Question

I want to display ads banner from admob in my android apps :

what i have :

1. In manifest add a activity –

    <activity android:name=".AdMobActivity"
              android:label="@string/app_name">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

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

</application>

2 . In my apps layout –

<com.google.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/adView" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    ads:adSize="BANNER" ads:adUnitId="a150095f0ed0554" 
    ads:loadAdOnCreate="true" > </com.google.ads.AdView>

3 . add the jar file GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-6.1.0.jar .

What is the problem :

Display add banner with a message in red color –

“you must have AdActivity declared in AndroidManifest.xml with with configChanges.”

Answer 1

From the official docs, you’ll need to update the manifest with this activity definition:

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

and necessary permissions:

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

You’ll need to set target=13 or higher in project.properties so the project compiles.