Implementing ads with AdMob

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• schotsl

  August 2017

  Nobody?
• akenaton

  August 2017 edited August 2017 Answer ✓

  @schotsl===

  • i cannot believe that the error is only with import: your code is NOT for the 3X android processing mode, though it could work for previous versions, when it extended Activity: now PApplet extends fragment.

  • other problem can be with your Manifest: have you added your GMS value in your meta data? - Think also to add permissions (internet)

  • other problem could be with with your import statements: a) try to change them to:

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

  • and instead of installing the SDK automatically (by processing) download it and install manually
• schotsl

  August 2017

  @akenaton Thanks I changed the import statements but it still doesnt regonize them, where would I find the SDK though since I cant find a download online. I also saw a few posts that said you needed to move the downloaded SDK into the code folder of your sketch but mine doesnt have a folder named "code"
• akenaton

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  @scholtsl===

  • As for the first question google is your friend! - But you can download the SDK of course from Android, without AS. After downloading you unzip and put your folder where you want, then tells to processing to use it for SDK. Dont put your SDK folder in the android mode.

  • As for the second question it depends of the version of googleplayservices; till some version you can find it as a jar inside the SDK (folder extras/google/googleplayservices/libproject/libs; if you find it you can take the jar, CREATE a folder named "code" inside your sketch and put it inside: note that this is a standard way to add libs to an app...I cannot remember now what is the last version of SDK where you can find the jar easily, it seems to me that is the 23 or22 release. After that is more complicated because instead of one jar you find a lot of .ar; of course if you are patient you can find which one you have to use but more simple is to download an "old" version of this jar.

  • If theses 2 things are ok, you probably dont have anymore problems with the imports, but i am absolutely sure that the code you have put before cannot work as it is (i have explained why); quickly= you have to override either onCreateView (not onCreate()) and if it does not work override onStart(). And after that probably also find workaround when you add your view...

  • Then think to your manifest...

  • And finally think to use AS or Eclipse for this kind of job...
• schotsl

  October 2017 edited October 2017

  @akenaton I got the it 'working' with some code from this post but now when I run it on my android phone it crashes I suspect it has something to do with my manifest file so here's that

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
      <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" package="">
          <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="17" android:targetSdkVersion="26"/>
          <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="">
              <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version"/>
              <activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar.FullScreen">
                  <intent-filter>
                      <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                      <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
                  </intent-filter>
              </activity>
              <activity android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize" android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"/>
          </application>
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
      </manifest>
  

  Here's the actual code

      import android.os.Looper;//for setup() if needed
      import android.os.Bundle;
      import android.view.Window;
      import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
      import android.app.Activity;
      import com.google.ads.*;
      import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
      import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView;
      import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdSize;
  
      public void setup(){
        size(900,600);
       }
  
      public void draw(){
  
      }
  
      @ Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      Window window = getActivity().getWindow();
       RelativeLayout adsLayout = new RelativeLayout(this.getActivity());
       RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp2 = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
          RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);//Fill is deprecated
  
      AdView adView = new AdView(this.getActivity());
      adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);
      adView.setAdUnitId("ca-app-pub-3940256099942544");
        adsLayout.addView(adView);
          AdRequest newAdReq = new AdRequest.Builder()
          .build();
          adView.loadAd(newAdReq);
          window.addContentView(adsLayout,lp2);
      };
  

  and last but not least here's the error

  org.gradle.tooling.BuildException: Could not execute build using Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.0-bin.zip'.

  I think this is the most vital part of the error and it is insanely long, I could post it here if necessary. I changed everything as you requested and I added the metadata since processing recommended doing that so what's wrong?
• schotsl

  October 2017

  Nobody?
• kfrajer

  October 2017

  Recent related post: https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/23951/is-there-anyone-who-has-successfully-implemented-admob/p1

  I hope this helps,

  Kf