How to including ads to android project?

camaris

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Happy to report that I managed to create a working processing sketch with AdMob ads !

Check out the result app TumblerShooter on the android market. It's a simple shooting game 'under construction', mostly for myself to learn proccessing and android (feel free to comment...). Just passed 500 downloads.

The process:

First I took the time to look at the source code to add admob ads in regular aps made in eclipse.
Then I looked at the source code of processing, at the PApplet code specifically (byebye processing magic ...).
My first attempt was creating a processing sketch in eclipse rewriting the processing PApplet class until it worked, and it did. But of course this would not be very practical for the processing 'ease of use' community.
The second attempt was extending the existing PApplet code in an eclipse processing example. To my surprise that worked too ! No need to rewrite and recompile processing classes anymore.
Finally I reworked that code to make it work in the 'ordinary' processing IDE. And guess what, it worked ! Boy, the processing+java combination is genius.

The solution:

Versions used:
- Processing version 0196 alias 1.5
- AdMob SDK (latest version 4.0.4)

Step 1: AdMob account and software:

make an admob account
add your application
note down your 'publisher-id', you will need to add in in your sketch
download & extract the 'publisher code' (admob SDK)

Step 2: Import the admob library (jar) processing (see processing documentation)

Step 3: Make changes to your AndroidManifest.xml located in your sketch folder using notepad:

just before the tag </application> add the AdMob activity:

<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation"/>

just before the tag </manifest> add these permissions (if they are not already set):

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

Step 4: add the following imports at the top of your sketch code:

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.Window;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import com.google.ads.*;

Step 5: add the folowing method to your sketch code (e.g. after your run() method) and replace your-publisher-id :

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Window window = getWindow();
RelativeLayout adsLayout = new RelativeLayout(this);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp2 = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
// Displays Ads at the bottom of your sketch, use Gravity.TOP to display them at the top
adsLayout.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);
AdView adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "your-publisher-id"); // add your app-id
adsLayout.addView(adView);
AdRequest newAdReq = new AdRequest();
// Remark: uncomment next line for testing your Ads (fake ads)
//newAdReq.setTesting(true);
adView.loadAd(newAdReq);
window.addContentView(adsLayout,lp2);
}

Remark: the add can take some to time before it displays (up to 30 seconds)

Please comment if something needs more explanation.

zielok

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Cool, this works very well. But I have a one question: How hide AdMob ads (eg. after user action) ?

ckamath

Re: Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

If you mean hiding ads then all you do is make these changes to your code:

Add this line to the imports:

import android.view.View;

Define adView variable outside of onCreate() function:

private AdView adView;

And then when you want to hide the ad execute the following line in any function that does the hide i.e.

public void hideAds() {
adView.setVisibility(View.GONE); //or you can use View.INVISIBLE, GONE is efficient.
return;
}

And to make it visible again:

public void showAds() {
adView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
return;
}

Hope this does answer you question.

Cheers!

jaboston...

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Ok so... I followed your steps and I have a problem... My sketch compiles normally... I set up my account and put in my publisher ID.... the problem I have is that I can never see the ads. is anything in my blocking them out somehow?

heres the main page of my code:

