I am having problems adding banner ads in my android app. I just copied the code off the documentation from the website, I can seem to figure out what I am not doing. The app keeps crashing. I have the code below in Mainactivity.java
private AdView mAdView;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
setTheme(R.style.AppTheme);
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
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);
And my Manifest looks as shown below
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:exported="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.Launcher">
<meta-data
android:name="preloaded_fonts"
android:resource="@array/preloaded_fonts" />
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"
android:value="ca-app-pub-admod_generated number"/>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Code for the page where the ad appears look as shown below
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/FlashcardimageView"
android:layout_width="326dp"
android:layout_height="290dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="32dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.506"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.45" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/FlashcardTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
android:text="Mark"
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large"
android:textSize="50sp"
app:fontFamily="@font/atma_semibold"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.544"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.853" />
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
android:id="@+id/adView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="44dp"
android:layout_marginRight="44dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="28dp"
app:adSize="BANNER"
app:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"></com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Error message from Debug terminal is as shown below
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.xtenalyze.android.myapplication, PID: 15281
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException:
******************************************************************************
* The Google Mobile Ads SDK was initialized incorrectly. AdMob publishers *
* should follow the instructions here: *
* https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/admob-android-update-manifest *
* to add a valid App ID inside the AndroidManifest. *
* Google Ad Manager publishers should follow instructions here: *
* https://googlemobileadssdk.page.link/ad-manager-android-update-manifest. *
******************************************************************************
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:7828)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:7364)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7250)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1600(ActivityThread.java:293)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2151)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:263)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8283)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:612)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1006)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: type here
Can anyone look into the code and offer assistance? Thanking everyone for their time and offer to help.
A review of my code, hopefully to find errors
