Question

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <bool name="enableAds">true</bool> <!-- true or false -->
</resources>

this is what res/values/bools.xml looks like.

then I’m doing

<com.google.ads.AdView
        android:id="@+id/adView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        ads:adSize="BANNER"
        ads:adUnitId="@string/admobPubId"
        ads:loadAdOnCreate="@bool/enableAds"/>

but it won’t work. any ideas why? it should work http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/more-resources.html#Bool

Answer 1

Put your adview in separate xml and include it wherever required.

Ex:
adview.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.google.ads.AdView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:googleads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
    android:id="@+id/ad"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom"
    googleads:adSize="BANNER"
    googleads:adUnitId="@string/admob_id"
    googleads:loadAdOnCreate="true" />

other.xml

<include layout="@layout/adview" />