import android.media.*;
import android.content.res.*;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.content.Intent;
import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.*;
import android.opengl.*;
import android.graphics.*;
import java.nio.*;
import android.content.Context;
import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
import android.net.NetworkInfo;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.Window;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import com.google.ads.*;
boolean scoreSubmitted;
float frequency, phase;
AccelerometerManager accel;
float ax, ay, az;
String bestScores;
Player player = new Player();
Enemy enemy = new Enemy();
Events events = new Events();
ArrayList spells = new ArrayList();
GameOver gameOver = new GameOver();
Backdrop backdrop = new Backdrop();
SoundEffects soundEffects = new SoundEffects();
int jc, mouse, padButton;
PFont font, arial;
PImage lightning, fire, water, poison, rock, shock, speedEn, oilEn, oilEn2, cf, a, a2, n, e, s, w, sw, se, ne, nw, cat, chatDisplay, back1, back2, back3, chatlog, badface1, badface2, badf1, badf2, yellowEn1, yellowEn2, greenEn1, greenEn2, buttons;
PImage insane, lightningBoss;
int stepi, score, j, enemyX, enemyY, opa, backheight;
float buttonSize, faceY, faceX;
int counter = 0, re1 = 0, re2 = 0, re3 = 0;
float cooldown, sctfloat, timer, iniX, iniY;
PImage blob, e1;
boolean updateScore, mute, displayScoreTable;
final static int NORTH = 1;
final static int EAST = 2;
final static int SOUTH = 4;
final static int WEST = 8;
final static int RED = 16;
final static int GREEN = 32;
final static int BLUE = 64;
final static int YELLOW = 128;
final static int PAUSE = 256;
final static int BLACK = 512;
int highScore;
String highScoreName;
Aclient html;
boolean stillLoading ,submitScore, reset, endGame, start, bulletonscreen, mainMenu, redtext, yellowtext, bluetext, greentext, blacktext, audiorunonce, spellSound, longCooldown;
float posX = 0, posY = 0, centerX = 0, centerY = 0;
String data;
String sketchColordepth() {
return "8:8:8:8:16:0";
}
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
//void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
// super.onCreate(bundle);
// getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);
//}
// Whether the sketch surface supports translucenty or not.
boolean sketchTranslucency() {
return true;
}
void setup()
{
frameRate(60);
arial = loadFont("arial.vlw");
font = loadFont("Anticlimax.vlw");
textFont(font);
lightningBoss = loadImage("lightningBoss.png");
e1 = loadImage("e1.jpg");
insane = loadImage("insane.jpg");
speedEn = loadImage("speed.png");
oilEn = loadImage("oil1.png");
oilEn2 = loadImage("oil2.png");
rock = loadImage("rock.png");
blob = loadImage("blob.png");
a = loadImage("face.png");
cf = a;
a2 = loadImage("face2.png");
n = loadImage("N.png");
ne = loadImage("NE.png");
nw = loadImage("NW.png");
s = loadImage ("S.png");
se = loadImage("SE.png");
sw = loadImage("SW.png");
e = loadImage("SE.png");
w = loadImage("SW.png");
greenEn1 = loadImage("greenEn1.png");
greenEn2 = loadImage("greenEn2.png");
yellowEn1 = loadImage("yellowEn1.png");
yellowEn2 = loadImage("yellowEn2.png");
chatDisplay = loadImage("cat.jpg");
cat = loadImage("cat.jpg");
back1 = loadImage("eleback2.jpg"); // image is 1600 x 600
back2 = loadImage("elebacklights2.png");
chatlog = loadImage("chatlog.png");
poison = loadImage("poison.png");
fire = loadImage("flame.png");
buttons = loadImage("buttons.png");
stillLoading = true;
submitScore = false;
displayScoreTable = false;
textSize(40);
orientation(LANDSCAPE);
html = new Aclient();
buttonSize = screenHeight/7;
updateScore = false;
backheight = back2.height/screenHeight;
back2.resize(screenWidth*2, backheight*screenHeight);
back1.resize(screenWidth*2, backheight*screenHeight);
// back3 = loadImage("eleback3.gif");
// back3.resize(back3.width*4, back3.height*4);
buttons.resize(100, screenHeight);
accel = new AccelerometerManager(this);
longCooldown = false;
// ps = new ParticleSystem(1, new PVector(width/2,height/2,0));
// blackspell = new ParticleSystem(1, new PVector(width/2,height/2,0));
// greenspell = new ParticleSystem(1, new PVector(width/2,height/2,0));
soundEffects.settings();
backdrop.settings();
events.settings();
soundsInit();
musicPlay(MENU_M);
endGame = false;
audiorunonce = true;
mainMenu = true;
noStroke();
initWidgets();
}
void saveLocalScore() {
String[] scores = new String[1];
scores[0] = highScore+"";
saveStrings("\\sdcard\\score.txt", scores);
}
void loadLocalScore() {
try {
String[] scores = loadStrings("\\sdcard\\score.txt");
highScore = int(scores[0]);
}
catch (NullPointerException e){
//println("shabba");
}
}
void loadScores(){
if(isOnline() == true){
try{
data = html.executeHttpGet();
textSize(40);
fill(0, 255, 0);
bestScores = data;
text("SCORES LOADED", screenWidth/3, (screenHeight/4)*3);
// text(data, screenWidth/3, (screenHeight/4)*3);
}
catch (java.lang.Exception JLE) {
// println("JLE: "+JLE);
// SHOULD REALLY PUT IN A CANT CONNEC TTO SERVER TEXT DISPLAY FOR THE USER
exit();
}
}
else{
text("NETWORK OFFLINE", screenWidth/3, (screenHeight/4)*3);
}
}
public void releaseSounds()
{
if (soundPool != null)
{
soundPool.release();
soundPool = null;
}
}
public boolean isOnline() {
ConnectivityManager cm = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
NetworkInfo ni = cm.getActiveNetworkInfo();
if (ni!=null && ni.isAvailable() && ni.isConnected()) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
void draw(){
// if(stepi != 0){
// textFont(font);
// }
// else{
// textFont(arial);
// }
loadLocalScore();
if(updateScore == false){
if (mainMenu == true) {
if (audiorunonce==true) {
audiorunonce = false;
}
}
//println("mouse x = " + mouseX + "mouse y = " + mouseY);
events.animate();
mouse();
fade();
}
runWidgets();
}
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Window window = getWindow();
RelativeLayout adsLayout = new RelativeLayout(this);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp2 = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams( RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
// Displays Ads at the bottom of your sketch, use Gravity.TOP to display them at the top
adsLayout.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);
AdView adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "a1**d7****45d45"); // doesnt usually have stars
adsLayout.addView(adView);
AdRequest newAdReq = new AdRequest();
// Remark: uncomment next line for testing your Ads (fake ads)
newAdReq.setTesting(true);
adView.loadAd(newAdReq);
window.addContentView(adsLayout,lp2);
window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);
}
void fade(){
if(opa >=0){
fill(0, opa);
opa-=2;
rectMode(CORNER);
rect(0, 0, screenWidth, screenHeight);
}
}
//void keyPressed() {
// // doing other things here, and then:
// if (key == CODED && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
// keyCode = 0; // don't quit by default
// }
//}
void keyReleased() {
player.released();
}
public void resume() {
if (accel != null) {
accel.resume();
}
}
public void pause() {
if (accel != null) {
accel.pause();
}
}
public String sketchRenderer() {
return A3D;
}
public void shakeEvent(float force) {
//println("shake : " + force);
}
public void accelerationEvent(float x, float y, float z) {
// println("acceleration: " + ax + ", " + ay + ", " + az);
ax = x;
ay = y;
az = z;
}
void mouse() {
pushStyle();
stroke(255);
fill(255, 70);
ellipse(mouseX, mouseY, mouse, mouse);
popStyle();
if (mouse <= 40 && mouse > -40 ) {
mouse--;
}
else {
mouse = 40;
}
}

