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Display admob banner in linearlayout

I'm trying to display an admob banner in my listactivity but I'm running into problems. I followed the admob quickstart tutorial on the google developers website which uses relativelayout whilst I'm using linearlayout. I've tried tweaking my main xml according to previous answers on SO with varied results, sometimes the app stops/closes on launch and other times the listactivity remains blank. My original xml is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/main_layout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:divider="#null" />
<WebView
android:id="#+id/webview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="#string/banner_ad_unit_id">
</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
</LinearLayout>
With that, the app runs fine but logcat says there's not enough space to display the ad, and when I move the adview above the listview the apps stops on launch. I've tried a different implementation with relativelayout as follows but this causes the app to close on launch as well
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/main_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="#string/banner_ad_unit_id">
</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_above="#id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:divider="#null" />
<WebView
android:id="#+id/webview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
To request for the ad
AdView mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);
Logcat for ads is
03-27 12:24:38.697: W/Ads(2094): Not enough space to show ad. Needs 320x50 dp, but only has 480x0 dp.
03-27 12:24:38.847: I/Ads(2094): Scheduling ad refresh 60000 milliseconds from now.
03-27 12:24:38.887: I/Ads(2094): Ad finished loading.
03-27 12:24:38.887: W/Ads(2094): Not enough space to show ad. Needs 320x50 dp, but only has 480x0 dp.
03-27 12:24:38.897: W/Ads(2094): Not enough space to show ad. Needs 320x50 dp, but only has 480x0 dp.
Please help. Thanks in advance

Use layout_weight, try something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/main_layout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:divider="#null" />
<WebView
android:id="#+id/webview"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="#string/banner_ad_unit_id">
</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
</LinearLayout>

Place adMob banner inside view

I am trying to make the ads look as part of the app by placing them inside a view with a custom background. This is the result that I want to achieve - actually it's a preview from the layout editor:
When I run the app, however, the background and the "Sponsorized" text are not shown. How can I make it work?
This is my current layout for the view:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adUnitId="#string/admob_id"
ads:adSize="MEDIUM_RECTANGLE"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Sponsorized"
/>
</LinearLayout>

Create an another inner LinearLayout as parent to AdView . Use this
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:background="#color/white">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="20dp">
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adUnitId="#string/admob_id"
ads:adSize="MEDIUM_RECTANGLE"/>
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Sponsorized"/>
</LinearLayout>

ListView on TOP of Ads - Android

I'm having troubles showing ads on bottom of a listview, on my main activity the ads works, the only difference there is that I use a viewpager instead of listview.
This is the layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<com.google.ads.AdView
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"
android:background="#313131"
app:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
app:adUnitId="MY_ID" />
<ListView
android:id="#id/android:list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#id/adView" />
</RelativeLayout>
The listview shows on TOP of the ads and of course can't be clicked, but this same layout works with a viewpager.

Another way.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#id/android:list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
<com.google.ads.AdView
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"
android:background="#313131"
app:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
app:adUnitId="MY_ID" />
</LinearLayout >
When Ad - is loaded, get his height. Then ListView bottomMargin = adHeight and Ad topMargin = (-1)*adHeight. Try it.

Final layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<com.google.ads.AdView
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"
android:background="#313131"
app:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
app:adUnitId="MY_ID" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="#id/adView" />
</RelativeLayout>
And then replaced:
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(android.R.id.content, list).commit();
With:
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.listview, list).commit();

<ListView
android:id="#id/android:list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
<com.google.ads.AdView
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#313131"
ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"
ads="SMART_BANNER"
ads="MY_ID" />
NB This is a layout question. It has nothing to do with Admob. If you are using a LinearLayout then just set layout_height="wrap+content" and layout_gravity="1" for the item that you want to expand to consume the unused space. In this case your ListView.
Your problem was really the layout_height="match_parent"
NB I also removed the unnecessary renaming of the ads namespace.

