Android Solutions

AdMob is a multi-platform mobile ad network that integrating to your app and allows you to monetize your app and earn on the basis of Impressions and clicks on ads in your app.

There are two types of AdMob ads: Banner and Interstitial. Banner ad is the one which occupies the portion of your screen which you can define in your code. Interstitial ad is the one which occupies devices full screen. If you want to go to device UI you have a cancel button to disappeare Interstitial ad.

1. Get Admob banner ad unit id from Google AdMob

2. Create new Android Application

3. To integrate Google AdMob, use Google AdMob SDK in build.gradle

compile ‘com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:8.4.0’

4. Open Android.Manifest file and give permission for INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

Add google play services version details in META-DATA

<meta-data

            android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"

            android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />

Add the AdActivity adding configChanges and theme attributes.

   <activity

            android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"

            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"

            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" />

5. Add  code for Banner to Your layout file

  <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView

        android:id="@+id/adView"

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        ads:adSize="BANNER"

        ads:adUnitId="@string/banner ad unit id">

  <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView/>




6. Open Java file and Create AdRequest to display ads.

  private AdView mAdView;

  mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);

        AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()

                .build();

        mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);




7.  Add code for Interstitial Ads

      

  // create private variable
            private InterstitialAd mInterstitialAd;


 // initialize variable
     mInterstitialAd = newInterstitialAd();     loadInterstitial();

 // on button click call function to show ad     showInterstitial(); // initialize and load ad functions     private InterstitialAd newInterstitialAd() {         InterstitialAd interstitialAd = new InterstitialAd(this);
         interstitialAd.setAdUnitId(getString(R.string.interstitial_ad_unit_id));
         interstitialAd.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
               @Override               public void onAdLoaded() {
                  btnshow.setEnabled(true);
               }

               @Override               public void onAdFailedToLoad(int errorCode) {
                  btnshow.setEnabled(true);
               }

               @Override               public void onAdClosed() {

               }
         });
         return interstitialAd;
     }

      private void showInterstitial() {
        // Show the ad if it's ready. Otherwise toast and reload the ad.          if (mInterstitialAd != null && mInterstitialAd.isLoaded()) {
               mInterstitialAd.show();
        } else {
               Toast.makeText(this, "Ad did not load", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
     }

      private void loadInterstitial() {
       // Disable the next level button and load the ad.          btnshow.setEnabled(false);
        AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
            .setRequestAgent("android_studio:ad_template").build();
        mInterstitialAd.loadAd(adRequest);
    } 8. Rebuild your project and Run your application   

Android Solutions

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Google AdMob Integration