also... this is my manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="" android:versionCode="3" android:versionName="1.2.1">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7"/>
<application android:label="" android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:debuggable="true">
<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity" android:screenOrientation="landscape" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_INPUT_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_ORIENTATION"/>
</manifest>

I put 'GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-4.1.0.jar' that i downloaded in the code folder of my project (using the add file option).

What have I done wrong? What is stopping the adds from popping up?

Sorry for this really long specific question... im just really stuck because I have tried all the methods I can think of.

http://www.jaboston.com

jaboston...

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

So... to make it clearer the problem Im experiencing below is an example sketch with the same issue:

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.Window;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import com.google.ads.*;
import processing.opengl.*;
PImage tex;
float inc = 0.1;
void setup()
{
stroke(255);
size(screenWidth, screenHeight, A3D);
}
void draw()
{
background(0);
lights();
inc +=0.1;
pushMatrix();
fill(180, 0, 0, 127);
translate(mouseX, mouseY);
rotateX(-mouseY*0.01);
rotateY(-mouseX*0.01);
box(100);
scale(40);
// rotateZ(inc);
popMatrix();
}
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Window window = getWindow();
RelativeLayout adsLayout = new RelativeLayout(this);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp2 = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams( RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
// Displays Ads at the bottom of your sketch, use Gravity.TOP to display them at the top
adsLayout.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);
AdView adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "a14dfe*********5"); // add your app-id
adsLayout.addView(adView);
AdRequest newAdReq = new AdRequest();
// Remark: uncomment next line for testing your Ads (fake ads)
newAdReq.setTesting(true);
// adView.loadAd(newAdReq);
window.addContentView(adsLayout,lp2);
}

with this manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7"/>
<application android:label="" android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:debuggable="true">
<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
</manifest>

The adds never appear. I have tried commenting out testing and running adView.loadAd(newAdReq); and visa versa but nothing. When I take off the the internet permission in the manifest it says "you must have internet permission active" with a red box.

Someone please try this and let me know! really wanna get this working >.<!

http://www.jaboston.com

ckamath

Re: Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

You code is working just fine with ads on my HTC Evo, atleast in the code above you have commented out the line which is generating the ads i.e.

adView.loadAd(newAdReq);

Just uncomment that and see your ads appear. Oh and please remove the admob-app-id you have posted in this question. You donot want somebody else to use it.

Also, the ads load up quite slowly if you are using 3G but works fine on Wi-Fi or 4G. So during testing you can shut-off 3G and check your ads.

