Question

I have a problem with google adview… it’s not showing up. I dug around a for a while and saw that people where having issues with padding, so I removed the padding and still no luck.

Here is my relevant manifest data:

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

    <meta-data 
        android:value="a14d91b10f12454" 
        android:name="ADMOB_PUBLISHER_ID" />
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>

And my XML:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:background="@drawable/greygradient">
<ScrollView android:id="@+id/scrollView1" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_above="@+id/linearLayout2" android:padding="15dp">
    <LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical">
        <LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:padding="5dp">
            <ImageView android:src="@drawable/icon" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/imageviewdetail"></ImageView>
            <TextView android:text="TextView" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:layout_marginLeft="5dp" android:id="@+id/textviewdetailname" android:textSize="18dp"></TextView>
        </LinearLayout>
    <!-- Snip -->
    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/linearLayout2" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:orientation="vertical">
    <Button android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:text="Sign Up!" android:id="@+id/buttondetailsubmit" android:layout_margin="15dp" android:layout_marginTop="10dp" ></Button>
    <com.google.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/googleads" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></com.google.ads.AdView>
</LinearLayout>

And finally, the code that is running the ad:

AdView ad = (AdView)findViewById(R.id.googleads);
ad.setEnabled(true);
ad = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "a14d91b10f12454");
AdRequest r = new AdRequest();
r.setTesting(true);
ad.loadAd(r);

In my LogCat, it shows that I am recieving ads. And in AdMob admin panel you can see that there have been successful requests made.. but I cannot get the stupid view to actually show up!

Anyone help?

Answer 1

You aren’t adding the AdView to your layout when you create the new AdView with

ad = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "a14d91b10f12454");

You should remove the AdView from the xml and do this.

LinearLayout parent = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linearLayout2);
AdView ad = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "a14d91b10f12454");
parent.addView(ad);
AdRequest r = new AdRequest();
r.setTesting(true);
ad.loadAd(r);