I am using android studio to develop my app and I am trying to add a banner ad to my app but I don't know why my banner ad is not sitting under the app page and instead is covering the bottom part of my app. I want the user to be able to see the whole page and for it to not be covered by the banner ad. I want the banner ad to have its separate space, centered at the bottom of my app not covering the app page itself. How do I do this?
This is my current xml code for my banner ad:
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent">
</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
And this is all of the code in my activity_main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout 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:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:elevation="4dp"
android:background="#6666ff"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize">
</androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<ImageButton
android:id="@+id/imaget"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/black"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:scaleX="1.1"
android:scaleY="1.0"
android:src="@drawable/pic_one"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0"></ImageButton>
<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/adView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent">
</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:id="@+id/nav_view"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header"
app:menu="@menu/navigation_menu"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
What changes to do I need to make to my code to solve the problem that I'm currently facing?