If this is the first time you are using the admob account, it will take upto 20-30min for registering your service request. So, what you can do is use the sample admob ad-id provided in their tutorials to check the functions of your ads code.

jaboston...

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

i can expect to see a banner at the bottom in either portrait or landscape right?

if so.. after uncommenting adView.loadAd(newAdReq); I still cant see any adverts...

is your manifest the same too?

what version of processing are u using?

http://www.jaboston.com

ckamath

Re: Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Yeah since the gravity is set to Bottom it should show in either mode.

I am using the 0195 version. Yeah my manifest file has the same content. If you are getting the Error message in the ad banner when you remove one of the permissions, that means the ads are able to show up.

Try creating a new app-id and then use that id in your application. Oh, and one more thing you can do is on the AdMob dashboard for your apps, see of there is a green circle showing up after you change this line of code (it will take sometime to update)

newAdReq.setTesting(false); //change from true to false, running live ads

I used the exact code from above and it worked great. Also, have your rooted your device and is there any service that is blocking ads on your device? I remember my friend telling me that his phone which is rooted, blocks ads automatically. Check if any other ad-supported apps show ads on your device.

jaboston...

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

it says "Inactive: AdMob has never received an ad request for your site." when I mouse over the red circle next to my app.

also... I checked ninjump and the adverts popup on that app...

Now im thoroughly stuck lol...

helpp mee! :P lol

http://www.jaboston.com

ckamath

Re: Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

There is one more test you can do to check if your app is requesting ads. Search for the DDMS tool in your android tools folder and launch that tool.

Check the logs that it is generating and look out for the log tag "Ads". If you see onAdRecieved() that means you are receiving the ads, which is good news!

Try to run this code and see if you are getting any ads

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import com.google.ads.*;

private AdView adView;

void setup() {
   size(480,800);
   smooth();
   noStroke();
   fill(255);
   rectMode(CENTER);     //This sets all rectangles to draw from the center point
};

void draw() {
   background(#FF9900);
   rect(width/2, height/2, 150, 150);
};

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

   super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
   Window window = getWindow();
   RelativeLayout adsLayout = new RelativeLayout(this);
   RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp2 = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(                  RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
    // Displays Ads at the bottom of your sketch, use Gravity.TOP to display them at the top

   adsLayout.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);
   adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "a********3e"); // add your app-id

   adsLayout.addView(adView);
   AdRequest newAdReq = new AdRequest();
   // Remark: uncomment next line for testing your Ads (fake ads)
   newAdReq.setTesting(true);
   adView.loadAd(newAdReq);

   window.addContentView(adsLayout,lp2);
}

It has a test app id of mine which i will delete from the post after your response. Lets see if this code is creating ads on your phone. Give it a minute to generate the ad.

Very strange!

jaboston...

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

yup... same with this example too..... no adds coming up... The way I am importing the GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-4.1.0 jar is: sketch -> add file and I downloaded the library from the link u get when u setup a new app....

Is this method correct to?... ALSO in the DDMS tool I see this error!...

AH here we go!!

in the DDMS tool

06-20 20:32:50.644: ERROR/Ads(10482): Could not find com.google.ads.AdActivity, please make sure it is registered in AndroidManifest.xml.

maybe im not importing correctly or something?

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ckamath

Re: Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Alright, so we know that the sub-activity is not registered right and something I noticed in your manifest file is the missing forward slash

add the following line to your manifest file while deleting the old one

<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation"/>

That has to help! :D

Let me know :)

Ooh and add this line after </activity> and before </application>

jaboston...

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

if I do it with that method the sketch doesnt start up on my phone.. it installs it ... but u cant start up the sketch itself and it says "the link to this applicaiton no longer exists" when u try clicking on the app logo (or something similar).

so I did it this way and it compiles properly:

<intent-filter>

</intent-filter>

</activity>

but no adds of course :(

EDIT: Ignore that !!! I have green text in the Dalvik Debug monitor now!