Adding Admob into ScrollView -> AdBanner disappears

Hey folks
I managed to implement Admob into a normal linear layout so far.
Now I added a additional scrollview and the adbanner disappeared. I don´t know what I can do against it.
Follows the code from the .xml where I added the scrollview:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/linearLayout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ScrollView android:id="#+id/scrollView1" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/linearLayout1" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical">
[whole bunch of layout elements whoch shouldn´t affect the adbanner]
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
In my linear layout ,where the adbanner still works, the whole adbanner position was done in the main activitiy.java file (did this with help of the tutorial at taiic.com)
// Lookup R.layout.main
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.linearLayout);
// Create the adView
// Please replace MY_BANNER_UNIT_ID with your AdMob Publisher ID
String pubID = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
AdView adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, pubID);
// Add the adView to it
layout.addView(adView);
// Initiate a generic request to load it with an ad
AdRequest request = new AdRequest();
request.setTesting(true);
adView.loadAd(request);
Can anybody tell me what to change or what code to add when implementing an admob banner into a scrollview?
edit:
i tried to add
<com.admob.android.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/ad"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
myapp:backgroundColor="#000000"
myapprimaryTextColor="#FFFFFF"
myapp:secondaryTextColor="#CCCCCC"
android:alignParentBottom="true"/>
between last two lines in the .xml
</LinearLayout>
[here]
</ScrollView>
but then im getting the error "error: Error parsing XML: unbound prefix"
cheers

About the parsing error:
Is this a typo in the question? myapprimaryTextColor="#FFFFFF" instead of myapp:primaryTextColor="#FFFFFF" . This would give you the xml parse error.
About the layouts:
Use a RelativeLayout. The working code is at the end of the post. First, some theory :)
Your ScrollView is taking the whole screen, that's why you don't see the admob view. When the scrollview is defined, all the screen is availabel to it, so it takes it. The admob view is actually drawn below your screen. It can be reproduced in this example:
non-working layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/linearLayout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ScrollView android:id="#+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:text="Test1"
/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:text="Test2"
/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:text="Test3"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Test4"
/>
</LinearLayout>
If you use a RelativeLayout instead, you can set it up so the admob is aligned to the bottom of the screen, and the scrollview above it, taking the rest of the available space.
working layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Test4"
android:id="#+id/test4"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
/>
<ScrollView android:id="#+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_above="#id/test4"
>
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:text="Test1"
/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:text="Test2"
/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:text="Test3"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>

I used the admob xml version and that is what I use and it works. The ad is at the top. Just copy and paste and you will be scrolling along shortly.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.yourproject.here"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<com.google.ads.AdView android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adUnitId="a14dc1c9d6xxxxx"
ads:adSize="BANNER" />
<ScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:fillViewport="true" >
[whole bunch of layout elements whoch shouldn´t affect the adbanner]
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>

Admob ads not showing - Android

My ads don't display at all, I think I've followed the documentation correctly but they still won't show. The program is basically a webview and I want the ad to display at the bottom.
Heres my layout file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:myapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/man.utd.headlines"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<WebView
android:id="#+id/webview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<com.admob.android.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/ad"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
myapp:backgroundColor="#000000"
myapp:primaryTextColor="#FFFFFF"
myapp:secondaryTextColor="#CCCCCC" />
</LinearLayout>
Any ideas?
EDIT: this is what I now have but it still doesn't appear to be quite right:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:myapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/man.utd.headlines"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<com.admob.android.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/ad"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
myapp:backgroundColor="#000000"
myapp:primaryTextColor="#FFFFFF"
myapp:secondaryTextColor="#CCCCCC" />
<WebView
android:id="#+id/webview"
android:layout_above="#id/ad"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>

Your Problem is that the WebView will take all the space on the screen and there is no space left for the ads.
A LinearLayout will distribute the space on a first come first serve rule. If the first View takes all the space the second view won't get any space..
I would use a RelativeLayout and add the adds first with a layout_alignParentBottom attribute and then add the webview with a layout_above="id for the adds". This will ensure that the adds are always on the bottom of the screen even if the webview wont take all the space at the moment and the webview will always be above the adds.

I had the same problem, i fixed it this way:
LinearLayout as main layout, inside it linearLayout(for the ad) and a webview, set wrap_content on the linearlayout for the ad, so, it will first show an ad and then the rest of the screen will be the webview.
example of mine:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/addmob"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
></LinearLayout>
<WebView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/webview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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:id="#+id/rltvLayout1"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/linearLayoutwebview"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<WebView android:id="#+id/webView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/ad_layout" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="bottom" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/home_layout">
<com.google.ads.AdView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" ads:adUnitId="put here your ID"
ads:adSize="BANNER" android:id="#+id/adView" ads:refreshInterval="60" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>