How to create an admob banner programmatically?

Question

How can i create an admob smart banner with code? my layout is completely build with code.

A further explanation and a piece of code will be appreciated — AlexBcn, Apr 11 '13 at 15:43
Perfectly valid question with a perfectly valid answer. Ridiculous to close this a not a real question. — jamesc, Aug 03 '13 at 19:45

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 22 '22 at 14:09

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You can do it more or less like this:

LinearLayout adContainer = <container>;
AdView adView = new AdView(activity)
adView.setAdSize(AdSize.SMART_BANNER);
adView.setAdUnitId(<your-publisher-id>); //ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111 (admob sample banner ad id)

// Initiate a generic request to load it with an ad
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest();
adRequest.addTestDevice(AdRequest.TEST_EMULATOR);
adView.loadAd(adRequest);

// Place the ad view.
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
adContainer.addView(adView, params);

edited Jun 22 '22 at 14:09

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answered Apr 11 '13 at 16:45

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since AdMob API has changed user:\n adView = new AdView(activity);\n adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);\n adView.setAdUnitId("myAdUnitId");\n – MemLeak Aug 18 '14 at 07:59
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Interesting that the improvement comment has many times more votes than the answer. Edit made. – QED Mar 14 '16 at 19:35
AdRequest like this --> AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().addTestDevice("4C9AED4DAD2042C84C4AE85B421D9648").build(); – Ranjithkumar Jan 24 '17 at 11:46
You should use 'Ad unit ID' instead of publisher id in adView.setAdUnitId – Harsh Kothari Nov 22 '20 at 15:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '17 at 13:27

Add this in your Activity

//Add this in OnCreate of Activity to initialize the ad
MobileAds.initialize(getApplicationContext(), "< your-ad-unit-Id >");

//Add this wherever your code needs to add the ad

LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);

//Additionally to adjust the position to Bottom
layout.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);

// Create a banner ad
mAdView = new AdView(this);
mAdView.setAdSize(AdSize.SMART_BANNER);
mAdView.setAdUnitId("<your-ad-unit-Id>");

// Create an ad request.
AdRequest.Builder adRequestBuilder = new AdRequest.Builder();

// Optionally populate the ad request builder.
adRequestBuilder.addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR);

// Add the AdView to the view hierarchy.
layout.addView(mAdView);

// Start loading the ad.
mAdView.loadAd(adRequestBuilder.build());

setContentView(layout);

Then check if you have given the permissions in Manifest

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

Add meta data below inside < application > in Manifest

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
           android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />

And finally check if you have added required dependency to compile in app gradle

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.6.1'

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