Question

I have a 2.3.3 android app that I am developing that I would like to add Admob ads onto. The admob ads version is 6.0.1. I follow the directions on googles site to add it and it does not seem to work properly for 2.3.3, and assumed working correctly for 4.0.3. I am developing against for the goal of releasing a 2.3.3 version to support Blackberry playbook and most android devices out there.

When I add everything to the android manifest, with the added being:

<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"
            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"/>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>   
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />

With the build path external jar pointing to the android adk path to google admob then the jar in there and then adding this to the XML file:

Up top:

xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"

And down in the XML layout:

<com.google.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/adView"
                             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                             ads:adUnitId="I put my id here"
                             ads:adSize="BANNER"
                             ads:testDevices="TEST_EMULATOR"
                             ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"/>

It comes up with the error on the graphical layout on the 2.3.3 gui designer stating:

“The following classes could not be instantiated:
– com.google.ads.AdView (Open Class, Show Error Log)
See the Error Log (Window > Show View) for more details.”

When I open the class it says it cant see the source.

If I change the GUI designer to be 4.0.3 (as you need to target this apparently to compile) then the admob shows up in a black box and seems ok. I need it working for 2.3.3 though and I seem to crash instantly now when I load this app in the 2.3.3 emulator.

Any help? I read that this should be able to be used in 2.3.3 so I don’t understand why. I had a libs folder but I took it out and just externally references the JAR.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Figured it out.

It was all correct, but it is a bug on why it does not show in the WYSIWYG editor.

When run on the emulator or a device, the ads show.