My AdMob banner is not showing in my android application. After seeing older questions about the same problem none helped because they refer to a previous version of android studio. Now some things have become deprecated.
My NewRecord.java
file contatins the following code:
package com.example.anxietycalendar; import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.content.Intent; import android.graphics.Color; import android.os.Bundle; import android.util.Log; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button; import com.akaita.android.circularseekbar.CircularSeekBar; 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; import com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAds; import com.google.android.gms.ads.initialization.InitializationStatus; import com.google.android.gms.ads.initialization.OnInitializationCompleteListener; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.DecimalFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class NewRecord extends AppCompatActivity { DatabaseHelper myDB; private Button Submit; public float pr; private AdView mAdView; private InterstitialAd mInterstitialAd; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_new_record); MobileAds.initialize(this, new OnInitializationCompleteListener() { @Override public void onInitializationComplete(InitializationStatus initializationStatus) { } }); mAdView = findViewById(R.id.adView); AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build(); mAdView.loadAd(adRequest); mAdView.setAdListener(new AdListener() { @Override public void onAdFailedToLoad(int errorCode) { String onAdFailedToLoad = null; Log.d(onAdFailedToLoad, "This is why: " + errorCode); } }); myDB=new DatabaseHelper(this); Submit= (Button) findViewById(R.id.submit); CircularSeekBar seekBar = (CircularSeekBar) findViewById(R.id.seekbar); seekBar.setProgressTextFormat(new DecimalFormat("###,###,###,##0.00")); seekBar.setProgress(0); seekBar.setRingColor(Color.GREEN); seekBar.setOnCircularSeekBarChangeListener(new CircularSeekBar.OnCircularSeekBarChangeListener() { @Override public void onProgressChanged(CircularSeekBar seekBar, float progress, boolean fromUser) { if (progress < 5) { seekBar.setRingColor(Color.GREEN); pr = progress; } else if (progress < 8) { seekBar.setRingColor(Color.YELLOW); pr = progress; } else { seekBar.setRingColor(Color.RED); pr = progress; } } @Override public void onStartTrackingTouch(CircularSeekBar seekBar) { } @Override public void onStopTrackingTouch(CircularSeekBar seekBar) { } }); Submit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { myDB.insertData(Math.round(pr)); } }); } }
While the activity_new_record.xml
contains the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="@drawable/background" tools:context=".NewRecord"> <TextView android:id="@+id/perctext" android:layout_width="281dp" android:layout_height="36dp" android:layout_marginTop="36dp" android:background="@drawable/bg_calen2" android:ems="10" android:gravity="center" android:inputType="textPersonName" android:text="How much stress do you feel?" android:textColor="@color/white" app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent" app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.43" app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" /> <com.akaita.android.circularseekbar.CircularSeekBar android:id="@+id/seekbar" android:layout_width="300dp" android:layout_height="224dp" android:layout_marginTop="52dp" app:enabled="true" app:innerCircleColor="#e0f7e9" app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.495" app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent" app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/perctext" app:max="10" app:min="0" app:progress="1" app:progressTextColor="@android:color/black" app:progressTextSize="26" app:ringColor="@color/colorAccent" app:ringWidth="0.5" app:showIndicator="true" app:showInnerCircle="true" app:showProgressText="true" app:speedMultiplier="2" /> <Button android:id="@+id/submit" style="@style/BlueButton" android:layout_width="271dp" android:layout_height="31dp" android:text="Submit Record" app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent" app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/seekbar" app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.168" /> <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/adView" xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" ads:adSize="BANNER" ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-6417467530528623/7094248892" ads:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" ads:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent" ads:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.615" ads:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" ads:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/submit" ads:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.198" /> </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
This is the activity where I am trying to add the banner app. I have tried to use the test ad unit Id's but it is still failing.
I would also like to add this part of the code of the AndroidManifest.xml
:
<application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="Anxiety Calendar" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:supportsRtl="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" tools:replace="android:label"> <activity android:name=".Statistics"></activity> <!-- Include the AdActivity configChanges and theme. --> <activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" /> <!-- Sample AdMob App ID: ca-app-pub-3940256099942544~3347511713 --> <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID" android:value="ca-app-pub-6417467530528623~3872355031" />
How do I fix this? I have been trying for days... I am using a Galaxy Nexus API 22 simulator.