 of the SDK introduces AdsManager.pause() and AdsManager.resume() to control these events. You should no longer directly control the pause/play/resume of ads via your video player. Instead, use the AdsManager methods. In the future, the IMA SDK may play ads with a video player other than your content video player, so utilizing the AdsManager methods now will ensure that ad pause and resume calls are called on the appropriate player.
   
   
2. Change getProgress() to getAdProgress()
   
   The VideoAdPlayer.getProgress() signature has changed; it now explicitly states it's returning the progress of the current ad:
   
       VideoProgressUpdate getAdProgress()
   
   When implementing this method, return VideoProgressUpdate.VIDEO_TIME_NOT_READY if an ad is not playing (for example, if content is playing). Here's a sample getAdProgress method:
   
   

   @Override
   public VideoProgressUpdate getAdProgress() {
     if (currentVideoIsAd() && currentVideo.getDuration() > 0) {
       return new VideoProgressUpdate(
           video.getCurrentPosition(), video.getDuration())
     } else {
       return VideoProgressUpdate.VIDEO_TIME_NOT_READY;
     }
   }

   
   
3. Return content progress with ContentProgressProvider
   
   For the SDK to automatically schedule ad breaks when ad rules (for DFP) or VMAP playlists are returned in an ad tag, your player should provide the playback progress of your content video. The ContentProgressProvider interface has been introduced to allow the SDK to check on actively playing content. Pass an implementation of ContentProgressProvider to your AdsRequest object via:
   
       AdsRequest.setContentProgressProvider(ContentProgressProvider);
   
   This method should return VideoProgressUpdate.VIDEO_TIME_NOT_READY if content is not playing (for example, if an ad is playing). Here's a sample ContentProgressProvider implementation:
   
   

   @Override
   public VideoProgressUpdate getContentProgress() {
     if (currentVideoIsContent() && currentVideo.getDuration() > 0) {
       return new VideoProgressUpdate( 
           video.getCurrentPosition(), video.getDuration());
     } else {
       return VideoProgressUpdate.VIDEO_TIME_NOT_READY;
     }
   }
   

Why should I update to Beta 9?

- (void)adsLoader:(IMAAdsLoader *)loader 
    adsLoadedWithData:(IMAAdsLoadedData *)adsLoadedData {
  self.adsManager = adsLoadedData.adsManager;
  // …
  self.adsRenderingSettings = [[IMAAdsRenderingSettings alloc] init];
  // Show no attribution or countdown timer.
  self.adsRenderingSettings.uiElements = @[];
  // Or, show only ad attribution.
  self.adsRenderingSettings.uiElements = @[kIMAUiElements_AD_ATTRIBUTION];
  // Or, show both countdown timer and ad attribution.
  self.adsRenderingSettings.uiElements =
      @[kIMAUiElements_AD_ATTRIBUTION, kIMAUiElements_COUNTDOWN];
  // ...
  [self.adsManager initializeWithContentPlayhead:self.contentPlayhead
                           adsRenderingSettings:self.adsRenderingSettings];
}