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Admob crash my app

I am trying to add ads to my android app. Its going well, and I see the layout showing up. The problem is, when I try to request the app through the onCreate function in my main java file it crashes.
Here is the code I am adding when it crashes:
Xml file
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="ID">
</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
Java file:
//request and load the ad.
AdView mAdView = (AdView) this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);
Manifest file:
<activity
android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Translucent">
</activity>
Please help me

AdView missing required XML attribute adSize ,strange

Hello in my app i'm using "Admob" banner when i running the aplication on my device i see the Advertisement and it's works but in the xml file is see the banner with a message like "AdView missing required XML attribute 'adSize'” . but when it's running it's look like it working fine. Why is that? And is it important to treat it? or just ignore it?
(i searched about my question on the web but i think my problem is a little different)
Xml:
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/ad"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|center"
android:layout_marginTop="300dp"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
/>
manifest:
<activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"/>
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version" />
MainActivity:
public void adMob(){
adView = (AdView)v.findViewById(R.id.ad);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
.addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR)
.addTestDevice("TEST_DEVICE_ID")
.build();
adView.loadAd(adRequest);
}

Google Play Services: Ads loading issue

Description:-
I am integrating my App with "Google Play Service" SDK as per latest guidelines from Google.
earlier it was integrated with standalone admob SDK.
ISSUE:-
Banner ads and Full ads are shown properly when one of them are shown. But when both has to be shown, they give unpredictable results.
Unpredictable results?
Yes, sometime only Banner is loading and sometime only Full ad is shown. it is very rare that both of them are shown.
FIX:-
1. I tried giving some delay between Banner and interstitial and got little better results. But still results are unpredictable most of the time.
I used Asynch task for Full ads. Gave some delay of 2 seconds in Background() and loaded the ad in PostExecute(). It give much better results. But still out of 10 attempts, only 7 times both the ads are shown. rest of the 3 times either Banner or Full or none of them is loaded.
Following is the code of Main activity
package com.example.adtest_new;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdListener;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.InterstitialAd;
public class MainActivity extends Activity
{
Context myCont=null;
private InterstitialAd interstitial = null;
AdRequest adr;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//Get the view from activity_main.xml
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
myCont = this;
//--------------BANNER AD----------------------------------
//Locate the Banner Ad in activity_main.xml
AdView adView = (AdView) this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
// Request for Ads
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
// Load ads into Banner Ads
adView.loadAd(adRequest);
//--------------BANNER AD----------------------------------
//Fix-1 (Did not work)
try{Thread.sleep(2*1000);}catch(Exception e){}
//Fix-2 (Did not work)
//Called Asynch task here(put delay of 2 seconds in background() and loaded full ad in postexecute())
//--------------FULL AD----------------------------------
//Prepare the Interstitial Ad
interstitial = new InterstitialAd(MainActivity.this);
//Insert the Ad Unit ID
interstitial.setAdUnitId("ca-app-pub-465697675827xxxx/xxxxxxxxxx");
adr = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
//Load ads into Interstitial Ads
//Prepare an Interstitial Ad Listener
interstitial.setAdListener(new AdListener()
{
public void onAdLoaded()
{
//System.out.println("!!! Full Ad loaded !!!");
Toast.makeText(myCont, "!!! Full Ad loaded !!!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
//Call displayInterstitial() function
displayInterstitial();
}
});
interstitial.loadAd(adr);
//--------------FULL AD----------------------------------
}
public void displayInterstitial() {
// If Ads are loaded, show Interstitial else show nothing.
if (interstitial.isLoaded())
{
interstitial.show();
}
}
}
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/openedWindows"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/completePath"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
android:text="/mnt/sdcard"
android:textColor="#ff2d8df1"
android:textSize="16dip"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:typeface="sans"/>
<View
android:id="#+id/bar0"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:background="#ffb2cb39"
android:layout_marginBottom="0dp"/>
<View
android:id="#+id/bar1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:background="#ffb2cb39"
android:layout_marginBottom="1dp"/>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/temp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:orientation="vertical">
<Button
android:id="#+id/selectAll"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:layout_marginBottom="1dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:background="#drawable/button_green"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:text="BUTTON1"
android:paddingLeft="10px"
android:paddingRight="10px"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/selectBtn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="1dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:background="#drawable/button_green"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:text="BUTTON2"
android:paddingLeft="10px"
android:paddingRight="10px"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</RelativeLayout>
<View
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_above="#+id/tableRow2"
android:background="#444444"
android:layout_marginBottom="0dp"/>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-465697675827xxxx/xxxxxxxxxx"
/>
</TableRow>
</LinearLayout>
manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.adtest_new"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="9"
android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
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.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"/>
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version"/>
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
</manifest>
Kindly let me know how to resolve this??
Standalone admob SDK is working fine for both of the ad types.

