Can't display adMob banners on my activity

Question

I want to display ads on my activity. For this I added next lines on manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

<activity
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
        android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" />

on activity xml have:

<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
    android:id="@+id/adView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    ads:adSize="BANNER"
    ads:adUnitId="@string/banner_ad">
</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>

and on activity:

private AdView mAdView;
....
 mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
 if (Utils.IS_ADMOB_IN_DEBUG) {
        adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().
                addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR)
                .addTestDevice("00000F800094960000B45A000000D22")
                .build();
    } else {
        adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
    }
mAdView.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
        @Override
        public void onAdLoaded() {
        }

        @Override
        public void onAdClosed() {
        }

        @Override
        public void onAdFailedToLoad(int errorCode) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onAdLeftApplication() {
        }

        @Override
        public void onAdOpened() {
            super.onAdOpened();
        }
    });

    mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);

I have added unit Ad ID on string banner_ad.

Despite my efforts, I can not show anything on adView. All work perfect for debug mode. Just on debug mode.

Any suggestion please?

When you say it works in debug mode, do you mean you are seeing the test ad, but you are not seeing a proper ad when you are not on your test device. Have you looked in the logcat, sometimes if an ad request fails it will tell you — Boardy, Jul 12 '17 at 15:15
All looking ok on debug mode. I/Ads: Ad finished loading. Else I get W/Ads: Failed to load ad: 0 — gogoloi, Jul 12 '17 at 15:23
Is it a new Admob account you're using. Google'ing the error brought up this SO post (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38378002/admob-ads-not-loading-failed-to-load-ad-0). It looks like it takes a little time before your account will start working and serving adds, one of the comments suggested it was about an hour, although I guess it could take anything up to 24 hours potentially — Boardy, Jul 12 '17 at 15:46
I see now this error. Don't know what mean: 07-12 18:49:01.613 13273-13273/ro.cc.cc E/ViewRootImpl: sendUserActionEvent() mView == null 07-12 18:49:01.922 13273-13273/ro.cc.cc D/ghiduldrumetului.ro:ActivityHome: onStop — gogoloi, Jul 12 '17 at 15:50
sendUserActionEvent() mView == null is write with red on logcat — gogoloi, Jul 12 '17 at 15:51
Your getting an error `Failed to load ad: 0`. If you have just signed up to AdMob, it will take time before Google servers can send you a proper ad when not in debug mode. Wait for a couple of hours, maybe even a day and try again and you should start seeing ads when not in debug mode — Boardy, Jul 12 '17 at 15:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '17 at 17:53

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When create an adMob account MUST add payment information too.

answered Jul 12 '17 at 17:53

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 02 '21 at 13:32

Your account may be not approved. You can know error using:

@Override
public void onAdFailedToLoad(@NonNull LoadAdError loadAdError) {
super.onAdFailedToLoad(loadAdError);
Log.d("ERROR",loadAdError.toString());}

After you know your error you can fix it here: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/9905175

Can't display adMob banners on my activity

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