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Need to put AdMob ad id in java code? (Android Studio)

For example, on one of my app screens where you have a Banner ad, you have the following code in the xml layout:
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/adViewPrincipal"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="#string/adId" />
And also in java code has the following code:
MobileAds.initialize(this, String.valueOf(R.string.adId));
adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);
It seems that everything is working with this test id, but when I take the ID parameter in this java code, leaving:
MobileAds.initialize(this);
or
MobileAds.initialize(this, "");
The ad keeps running without any errors in the app, so do I just need to set the ad id in XML? Is that in all the tutorials I've seen people putting the ID also in java code. If I leave the parameter with nothing, nothing goes wrong, it's like this parameter is useless, and when I get the ID from the XML code, that crashes app. Can I put the ad id only in XML code then?

You are passing the second argument of initialize wrong. It is supposed to be app-id of admob on ad-unit id. The ad id is used normally only in xml views, where app_id is used in code to initialize ads for the first time. Read More here
MobileAds.initialize(this, getResources().getString(R.string.app_id));

Can you try everything programmatically:-
LinearLayout adContainer = <container>;
AdView adView = new AdView(activity)
adView.setAdSize(AdSize.SMART_BANNER);
adView.setAdUnitId(<your-publisher-id>); // you can use id from constants
// Initiate a generic request to load it with an ad
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest();
adRequest.addTestDevice(AdRequest.TEST_EMULATOR);
adView.loadAd(adRequest);
// Place the ad view.
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
adContainer.addView(adView, params);

How To Add Dynamic Ad To AdView In Admob Android?

This is My Code:
AdView mAdView;
MobileAds.initialize(this, "ca-app-pub-9233630887794553~4351962429");
// Gets the ad view defined in layout/ad_fragment.xml with ad unit ID set in
// values/strings.xml.
mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.ad_view);
mAdView.setAdUnitId(getString(R.string.banner_ad_unit_id));
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
.build();
mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);

Check the 2 answers from this link: admob only sends test ad not real ads
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Track Admob Event in Google Analytics

I want to track clicks on an AdMob banners with Google Analytics, but a problem occurs and I don't understand why.
Currently, my AdMob banner is implemented like this:
Layout:
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adUnitId="YOUR_AD_UNIT_ID"
ads:adSize="BANNER"/>
Java : AdView adView = (AdView)this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
However, the Google demonstration project which shows how to add an AdListener (project available here) does not specify anything in the layout and use the following code to add the banner:
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.leLinearLayoutDeMonChoix);
layout.addView(adView);
But if the implementation described at the beginning is used, the AdListener does not detect any event anymore. Why?
You can find this defective implementation in the following demonstration project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rE1pbtzNJ1UXg5QllubEFidGc/edit?usp=sharing
I thank you in advance for your time and help.

In the provided implementation you are doing the following:
// Create an ad.
adView = new AdView(this);
// Set the AdListener.
adView.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
/** stuff **/
}
AdView adView = (AdView)this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
// Create an ad request. Check logcat output for the hashed device ID to
// get test ads on a physical device.
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);
There is two instances of AdView, and this is your problem.
first one created from inflating your main.xml layout by setContentView(),
second one when you wrote adView = new AdView(this);
You set your listener on the second one, but only the first one is displayed.
It cannot work. :)
Choose one method (create it from layout) or the other (create it from code), but don't mix them up.
If you want to create your ad from layout, do the following:
// Retreive the adView.
AdView adView = (AdView)this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
// Set the AdListener.
adView.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
/** stuff **/
}
// Create an ad request. Check logcat output for the hashed device ID to
// get test ads on a physical device.
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);

AdMob Banner is shown behind a View?

