Issues with getting AdView to work when Activity is inside a library

Question

So I have a project (module really since I'm using IntelliJ, but I'll use Eclipse terms) with Activity (Let's call it X) which loads an AdView and it all works just fine. Now I have another Activity (let's call it Y) which opens after certain actions, that Activity is inside a library project. Activity Y opens just fine and works well but the AdView I add to it never has anything in it, it is just just blank. Here are some odd messages I see on the logs:

 I/Ads﹕ Starting ad request.
 I/webclipboard﹕ clipservice: android.sec.clipboard.ClipboardExManager@4293f940
 W/ResourceType﹕ Requesting resource 0x7f0b000e failed because it is complex
 E/GooglePlayServicesUtil﹕ The Google Play services resources were not found. Check your project configuration to ensure that the resources are included.
 I/Adreno200-EGLSUB﹕ <ConfigWindowMatch:2087>: Format RGBA_8888.
 onSizeChanged - w:640 h:100
 W/ResourceType﹕ Requesting resource 0x7f0b000e failed because it is complex
 E/GooglePlayServicesUtil﹕ The Google Play services resources were not found. Check your project configuration to ensure that the resources are included.
 W/ResourceType﹕ Requesting resource 0x7f0b000e failed because it is complex
 E/GooglePlayServicesUtil﹕ The Google Play services resources were not found. Check your project configuration to ensure that the resources are included.

These two messages happen later, after a bit of time (close to the 60 seconds):

 W/Ads﹕ Timed out waiting for WebView to finish loading.
 I/Ads﹕ Scheduling ad refresh 60000 milliseconds from now.
 W/Ads﹕ Failed to load ad: 2

And here is the code I use to create the AdView:

    adView = new AdView(this);
    adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);
    adView.setAdUnitId(id);
    buttonsAndSeekbarLayout.addView(adView);
    final AdRequest.Builder builder = new AdRequest.Builder();

    AdRequest adRequest = builder.build();
    // Start loading the ad in the background.
    adView.loadAd(adRequest);

I should also mention that I am using other parts of the Google Play Services on that library project so I think it is configured correctly.

Thanks.

EDIT: I should mention that even if I add the adView on the xml it is still just blank!

EDIT2: Added some extra messages above. Also I noticed this message which after doing a search seems to be AdView related:

    D/WebKit﹕ SQLite database failed to load from /FileSyetmQuota.db

EDIT3: I found something odd. I added in app purchase to that screen, when the purchase is done, right before I remove the ad (because of the purchase), it shows up for a split of a second.

Answer 1

1. E/GooglePlayServicesUtil﹕ The Google Play services resources were not found. Check your project configuration to ensure that the resources are included.. Ignore that message, it appears even when you've running your GP services correctly, that's not the issue.

2. The code part where you create your AdView and load an ad is perfect, that's neither the issue (I'm running exactly the same code on several projects and it works).

3. Having in account the above, my bets are just two:

   • Somehow, the library project is interfering with the loading of the ad. Ad loading has a timeout, if you're doing some hard work, probably there's no time enough to load the ad and it times-out, so probably that's why you're seeing the Timed out waiting for WebView to finish loading. message. In this case, try putting the ad loading within a Thread (or an AsyncTask).

   • A layout rendering issue. You have to check whether the Ad has enough space to show up, i.e., 640 in width x 100 in height minimally. If you don't have that space, the ad won't show up.

---- EDIT ----

To run the code within a Thread, use this code:

new Thread(
  new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
      adView = new AdView(this);
      adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);
      adView.setAdUnitId(id);

      // This will ensure it is run within the main UI.
      runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
          buttonsAndSeekbarLayout.addView(adView);
        }
      });

      final AdRequest.Builder builder = new AdRequest.Builder();

      AdRequest adRequest = builder.build();
      // Start loading the ad in the background.
      adView.loadAd(adRequest);
    }
  }
}).start();

Answer 2

hey please try to load ads like bellow example

first update your Google play lib to 4.3

The easiest way to incorporate an ad is to simply define your AdView as you would any other part of your res/layout/main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
          android:orientation="vertical"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="match_parent">
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/adView"
                     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                     ads:adUnitId="MY_AD_UNIT_ID"
                     ads:adSize="BANNER"/>
</LinearLayout>

you must replace MY_AD_UNIT_ID with your AdMob ad unit ID.

To fetch ads, look up the AdView as a resource via findViewById, create an AdRequest, and invoke loadAd:

import com.google.android.gms.ads.*;

public class BannerExample extends Activity {
   @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.main);

     // Look up the AdView as a resource and load a request.
     AdView adView = (AdView)this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
     AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
     adView.loadAd(adRequest);
   }
}

Answer 3

Figured it out, in my code I call webViewInstance.pauseTimers() and apparently that applies to all web views.