Admob Impressions/Clicks not updating after uploading it on playstore

Question

I had created a banner admob ad using this link. App it was working good. I even got publisher id and I was able to view impressions and clicks from Admob website. But after I completed the development, I uploaded the app on play store and i am not able to view any ads impression/clicks from Admob website though ads are showing inside the app downloaded from playstore. Though Impressions/clicks are showing as long as I am viewing it on test device. But no impression/clicks are updating if I download and use it from google playstore. I have linked the app from playstore. Around 50 people have downloaded the app and it has been 3 days but no update in Impressions/clicks. Now what I need to do to be able to track impressions or clicks. Do I need to get a new publisher ID? If so what are the steps to obtain it. Thanks in advance. Help me I'm new in admob.

I am using this code in the activities where I want to show the ad

import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView;
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    AdView mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
            AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
            mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);

Inside android manifest file

        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
            android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
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 <activity
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" />

In the strings.xml file

<string name="banner_ad_unit_id">ca-app-pub-3**************3/*********7</string>

Inside the activities xml I have used the following code

 <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
        android:id="@+id/adView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        ads:adSize="BANNER"
        ads:adUnitId="@string/banner_ad_unit_id">
    </com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>

Also, I'm using two different email-Ids the one for admob is different from that of play store id from which I have uploaded the app. Here's the link of the screenshot of the admob.

http://postimg.org/image/kh26x3oyh/

Answer 1

Note: Ads can only be shown to the user, if they are available from the ad network.

1. Do you have both these permissions defined?

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

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

2. Make sure the banner add unit is not a test.

3. Add a listener to see if adds are being loaded:

   mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
   mAdView.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
       // Called when an ad is loaded.
       @Override
       public void onAdLoaded() {
           Log.e(TAG, "Google onAdLoaded");
       }
   
       // Called when an ad failed to load.
       @Override
       public void onAdFailedToLoad(int error) {
           String message = "Google onAdFailedToLoad: " + getErrorReason(error);
           Log.e(TAG, message);
       }
   
       // Called when an Activity is created in front of the app
       // (e.g. an interstitial is shown, or an ad is clicked and launches a new Activity).
       @Override
       public void onAdOpened() {
           Log.e(TAG, "Google onAdOpened");
       }
   
       // Called when an ad is clicked and about to return to the application.
       @Override
       public void onAdClosed() {
           Log.e(TAG, "Google onAdClosed");
       }
   
       // Called when an ad is clicked and going to start a new Activity that will leave the application
       // (e.g. breaking out to the Browser or Maps application).
       @Override
       public void onAdLeftApplication() {
           Log.d(TAG, "Google onAdLeftApplication");
       }
   });
   AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
   mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);
   

You also need this function:

private String getErrorReason(int errorCode) {
    // Gets a string error reason from an error code.
    String errorReason = "";
    switch (errorCode) {
        case AdRequest.ERROR_CODE_INTERNAL_ERROR:
            errorReason = "Internal error";
            break;
        case AdRequest.ERROR_CODE_INVALID_REQUEST:
            errorReason = "Invalid request";
            break;
        case AdRequest.ERROR_CODE_NETWORK_ERROR:
            errorReason = "Network Error";
            break;
        case AdRequest.ERROR_CODE_NO_FILL:
            errorReason = "No fill";
            break;
    }
    return errorReason;
}