Question

I try to show Admob on my SurfaceView.

1. I use framework from book beginning android games from Mario Zechner
2. In framework there is a class (AndroidFastRenderView extends SurfaceView implements Runnable) and in that class there is line canvas.drawBitmap(framebuffer, null, dstRect, null); where framebuffer is Bitmap where is all drawn in game.
3. In that framework there is a class (AndroidGame extends Activity) where is line setContentView(renderView);

Here renderView is AndroidFastRenderView that is SurfaceView, Now I try to add Admob but I don’t no how.

I can create Admob like this

AdView adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, “MyID”);

but where to add that view

Thanks for help.

Answer 1

AdMob’s Ad Catalog sample application has an example similar to this. In the above example, the AdView was defined in XML. But at a high level, you’ll probably want something like this:

<RelativeLayout ...>
    <AdView ...
        android:id="@+id/adView"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
    <AndroidFastRenderView ...
        android:layout_above="@id/adView"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Where the AdView sits at the top or bottom outside of the AndroidFastRenderView. If you’re doing it in code, I’d suggest you create a RelativeLayout, add the AdView as a subView of the RelativeLayout at the bottom (for example), and then add the renderView as a subView of the RelativeLayout, but above the AdView.