Pubcenter Ad is not clickable - xaml

Question

I'm bashing my head with weird problem, the ads from microsoft pubcenter are not clickabkle when
application uses D3D/XAML interop.
BUT I see many games on windows store that have pubcenter ads and clearly uses d3d/xaml - how to make those two to work together ?
Simple steps to reproduce the problem:
(VS2013 - with all the latest updates, pibcenter ctrl also updated to latest version)
VS2013 -> New -> Project -> (Visual C++ / Store Apps) -> DirectX and XAML App (Windows phone)
(NOTE: This is Windows phone 8.1 app, NOT windows phone 8.1 silverlight app)
when the project is created, just go to DirectXPage.xaml
and edit it to look as follow:
<Page
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:AdTest"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:UI="using:Microsoft.Advertising.Mobile.UI"
x:Class="AdTest.DirectXPage"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<SwapChainPanel x:Name="swapChainPanel">
<!-- Grid definition, to place ad on bottom (may remove if no ads) -->
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="50"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="Hello from XAML!"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
FontSize="30" />
<UI:AdControl Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" x:Name="adBanner" AutoRefreshIntervalInSeconds="60" ApplicationId="xxxxxxxxxxx" AdUnitId="xxxxx" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Height="50" IsAutoRefreshEnabled="True" Margin="0,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Width="320"/>
</SwapChainPanel>
<!-- Uncomment this if using the app bar in your phone application.
<Page.BottomAppBar>
<CommandBar>
<AppBarButton Icon="Play" AutomationProperties.Name="Sample Button"
AutomationProperties.AutomationId="SampleAppBarButton" Click="AppBarButton_Click" />
</CommandBar>
</Page.BottomAppBar>-->
</Page>
replace xxxxx with real app / unit ids and run the sample - now when the banner shows up, try to click on it -- it does not work :/
Is there any way to make it clickable ? (it's not covered by any other controll, it gets it's input properly, so I do not know what the issue may be).

Answer 1

Have you solve your problem?
IT seems that this is related with it being a c++ app, I am also with a lot of problems with it.
One workaround that I found was to ad the method Tapped into the control:
adPubcenter->Tapped += ref new Windows::UI::Xaml::Input::TappedEventHandler(this, &OpenGLESPage::OnAdTapped);
void OpenGLESPage::OnAdTapped(Platform::Object^ sender, Windows::UI::Xaml::Input::TappedRoutedEventArgs^ e){
And then
void OpenGLESPage::OnAdTapped(Platform::Object^ sender, Windows::UI::Xaml::Input::TappedRoutedEventArgs^ e){
//Handle touch yourself (ie. opens a game that you have)
Windows::System::Launcher::LaunchUriAsync(ref new Uri("http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=bb8d4ce2-1853-47b6-9b0d-bb1af5a07436"));
}
At least this way the ad does something when clicked.