How to display Banner Ads Google AdMob in Android

In this article we will learn about “How to display Banner Ads Google AdMob in Android”.

Let’s create an app to display Google AdMob Banner Ads on its layout.

File: build.gradle file

Add the required google ads dependencies in build.gradle file.]

compile ‘com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:8.4.0’

Required Permission

Add the required user permission in AndroidMenifest.xml file

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

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

File: activity.xml

Create google ads AdView View in activity.xml file.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<RelativeLayout 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:paddingBottom=”@dimen/activity_vertical_margin”
android:paddingLeft=”@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin”
android:paddingRight=”@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin”
android:paddingTop=”@dimen/activity_vertical_margin”
tools:context=”com.example.test.bannerads.MainActivity”>

<TextView
android:layout_width=”wrap_content”
android:layout_height=”wrap_content”
android:text=”Banner Ads Example” />

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

</RelativeLayout>

File: strings.xml

<resources>
<string name=”app_name”>BannerAds</string>
<string name=”banner_ad_unit_id”>enter your banner id here</string>
</resources>

File: MainActivity.java

package com.example.test.bannerads;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;

import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private AdView adView;
AdRequest adRequest;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
adView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.ad_view);
adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
adView.loadAd(adRequest);

}
@Override
public void onPause() {
if (adView != null) {
adView.pause();
}
super.onPause();
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (adView != null) {
adView.resume();
}
}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
if (adView != null) {
adView.destroy();
}
super.onDestroy();
}
}

File: AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<manifest xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”
package=”com.example.test.bannerads”>
<uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.INTERNET” />
<uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE” />
<application
android:allowBackup=”true”
android:icon=”@mipmap/ic_launcher”
android:label=”@string/app_name”
android:supportsRtl=”true”
android:theme=”@style/AppTheme”>
<activity android:name=”.MainActivity”>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name=”android.intent.action.MAIN” />

<category android:name=”android.intent.category.LAUNCHER” />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>

</manifest>

Note: Ads will display on android real device not in android emulator.

So in this article we learned about “How to display Banner Ads Google AdMob in Android”.