After updating Google Ads SDK to 19.0.0 gives a deprecated warning message for addTestDevice(), while I searched this link for resolving the issue but not succeed. how can I resolve it?

Here my code

mAdView.loadAd(new RequestConfiguration.Builder        .setTestDeviceIds(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR) // show error        .setTestDeviceIds(DEV_ID) // show error        .build());

and developer site suggestion

Deprecated AdRequest.Builder.addTestDevice(). Use RequestConfiguration.Builder.setTestDeviceIds() instead.

Tag:google-ads-api, admob, android, google-play-services

11 comments.

  1. hata

    I did like this:

    List<String> testDevices = new ArrayList<>(); testDevices.add(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR); RequestConfiguration requestConfiguration = new RequestConfiguration.Builder() .setTestDeviceIds(testDevices) .build(); MobileAds.setRequestConfiguration(requestConfiguration); AdView adView = new AdView(context); // ... invoke some methods of adView ... adView.loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build());

    The official reference says that a RequestConfiguration is the global configuration that will be used for every AdRequest. In my understanding, once you have setRequestConfiguration(), your AdRequests individually don't need to set test devices anymore.

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    1. Attaullah

      is RequestConfiguration is required in every Activity?

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    2. hata

      @Attaullah Yes, I think so. Because AdView's argument is Activity's Context. But I have no idea about the word 'Global' explicitly means either an Activity-wide or an Application-wide.

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    3. TimWeb

      If I true understand the RequestConfiguration is required once in the first Activity.

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    4. Armando Marques da S Sobrinho

      Notice that according the Developers Page: "Android emulators are automatically configured as test devices.""

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    5. maniek099

      I used this configuration at MainActivity and all ads in different activties now have a black "Test Ad" box. So this configuration can be set only once.

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  2. Mohamed Ben Romdhane

    If you use Android Emulators there is no need to setTestDeviceIds() method because emulators are automatically configured as test devices .

    But if you use a real devices or other emulators as a test device you must use it

    List<String> testDeviceIds = Arrays.asList("33BE2250B43518CCDA7DE426D04EE231"); RequestConfiguration configuration = new RequestConfiguration.Builder().setTestDeviceIds(testDeviceIds).build(); MobileAds.setRequestConfiguration(configuration);

    To get the Device ID Check the logcat output for a message that looks like the one below, which shows you your device ID and how to add it as a test device:

    I/Ads: Use RequestConfiguration.Builder.setTestDeviceIds(Arrays.asList("33BE2250B43518CCDA7DE426D04EE231")) to get test ads on this device."

    Source :

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  3. Jim

    I do it like this in my MainActivity's onCreate function:

    val testDeviceIds = listOf("MY DEVICE ID") val config = RequestConfiguration.Builder().setTestDeviceIds(testDeviceIds).build() MobileAds.setRequestConfiguration(config) MobileAds.initialize(this)
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    1. Billyjoker

      Do you know if ConsentInformation.getInstance(applicationContext).addTestDevice("xxx") do the same?

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    2. android developer

      Is it possible to add the current device and that's it? Without putting a fixed string of it?

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  4. Aashif Ahamed
    String testDeviceId = "xxx"; final RequestConfiguration.Builder requestConfigurationBuilder = new RequestConfiguration.Builder(); requestConfigurationBuilder.setTestDeviceIds(Collections.singletonList(testDeviceId)).build(); final RequestConfiguration requestConfiguration = requestConfigurationBuilder.build(); MobileAds.setRequestConfiguration(requestConfiguration); adLoader.loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build());
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