Hi I am using AdMoB for showing banner ad in YouTube app which retrieves Video From Channel . For showing ad I used Java Code rather than XML. Now I am facing one problem which is my Banner is shown behind the Videos after the gets loaded. Can someone please help me to find out a way to show the ad front of the Videos. This is the code i used
adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "caXXXXXXXXXXXX");
FrameLayout layout = (FrameLayout)findViewById(R.id.content_frame);
layout.addView(adView);
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
FrameLayout.LayoutParams adsParams = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
adView.loadAd(new AdRequest());

Try this way.
This is the xml code of the banner, you can place it wherever you want in your activity xml layout:
<com.google.ads.AdView android:id="#+id/banner"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adUnitId="YOUR UNIT ID HERE"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:loadAdsOnCreate="true"/>
Then inside <application> tag in AndroidManifest.xml declare the AdActivity:
<activity
android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
And finnaly get the reference on your activity of banner and start request ads from google:
AdView ad = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.banner);
ad.loadAd(new AdRequest());

What layout are you using? To get ads on top of my Libgdx projects, I had to use a RelativeLayout and specify put things together in a specific order. Here's an example from my code:
// Create the main/content layout
RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout(this);
// This is just a View that LibGDX draws into, it could be any View.
View gameView = initializeForView(new SuperAwesomeGameIMade(AndroidLauncher.this));
// Add it to the new content layout.
layout.addView(gameView);
// Create and setup the AdMob View
mAdView = new AdView(AndroidLauncher.this);
mAdView.setAdSize(AdSize.SMART_BANNER);
mAdView.setAdUnitId("your ad unit here");
// Create the ad load request using the AdRequest Builder
AdRequest.Builder adRequestBuilder = new AdRequest.Builder();
adRequestBuilder.addTestDevice("your test device ID so you don't get banned!");
mAdView.setVisibility(View.GONE); // Change to View.Visible to show ads
mAdView.loadAd(adRequestBuilder.build());
// Setup the AdView with new layout params so it can "float" on the other one.
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams adParams =
new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
adParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_TOP);
adParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_RIGHT);
layout.addView(mAdView, adParams);
// Set the content view as this new relative layout
setContentView(layout);
Hope that gets you pointed in the right direction.

AdMob AdView does not show up in TableLayout

I have successfully gotten AdMob test ads to show up in a LinearLayout, but if I change to a TableLayout, they do not show up. No errors show in logcat.
This is what works:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
AdRequest request = new AdRequest();
request.setTesting(true);
request.addTestDevice(AdRequest.TEST_EMULATOR);
AdView adview = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, [admob id deleted for posting on stackoverflow]);
// all code before this point is the same in both examples
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);
layout.addView(adview);
// all code after this point is the same in both examples
this.setContentView(layout);
adview.loadAd(request);
}
I get a nice little banner ad at the top of the emulator screen that says "Success! Now you are ready to travel through the App Galaxy [Google logo]". So far so good. But it does not appear if I change it to a TableLayout, as follows:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
AdRequest request = new AdRequest();
request.setTesting(true);
request.addTestDevice(AdRequest.TEST_EMULATOR);
AdView adview = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, [admob id deleted for posting on stackoverflow]);
// all code before this point is the same in both examples
TableLayout layout = new TableLayout(this);
TableRow row = new TableRow(this);
row.addView(adview);
layout.addView(row);
// all code after this point is the same in both examples
this.setContentView(layout);
adview.loadAd(request);
}
I get no errors in LogCat. In both instances (LinearLayout or TableLayout) all I get in LogCat from Admob is two informational messages:
Ads Received ad url: <"url": "[URL to the 'App Galaxy' test ad]">
Ads onRecievedAd()
That's it. No complaints about not having enough space, which seems common from other posts. All I get is a black screen. If I add in another TableRow afterward, containing a TextView, that TextView shows up 50px below the top of the screen, as if the ad were there.
Any ideas on stuff to try to get it to show up? I've already written an app based on a TableLayout and if possible I'd rather not have to redo it in LinearLayout(s) . . .

I guess the parent of the AdView should have the property:
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"