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Asked: 2026-05-23T21:56:00+00:00

A few days ago, I started having problems with AdMob . They return blank

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A few days ago, I started having problems with AdMob. They return blank ads (a view with nothing on it). I also noticed that they are not clickable (in case that detail helps).

As such my revenue dropped almost completely (to a few cents per app), CTR dropped and all that. I noticed that it started happening some day with no reason on the previous SDK (4.0.4 IIRC). I tried uploading a version with the new SDK (4.1), but still have problems.

Despite all that, it still works sometimes, which leaves me wondering…

Questions here on SO and on the Internet [1, 2 and 3 (this one isn’t Android, but still…)] didn’t help much.

Screenshot:

blank AdMob ad

Log follows. I’m intrigued with the last warning (I indented), as I suspect that’s the problem… and I have no idea of what it means.

06-09 08:44:16.730: INFO/Ads(27033): To get test ads on this device, call adRequest.addTestDevice("1355EC5CAF8FDBFF50FFE95E7C3187E9");
06-09 08:44:16.800: WARN/InputManagerService(110): Starting input on non-focused client com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy@40759998 (uid=10071 pid=27033)
06-09 08:44:16.800: WARN/InputManagerService(110): Client not active, ignoring focus gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy@407f8418
06-09 08:44:16.906: INFO/Ads(27033): adRequestUrlHtml: <html><head><script src="http://www.gstatic.com/afma/sdk-core-v40.js"></script><script>AFMA_buildAdURL({"preqs":1,"u_sd":1.5,"slotname":"b23d5315c744d5a","u_w":320,"msid":"com.dc.test","js":"afma-sdk-a-v4.1.0","isu":"1355EC5CAF8FDBFF50FFE95E7C3187E9","format":"320x50_mb","net":"wi","app_name":"12.android.com.dc.test","hl":"pt","u_h":533,"u_audio":1,"u_so":"p"});</script></head><body></body></html>
06-09 08:44:17.050: INFO/ActivityManager(110): Displayed com.dc.test/.ui.MainActivity: +495ms (total +45s519ms)
06-09 08:44:17.500: INFO/Ads(27033): Received ad url: <"url": "http://r.admob.com:80/ad_source.php?preqs=1&u_sd=1.5&slotname=b23d5315c744d5a&u_w=320&msid=com.dc.test&js=afma-sdk-a-v4.1.0&isu=1355EC5CAF8FDBFF50FFE95E7C3187E9&format=320x50_mb&net=wi&app_name=12.android.com.dc.test&hl=pt-BR&u_h=533&u_audio=1&u_so=p&output=html&region=mobile_app&u_tz=180&ex=1&client_sdk=1&askip=1", "afmaNotifyDt": "null">
    06-09 08:44:18.097: WARN/webcore(27033): Can't get the viewWidth after the first layout
06-09 08:44:18.101: INFO/Ads(27033): onReceiveAd()

After this I get standard dalvikvm stuff, so I guess it ends here. I can include more details if needed. I didn’t include code because I didn’t change anything for that to start happening.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It seems it was just a temporary problem. Not something I (we?) could fix I believe. It seems to have returned to normal with my app.

    Thanks for answering, DynamicMind.

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