06-20 21:00:39.894: INFO/Ads(11283): AdLoader timed out after 60000ms while getting the URL.
06-20 21:00:40.144: INFO/Ads(11283): onFailedToReceiveAd(A network error occurred.)
06-20 21:00:46.864: INFO/Ads(11456): To get test ads on this device, call adRequest.addTestDevice("59E476340D4F8AFE77722866BB470EEC");
06-20 21:00:47.514: INFO/Ads(11456): adRequestUrlHtml: <html><head><script src="http://www.gstatic.com/afma/sdk-core-v40.js"></script><script>AFMA_buildAdURL({"preqs":0,"u_sd":1.5,"slotname":"a14df23d4f0d43e","u_w":320,"msid":"processing.android.test.sketch_jun20c","js":"afma-sdk-a-v4.1.0","isu":"59E476340D4F8AFE77722866BB470EEC","format":"320x50_mb","net":"ed","app_name":"1.android.processing.android.test.sketch_jun20c","hl":"en","u_h":533,"testing":1,"u_audio":1,"u_so":"p"});</script></head><body></body></html>
06-20 21:00:49.854: INFO/Ads(11456): Received ad url: <"url": "http://r.admob.com:80/ad_source.php?preqs=0&u_sd=1.5&slotname=a14df23d4f0d43e&u_w=320&msid=processing.android.test.sketch_jun20c&js=afma-sdk-a-v4.1.0&isu=59E476340D4F8AFE77722866BB470EEC&format=320x50_mb&net=ed&app_name=1.android.processing.android.test.sketch_jun20c&hl=en&u_h=533&testing=1&u_audio=1&u_so=p&output=html&region=mobile_app&u_tz=-60&ex=1&client_sdk=1", "afmaNotifyDt": "null">
06-20 21:00:50.834: INFO/Ads(11456): onFailedToReceiveAd(Ad request successful, but no ad returned due to lack of ad inventory.)

my manifest now looks like this:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7"/>
<application android:label="" android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:debuggable="true">
<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation"/>
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
</manifest>

but of course... no adverts are showing :(

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jaboston...

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

OK IT WORKS!

THANKYOU!

You are clearly a god!

Now we just need someone to come up with a Admob system for FoxMob

hrmmm.... i know a candidate to nominate

thanks so much!

http://www.jaboston.com

jaboston...

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

ill post you a link to the app working aswell ;D!

http://www.jaboston.com

ckamath

Re: Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Phew

Glad to know it worked! Well now its time to monetize, good luck :D

zielok

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

@ ckamath

Thanks for explanation but when I try execute function hideAds() (adView.setVisibility(View.GONE);) then I receive:
"Can't parse this exception line:
android.view.ViewRoot$CalledFromWrongThreadException: Only the original thread that created a view hierarchy can touch its views."

How to fix it?

ckamath

Re: Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Apologies @zielok

The line of code works fine if it were defined along with the adViews initialization, but seems to fail anywhere else. Will scratch my brains a bit on this

David Wil..

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Thanks for this information everyone - how often are people requesting new adverts, just on start-up? or every time the player dies/or similar? I've got it all working in my game but I'd like to know what methods other people are using?

Basically, what I'm driving at is: Can we set this up so that the application requests a new more frequently than just onCreate?

I don't seem to be able to get it working?

D.

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metabog

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

My main problem so far with ads has been that they look fine on my tablet, but phone users report it takes up like a quarter of the screen, it clearly doesn't scale down with resolution. Is this something I'm doing wrong?

David Wil..

Re: Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "a********3e"); // add your app-id

Depends what you have this set to?

D.

David Wil..

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Hi all,

Can we set this up so that the application requests a new Ad more frequently than just onCreate?

Has anyone had any luck with this, I'm really stuck?

Cheers

Dave

zielok

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

This I set up in admob webpage.

David Wil..

Re: Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

This I set up in admob webpage.

I think you've misunderstood me - how do you mean? I want to request a new ad, between player deaths so that when the player crashes, a different banner is displayed every time.

ianmere

Re: How to including ads to android project?

2 years ago

Hi Camaris,

I tried your technique and its worked perfectly, great work! My project I'm wanting to setup is running in eclipse, I read that you got it working in eclipse before you reworked it for normal processing, do you think you could share the technique for getting it to work in eclipse + processing?

***Edit

Turns out the way you do it is exactly the same.

I pasted in jaboston's code and it started working :-).

knuppel

Re: How to including ads to android project?

5 months ago

I get the message "You must have AdActivity declared in AndroidManifest.xml with config Changes" following the instruction above...

knuppel

Re: How to including ads to android project?

5 months ago

@Lilly: Could you show us your sketch and androidmanifest, please? I can not get it to work...

pegleg100

Re: How to including ads to android project?

1 month ago

Hi,

I also got the error:

"You must have AdActivity declared in AndroidManifest.xml with config Changes"

so I googled the error and the message on forums I read stated I should change the:

<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation"/>

to...

<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"/>

but now I get an error when I try to build..

 BUILD FAILED C:\Users\gogreig\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\tools\ant\build.xml:649: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\Users\gogreig\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\tools\ant\build.xml:690: null returned: 1

Any ideas?