How to create admob banner programatically using setContentView (new Activity (this)); without using xml?
This is onCreate (); Game.java method of activity of my 2nd endless running game. I am new to java and android. I finished the game and am ready to publish to the store. But I am unable to add admob banner to my game. admob tutorials I was looking for ended up for .xml layout but my setContentView (); executes the java. Please help me to solve the problem.
public class Game extends Activity {
MediaPlayer bgsound;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//turn title off
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
//set to full screen
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
setContentView(new GamePanel(this));
//sound
bgsound = MediaPlayer.create(Game.this, R.raw.bgsound);
bgsound.setLooping(true);
bgsound.start();
}
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Create a layout container programmatically:
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
// Create a banner ad
mAdView = new AdView(this);
mAdView.setAdSize(AdSize.SMART_BANNER);
mAdView.setAdUnitId("myAdUnitId");
// Create an ad request.
AdRequest.Builder adRequestBuilder = new AdRequest.Builder();
// Optionally populate the ad request builder.
adRequestBuilder.addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR);
// Add the AdView to the view hierarchy.
layout.addView(mAdView);
// Start loading the ad.
mAdView.loadAd(adRequestBuilder.build());
setContentView(layout);
}
If you see this error code W/Ads﹕ Failed to load ad: 0
::
Make sure you are using the latest version of Google Play Services in build.gradle
:
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:7.5.0'
}
Make sure you have the correct permissions in Manifest.xml
:
<!-- Include required permissions for Google Mobile Ads to run-->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
Make sure you have the correct tag <meta-data>
in Manifest.xml
:
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<!--This meta-data tag is required to use Google Play Services.-->
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
<activity...
Make sure you have the correct settings for AdActivity
:
<!--Include the AdActivity configChanges and theme. -->
<activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" />
Check if the ad unit ID is correct. For testing purposes, you can use this device ID at res/strings.xml
or elsewhere:
<string name="banner_ad_unit_id">ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111</string>
Full guidelines are here .
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