Question

I’m preparing to launch an app in the Play Store, and after experimenting with AdMob (in test mode with my device id), I am now wondering if I should remove the test device id, and leave only the TEST_EMULATOR.

What do you think, is it necessary?

Answer 1

Yes you should remove test mode before publishing:

    AdView adView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.ad);
    AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest();
    adView.loadAd(adRequest);

In onDestroy(): adView.destroy();

In layout:

<com.google.ads.AdView
    android:id="@+id/ad"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    ads:adSize="BANNER"
    ads:adUnitId="@string/admob_publisher_id"
    ads:loadAdOnCreate="true" >
</com.google.ads.AdView>

In AdMob app settings select this: Disable test mode for all requests