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Android admobs using google play services sdk not showing ads

I am trying to integrate admob to my android app using new google play services sdk. But ads are not visible. It showing warning in log cat that > Not enough space to show ad. Needs 480X75 pixels, but only has 540X0. I used same code that given on android developer page.
code added in manifest.xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" />
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="#integer/google_play_services_version" />
<activity
android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|
orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize" />
code in main.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#+id/adViewl"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="AD_UNIT_ID" />
</LinearLayout>
and java code
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.adViewl);
AdView adView = new AdView(this);
adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);
adView.setAdUnitId("AD_UNIT_ID");
layout.addView(adView);
//AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build(); // Start
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
adView.loadAd(adRequest);
Please, tell me where i am wrong in above code.

The error is "only has 540X0" which means the AdView has no height available.
If the layout given above is the only content of main.xml then you must be using a theme that has somehow reduced the size of the AdView or the LinearLayout to zero.

finally, i got solution to my problem by changing java code. I removed linear layout code from java code. Used only Adview as given below,
AdView adView = (AdView) findIdByValue(R.id.adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
adView.loadAd(adRequest);

How to get testDevice ID for Android AdMob ads [duplicate]

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How can I get device ID for Admob
My activity has a ListView and I've put an ad at the bottom. When I run the app on the emulator, I see the test ad. When I run on my phone, I get an actual ad. I want to test on my phone and not get real ads.
I followed the instructions on the AdMob site about looking in logcat for a message stating how to manually add the device ID to the AdRequest. The problem is this message would never appear in logcat. This is a RAZR running 4.1. In an SO post, answered by Aracem, I read that the encoded string is available in the Developer Options preference panel, and I found it. When I read the guide for this command, the format of the device ID was alphanumeric (e.g. "E83D20734F72FB3108F104ABC0FFC738"), but the value in my phone contains letters, numbers, and dashes (e.g. "MQKF-RB61-BBKS-E").
I've added the encoded device ID into the XML googleads:testDevices and I've also manually added an AdRequest into my onCreate and use addTestDevice with this string. Neither work.
One thing that I've noticed is the namespace that works is googleads, not ads as shown in the examples. When I use ads, I get prefix errors in the XML. I'm guessing with the switch from 4.x to 6.1, the namespace changed.
I can make this happen with the minimal project where onCreate does nothing more than call super and setContentView.
Layout:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_above="#+id/adView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<com.google.ads.AdView
xmlns:googleads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
android:id="#id/adView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
googleads:adSize="BANNER"
googleads:adUnitId="#string/admob_id"
googleads:loadAdOnCreate="true"
googleads:testDevices="TEST_EMULATOR, MQKF-RB61-BBKS-E" />
Manifest
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
<application android:label="#string/app_name" >
<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.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize" />
</application>

In the Logcat, you will find the device ID. You will see something like
To get test ads on this device, call adRequest.addTestDevice("**")

The admob ads doesn't display, but no error in my logcat

I'd like to test my admob ads in my Android application, but the ads can't display. And no error can be found in the logcat. I also can find the success request for ads from Admob.
I use "X" to indicate my publish id.
package com.admob.test;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class AdmobTestActivity extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
}
}
.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.admob.test"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />
<application
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name=".AdmobTestActivity"
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|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|s mallestScreenSize" />
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
</manifest>
.
<?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: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="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:testDevices="C904358AFB272CDFA888A5C1CB914DA4"
ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"/>
</LinearLayout>

If AdMob says you app status is "Active" it means everything is fine with your code and your app is sending request to admob. The problem is that there is for some reason no ads for you.
As you said it is active I would try this:
Click "Manage Settings" of your app (at AdMob > Sites & Apps) then choose App Settings tab and select
"Use keyword-targeted ads and Google certified ad networks (GCANs) to
improve fill rate."
This way you will have more chances for some ad to display.
You will receive this message at Sites & Apps page:
Google AdSense Ads Enabled Congratulations! Apps in your account have
been enabled to serve Google AdSense ads. For any unfilled ad request,
AdMob will attempt to serve Google AdSense ads to help improve your
fill rate. No further changes are required on your part.
This helped for me. I was not receiving ads, now it works perfectly.
Maybe this will help someone.

Could not find com.google.ads.AdActivity

^ there is the image so you know I'm using sdk 3.2. There is more to this code, but basically this is everything for my java code inside my main one, and it doesn't load my ads when I go to load them. There are no errors and nothing in my Main.XML for the ad Basically the ad is not showing at all
import com.google.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.ads.AdSize;
import com.google.ads.AdView;
public class LearningLettersActivity extends Activity
private AdView adView;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// Create the adView
adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "aXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX); //<---My Publisher Id there"
// Lookup your LinearLayout assuming it’s been given
// the attribute android:id="#+id/mainLayout" \
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.mainLayout);
// Add the adView to it
layout.addView(adView);
// Initiate a generic request to load it with an ad
adView.loadAd(new AdRequest());
Here is my manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.better.work.learning.letters.and.more"
android:versionCode="3"
android:versionName="1.00">
<application
android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:label="#string/app_name">
<activity
android:name=".LearningLettersActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="landscape">
<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|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"/>
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4"/>
</manifest>
Basically nothing is pooping up for my ads at all when I go to test it on my phone, I tried using the code below and still nothing.
AdRequest adrequest = new AdRequest();
adrequest.setTesting (true);
adView.loadAd(adrequest);
I've also tried:
AdRequest adrequest = new AdRequest();
adrequest.setTesting (true);
adrequest.setTestingDevices("HT0CWHL11423") //<--- the name of my phone that appears when I go to load the emulator tab
adView.loadAd(adrequest);
Result:
01-18 03:50:19.874: E/Ads(16938): Could not find com.google.ads.AdActivity, please make sure it is registered in AndroidManifest.xml.
01-18 03:50:19.874: E/Ads(16938): You must have AdActivity declared in AndroidManifest.xml with configChanges.

Look in the logcat for anything with the Tag Ads. Specifically, look for something like:
Ad Request successful, but no ad returned due to lack of inventory.
It is possible that you are not getting ads back because AdMob cannot fill an ad.
There are a couple of things to note here. AdRequest.setTesting(true), which only used to set test mode for emulators, is deprecated in favor of AdRequest.addTestDevice(AdRequest.TEST_EMULATOR) for setting test mode on an emulator. For setting a test device, the device id you are supposed to enter is a hashed device id, which you can find in the logcat as well if you are debugging on your device.
Finally, the picture that you're using shows you have the SDK included for a ButtonMasher app, but the code you provided looks like it's for a Letter Learning app. Make sure you are indeed using 4.3.1 in this app.

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).
So take android v3.2 as your target version for the latest copy (as your manifest file suggest that you have taken the latest one).
For more details please have a look on this
Hope this will help you.

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.