AdMob Ads Not Showing

admob, ads, android, banner, java

Solution

I think in addition to this block that you already have:

AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
        .addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR)
        .addTestDevice("Device_ID")
        .build();

...You are missing something like this:

    AdView adView = (AdView) this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
    adView.loadAd(adRequest);

Here is complete picture:

what is in xml file:

<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/adView"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
  ads:adUnitId="your ad unit id"
  ads:adSize="BANNER"/>

what is in onCreate:

AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
        .build();

AdView adView = (AdView) this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
adView.loadAd(adRequest);

Please note the code above is for production. You must use test device id for testing in order to avoid AdMob penalties.

Problem

So, I implemented AdMob ads with the Play Services SDK. I've done everything 'by the book', but the ads won't show. If I set the AdView background to white, it shows the white space but not the Ad. I'm using Fragments, but I'm putting the AdView in the `activity_main.xml` (although in the fragments I've set a margin of 60dp at the bottom) Here's my `onCreate` code (with the actual code and the 'testing' code) ``` @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); final DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout)findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout); drawer.openDrawer(Gravity.LEFT); mNavigationDrawerFragment = (NavigationDrawerFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.navigation_drawer); mTitle = getTitle(); // Set up the drawer. mNavigationDrawerFragment.setUp( R.id.navigation_drawer, (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout)); AdView adView = (AdView)this.findViewById(R.id.adView); AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder() .addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR) .addTestDevice("Device_ID") .build(); adView.loadAd(adRequest); } ``` And here's my `activity_main.xml` ``` <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:id="@+id/drawer_layout" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context="com.MainActivity"> <RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/container" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_above="@+id/adView" > <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/adView" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" ads:adUnitId="Unit_ID" ads:adSize="BANNER" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentStart="true" /> </RelativeLayout> <fragment android:id="@+id/navigation_drawer" android:layout_width="@dimen/navigation_drawer_width" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_gravity="start" android:name="com.NavigationDrawerFragment" tools:layout="@layout/fragment_navigation_drawer" /> ``` What am I missing?

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