iAds still refuse to work - cocoa-touch

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Edit: Here's my AppDelegate as well (part of it)
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc]initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen]bounds]];
GameViewController *gameViewController = [[GameViewController alloc]init];
NSLog(#"NSLOG %#", [[gameViewController view]class]);
_bannerViewController = [[BannerViewController alloc]initWithContentViewController:gameViewController];
self.window.rootViewController = _bannerViewController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
I am about to give up. I have tried 5 different ways just these past few days to get literally one single iAd to show correctly and as simple as Apple makes it seem, literally 100% of the time I either see no ad or get an error. I have followed the Apple documentation EXACTLY.
The only clue I have is in these two lines
GameViewController *gameViewController = [[GameViewController alloc]init];
NSLog(#"NSLOG %#", [[gameViewController view]class]);
Which are in my app delegate. The NSLog gives me "UIView". No. Why? Why would that ever be a UIView, it should be an SKView, because GameViewController was pre-written for me by apple for sprite kit. How could that possibly give me the wrong object?
I am getting 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[UIView scene]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x174191780' which others have recommended to fix by putting the originalContent statement but I already have that and it isn't working.
Banner view controller:
#import "BannerViewController.h"
NSString * const BannerViewActionWillBegin = #"BannerViewActionWillBegin";
NSString * const BannerViewActionDidFinish = #"BannerViewActionDidFinish";
#interface BannerViewController () <ADBannerViewDelegate>
#end
#implementation BannerViewController {
ADBannerView *_bannerView;
UIViewController *_contentController;
}
-(instancetype)initWithContentViewController:(UIViewController *)contentController{
NSAssert(contentController != nil, #"Attempting to initialize a BannerViewController with a nil contentController.");
self = [super init];
if (self != nil) {
_bannerView = [[ADBannerView alloc] initWithAdType:ADAdTypeBanner];
_contentController = contentController;
_bannerView.delegate = self;
}
return self;
}
-(void)loadView{
UIView *contentView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen]bounds]];
//Have also tried SKView *contentView = [[SKView alloc]initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen]bounds]];
[contentView addSubview:_bannerView];
[self addChildViewController:_contentController];
[contentView addSubview:_contentController.view];
[_contentController didMoveToParentViewController:self];
self.view = contentView;
}
-(UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation{
return [_contentController preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation];
}
-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations{
return [_contentController supportedInterfaceOrientations];
}
-(void)viewDidLayoutSubviews{
CGRect contentFrame = self.view.bounds, bannerFrame = CGRectZero;
bannerFrame.size = [_bannerView sizeThatFits:contentFrame.size];
if(_bannerView.bannerLoaded){
contentFrame.size.height -= bannerFrame.size.height;
bannerFrame.origin.y = contentFrame.size.height;
}else{
bannerFrame.origin.y = contentFrame.size.height;
}
_contentController.view.frame = contentFrame;
_bannerView.frame = bannerFrame;
}
-(void)bannerViewDidLoadAd:(ADBannerView *)banner{
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.25 animations:^{
[self.view setNeedsLayout];
[self.view layoutIfNeeded];
}];
}
-(void)bannerView:(ADBannerView *)banner didFailToReceiveAdWithError:(NSError *)error{
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.25 animations:^{
[self.view setNeedsLayout];
[self.view layoutIfNeeded];
}];
}
-(BOOL)bannerViewActionShouldBegin:(ADBannerView *)banner willLeaveApplication:(BOOL)willLeave{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]postNotificationName:BannerViewActionWillBegin object:self];
return YES;
}
-(void)bannerViewActionDidFinish:(ADBannerView *)banner{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]postNotificationName:BannerViewActionDidFinish object:self];
}
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
Game View controller:
#interface GameViewController ()
#property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UIView *contentView;
#end
#implementation GameViewController {
}
-(instancetype)init{
self = [super init];
if (self) {
}
return self;
}
-(void)viewDidLoad{
//self.canDisplayBannerAds = YES;
[super viewDidLoad];
}
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
}
-(void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewDidDisappear:animated];
}
-(void)viewDidLayoutSubviews{
}
-(void)viewWillLayoutSubviews{
[super viewWillLayoutSubviews];
SKView *skView = (SKView*)self.originalContentView;
if (!skView.scene) {
SKScene *scene = [GameScene sceneWithSize:skView.bounds.size];
[skView presentScene:scene];
//skView.showsPhysics = YES;
}
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
return NO;
}
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone) {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
} else {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAll;
}
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}
- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
return YES;
}

Answer 1

I figured it out. The answer, as I thought it would be, was incredibly simple and quite mind-boggling that Apple wouldn't put some sort of warning in their documentation, but then again maybe I am just too much of a noob and we are expected to know these kinds of things.
The answer, is that init was never being called in GameViewController, instead, initWithCoder: was being called. Once I NSLogged the init method and saw it wasn't being called, I figured this out.