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Admob banner visible in preview mode, but not when running

Im trying to add a banner to my Android application, but can't get it to work. The banner is visible in the preview but not when running on my Genymotion device. This is my layout-file:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.example.my.package.MapsActivity"
tools:layout="#android:layout/list_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/map"
android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="450dip"
tools:context="com.example.my.package.MapsActivity"/>
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="#string/banner_ad_unit_id"/>
</LinearLayout>
And in the Activity-file I have this code:
MobileAds.initialize(mContext, "ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~xxxxxxxxxx");
AdView mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);
It does not work with test ads either. What can be wrong?
Hank

One thing I would like to say that whenever you create a banner or interstitial than you have to wait for few hours for ads to display on your mobile screen.

Maybe your gmail account used in the Genymotion is the same with admob account. Try change to another gmail in your Genymotion.

Admob banner not shown

I'm facing a strange problem by adding adMob banner to my app.
It's first time i do this with android studio, so i've followed tutorial (the only different thing is the edit of build.gradle file).
I've add banner to layout as always:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/bg_cut"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/banner" />
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/banner"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
ads:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="#string/admob_id" />
</RelativeLayout>
and initialized banner into my activity:
AdView mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.banner);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);
Now when i launch my app, banner space is empty, and i obtain some warning like
W/Ads﹕ Not enough space to show ad. Needs 360x50 dp, but only has 328x479 dp.
but log told me that banner is loaded correctly:
I/Ads﹕ Scheduling ad refresh 40000 milliseconds from now.
I/Ads﹕ Ad finished loading.
How can i solve this problem?

You will see, successfully:
I/Ads﹕ Scheduling ad refresh 40000 milliseconds from now.
I/Ads﹕ Ad finished loading.
AdMob may or may not complain about "having enough room" but it will not show up if there is padding in the parent view. You need to wrap the views you want to have padding in either another layout or add padding to that particular view directly.
Please remove the padding from the parent layout:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/bg_cut"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/banner" />
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/banner"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
ads:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="#string/admob_id" />
</RelativeLayout>

In case you're still struggling I've found a working example on http://www.ahotbrew.com/android-studio-admob-banner-and-interstitial-tutorial/
Just click on download code.

My app was suspended due to an issue with ads

today Google suspended my app saying that my ads violated Google TOS but I don't know what did it actually violate. I think there might be something wrong with my code structure i guess because I tried publishing it two times and in both it got suspended.
In my app I am using a View Pager and inside it I have 4 tabs. So the ads are placed in the View Pager as below
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/pager"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
app:adUnitId="#string/banner_ad_unit_id" >
</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
and the code in the View Pager activity
mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);
I would be very thankful if someone told me the reason behind the continuous suspension.

"linearLayout cannot be resolved or it is not a field" with AdMob instructions by Google for Android

I am trying to find a solution to my problem by an hour and I found some topics with my similar problem, but I don't understand how to resolve.
I was developing an app with Processing for Android and I wanted to try AdMob (just for learning, for now), so I followed instructions all over the net and now I am stuck.
To add ads in the app, I was following Google instructions to add the SDK of Play Service and to add banners, but I am stuck here:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
initPdService();
// Create an ad.
adView = new AdView(this);
adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);
adView.setAdUnitId("ca-app-pu....83399");
// Add the AdView to the view hierarchy. The view will have no size
// until the ad is loaded.
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linearLayout);
layout.addView(adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
// .addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR)
// .addTestDevice("INSERT_YOUR_HASHED_DEVICE_ID_HERE")
.build();
// Start loading the ad in the background.
adView.loadAd(adRequest);
}
The problem is that it give me "linearLayout cannot be resolved or it is not a field", and I don't know how to resolve. I think that the problem is in findViewById(R.id.linearLayout), since the error is at "linearLayout" and not "LinearLayout".
I am sure that a lot of people find this problem, so I think that is a common problem. I already added import android.widget.LinearLayout;at the top of the sketch, so I don't know what is the problem.
Other infos: it is targeting Android SDK 19, as I know that Play Services want at least API level 13.
EDIT:
Here is my [old] activity_main.xml found is /res/layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
android:id="#+id/space1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/adView"
android:layout_marginTop="208dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/adView" />
<View
android:id="#+id/view1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
EDIT 2:
This is my new activity_main.xml, with linearLayout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<android.support.v7.widget.Space
android:id="#+id/space1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/adView"
android:layout_marginTop="208dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/adView" />
<View
android:id="#+id/view1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

You need to set your content view:
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
which you have commented out. Do you have an xml file "activity_main.xml" that contains the LinearLayout with an id, linearLayout?
If yout don't have a LinearLayout with the id linearLayout, you need to add one. Otherwise, it's trying to find a view (by id!) that doesn't exist. For example:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
...
</LinearLayout>

Your issue is that you are using Processing as a library on top of the Android SDK, and it doesn't have access to the layout files, as in Processing you create your screens programatically - it is similar to one big Canvas class for those that are familiar with Android and not Processing.
What the actual compilation error is saying is that the generated R.java file is not finding the compressed resources
I've never tried to add AdMob, but really i think your issue here is that you need to instantiate a LinearLayout programatically, not via XML - as again, you won't have access to that through the PDE.
EDIT:
just noticed that you are using Eclipse (and LibPd !!)... ok, so you can reach a layout
Can you show the code where you are importing Processing into the Activity ?

Resource Not Found Exception while integrating AdMob

Android 2.3.3
I have followed the steps, found in the this tutorial. When I run the application in my device(mobile), the ads are getting displayed. No Problem here. But when I try to view the activity in my eclipse, I get a blank screen with the NullPointerException. I have taken the screenshot. Please refer to it.
Then, I have clicked on the link, given in the exception's "detail" (SourceFile:670) and I get the following details..
I have clicked on the Add Source, and browsed to the jar file in my application->libs folder. Then I get the following...
Here are my xml and java codes that I have used...
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="140dp"
android:background="#000000"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<com.google.ads.AdView android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adUnitId="a151xxxxxxxxx"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtViewPrevious"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:gravity="right"
android:height="25dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text=""
android:textSize="16sp" />
.....
.....
Java
private AdView adView;
adView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest();
adView.loadAd(adRequest);
Libs
How do i get rid of these exceptions?
Thanks in Advance...

This happens. It's normal. Eclipse can't display custom views sometimes (most of the time actually).

Download the latest SDK. Per the release notes, this was fixed in v6.3.0.