Handling test/production "Ad Unit ID" in admob android application

Question

I'm making an application including admob ads with help of this google's official tutorial

However, it states "You should always use test ads when developing and testing your app--testing with live production ads is a violation of AdMob policy and could cause your account to be suspended".

So I now have a test and a production Ad Unit ID. Should I manually switch my code to production/test id during my application release process or is there an kind of automatic for this?

Thank you

please tell me how did you got an ad unit id for production? — Juan Boero, May 24 '16 at 04:59
You'll get it from your admob account: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/3052638 — gadjou, May 25 '16 at 13:00

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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you can use the production Ad Unit ID for your testing. just include the test device and it'll automatically load the test ads.

private static final String TEST_DEVICE ="xxxx..."; //see Log cat for the value.

AdRequest adrequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
            .addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR)
            .addTestDevice(TEST_DEVICE)
            .build();

if (adview !=null)
       adview.loadAd(adRequest);

see this post on how to get the TEST_DEVICE id How can I get device ID for Admob

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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answered Jul 23 '15 at 10:21

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I am testing production Ad Unit ID on real android device. Do I need to use .addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR) line or remove it. – Anbarasu Chinna Jul 03 '20 at 06:46

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 02 '20 at 07:21

You have to switch ad IDs for test and production when making a build. You can simply put this code and it'll switch test unit ID if you are in debug mode and production when you make a 'release':

String intersProd_ID="<your admob production ID";
String intersTest_ID="<admob test unit ID";
String useInters;

        if((BuildConfig.DEBUG)){
            useInters = intersTest_ID;
        }
        else{
            useInters = intersProd_ID;
        }

Handling test/production "Ad Unit ID" in admob android application

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