I see that you are loading "real" ads (ie not test ads), as you do not declare test devices. I am not 100% sure about what I am going to say, but this could perhaps be the cause of the problem. When displaying real ads, I think you will not always have available ads from Admob/Google Play Services, so sometimes you will not have ads displayed (I think the loading error code is 3, which is "no fill"). You could test while declaring test devices, which cause the use of test ads that are always available.
In addition it is recommended to use test devices while developping, because if you click a lot on your own ads (by mistake or just to test) you may be banned from AdMob.
To see how to add test devices, cf this
Test ads
You should use test ads during development to avoid generating false
impressions. Additionally, you can always count on a test ad being
available. Set up test ads by passing your hashed Device ID to
AdRequest.Builder.addTestDevice: AdRequest request = new
AdRequest.Builder()
.addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR) // All emulators
.addTestDevice("AC98C820A50B4AD8A2106EDE96FB87D4") // My Galaxy Nexus test phone
.build();
logcat will print the dev
ice's MD5-hashed ID for convenience, for example: Use
AdRequest.Builder.addTestDevice("AC98C820A50B4AD8A2106EDE96FB87D4") to
get test ads on this device.
(https://developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk/docs/admob/android/banner)
Take care that some people say that test ads do not work properly if your phone is not in English (AdMob test ads shows only on English devices)
Edit : Of course real users of your app will use the real ads, so they may also experience the "problem" of not always ads available, but this is normal. You can still regurlarly Schedule new loads (for the interstitial, the banner reloads itself regularly) to try to cope with that I guess.
Edit 2 : By the way, this may be a little irrelevant to your problem, but people usually strongly advise to no display the ad from the AdListener.onAdLoaded method, but to invoke this manually at the moment your want it to be displayed (if isLoaded is true). But this is only an ergonomy consideration, no a bug-Wise one

admob banner doesn't not get shown

I know this have been discussed many times but I couldn't menage to make this work :(. I really tried but I didn't make it.
I have add the GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-4.0.4.jar to my libs folder and I add it to build path.
What else should I do ? I do not see my banner, it never get shown
I guess I do something very stupid but I can not realize what
this is my activity
package com.google.ads.example;
import com.google.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.ads.AdSize;
import com.google.ads.AdView;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
public class BannerEssentials extends Activity{
private static final String MY_BANNER_UNIT_ID = "123";
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// 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
AdView adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, MY_BANNER_UNIT_ID);
// 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);
}
}
this is my manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.google.ads.example"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".BannerEssentials"
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>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />
</manifest>
this is my layout main.xml
<?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"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/hello"
/>
</LinearLayout>

Are you compiling your project against android API 13? Check out admob requirements:
Requirements
The Google AdMob Ads SDK for Android requires Android 1.5 or later. Make sure you have the latest copy of the Android SDK and that you're compiling against at least Android v3.2 (set target in default.properties to android-13).
If this does not help, try download and use the latest admob sdk from their official website.

Try to add admob banner in xml file( http://code.google.com/mobile/ads/docs/android/banner_xml.html )
And remember that you won't always see ad in applicatio, even if everything works fine(read what is a fill rate)

Are you setting MY_BANNER_UNIT_ID to your actual publisher ID? If not, you need to go to the AdMob website, and sign up and create a site/app to get your publisher ID.
FYI, 4.0.4 is a pretty old version of the SDK. I would recommend upgrading to 4.3.1 instead. 4.3.1 requires a couple new configChanges in your manifest and requires you to compile against android-13 (4.0.4 does NOT), but it is a more stable and is a more well supported version. You can find documentation on integrating 4.3.1 here.

You need to manually add your app on the admob site. It will ask you for the name and what type of ad banner or interstitial. Mine was not showing even though I had publisher ID, until I manually added it and hit the finish button at the bottom of the page.

No AdMob ads show up?

I am at my wits' end. I have a special LinearLayout for ads
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="52dp"
>
</LinearLayout>
I fill it with ads from the code
adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, MY_AD_UNIT_ID);
LinearLayout bout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layout1);
bout.addView(adView);
// Initiate a generic request to load it with an ad
adView.loadAd(new AdRequest());
Manifest file looks like this
<!--Permissions-->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation"
/>
And the JAR GoogleAdMobAdsSdkAndroid-4.1.1 is added to the path.
No ads EVER show up. In Logcat I see that
08-23 12:03:04.527: WARN/Ads(28980): IOException connecting to ad url.
08-23 12:03:04.527: INFO/Ads(28980): onFailedToReceiveAd(A network
error occurred.)
I test this on a real device.
Any suggestions?

With the latest version of admob (4.1 i think) the easy form to put admob ads is with xml. You only should put :
//At the beginin of the xml
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
<com.google.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/Ads"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adUnitId="a14daeadccXXXXX"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"/>
Then the permision and remember dont put padding to de linearlayout or the ads dont appear.

It seems that Manifest file still NEEDS meta data, although the official docs do not say anything about it. So in the manifest file add the meta data (besides other data) and the ads will show up
<application android:label="App Name" android:icon="#drawable/icon">
<meta-data
android:name="ADMOB_PUBLISHER_ID"
android:value="XXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
>
</meta-data>
...
I came up to this conclusion by implementing AdListener and adding Log messages into it. I suggest you do the same in case you need to closely investigate what is going on when an ad has been received.