Android Studio and ads plugin (adMob ads are not being displayed)

simwhi

I've been trying to get ads working in Gideros 2016-04 over the past few days, but I can't work out why ads are not being displayed. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I can't see the wood for the trees now!!!!

Here are the results of my tests:

1) The logcat output file attached indicates that ads are requested and loaded, but nothing is displayed apart from a white screen. There are also a lot of "can not find class: xxxx" in the log, I've googled it, but I don't know what the error is, or how to fix it. Any ideas?

2) Here is the Android manifest:

<application android:icon="<a href="http://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/drawable%2Ficon%26quot" rel="nofollow">@drawable/icon&quot</a>; android:label="<a href="http://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/string%2Fapp_name%26quot" rel="nofollow">@string/app_name&quot</a>; android:theme="<a href="http://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/android" rel="nofollow">@android</a>:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"> <!-- google play --> <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="<a href="http://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/integer%2Fgoogle_play_services_version%26quot" rel="nofollow">@integer/google_play_services_version&quot</a>; /> <!-- AppLovin --> <meta-data android:name="applovin.sdk.key" android:value="xxxxxxx" /> <!-- facebook --> <meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" android:value="<a href="http://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/string%2Ffacebook_app_id%26quot" rel="nofollow">@string/facebook_app_id&quot</a>;/> <activity android:label="<a href="http://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/string%2Fapp_name%26quot" rel="nofollow">@string/app_name&quot</a>; android:name="com.giderosmobile.android.SpeedyGramActivity" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:screenOrientation="sensorLandscape" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> <activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize" /> <activity android:name="com.applovin.adview.AppLovinInterstitialActivity" /> <activity android:name="com.applovin.adview.AppLovinConfirmationActivity" /> <activity android:name="com.facebook.LoginActivity" android:theme="<a href="http://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/android" rel="nofollow">@android</a>:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" android:label="<a href="http://forum.giderosmobile.com/profile/string%2Fapp_name%26quot" rel="nofollow">@string/app_name&quot</a>; />   <!-- TAG:APPLICATION-EXTRA --> </application> </manifest>

3) Here is the test app that I used to test my custom player:

require "ads" print("ads require") ads = Ads.new("admob")   ads:addEventListener(Event.AD_RECEIVED, function() print("ads AD_RECEIVED") end)   ads:addEventListener(Event.AD_FAILED, function(e) print("ads AD_FAILED", e.error) end)   ads:addEventListener(Event.AD_ACTION_BEGIN, function() print("ads AD_ACTION_BEGIN") end)   ads:addEventListener(Event.AD_ACTION_END, function() print("ads AD_ACTION_END") end)   ads:addEventListener(Event.AD_DISMISSED, function() print("ads AD_DISMISSED") end)   ads:addEventListener(Event.AD_ERROR, function(e) print("ads AD_ERROR", e.error) end)   ads:setKey("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx")   print("set key") ads:showAd("banner") print("show banner")

4) Here is the console output that shows that the plugin is initialised and an ad was received.

adframeworks/admob.lua is uploading. Uploading finished. ads require set key show banner ads AD_RECEIVED

ar2rsawseen

From both lua output and logcat ouput all seems to be working fine. try this code:

require "ads" print("ads require") ads = Ads.new("admob") ads:addEventListener(Event.AD_RECEIVED, function() print("ads AD_RECEIVED") ads:show("auto") end) ads:setKey("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx") ads:enableTesting() print("set key") ads:showAd("auto")

ar2rsawseen

Ah, I forgot, in new Admob you need to provide unit Id, or something like that, as per interface docs:
http://docs.giderosmobile.com/interface/ads

don't remember, have not used them for a while

simwhi

@ar2rsawseen Thanks for the speedy response. I'm using an Ad Unit ID with the following format:

ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxxxxx/yyyyyyyyyyyy

The app is linked to our adMob account and impressions have been recorded (just 2).

I used your code above, but I had to change the following line of code:

ads:addEventListener(Event.AD_RECEIVED, function() print("ads AD_RECEIVED") ads:showAd("auto") -- change this from show -> showAd end)

I still get a blank (white) screen. Any more suggestions?

simwhi

@ar2rsawseen I tested my Gideros player on other devices (Samsung Tab and Nexus 7) and the ads work fine. So, it's my Huawei P6 LTE that's the problem!!

ar2rsawseen

@simwhi this is first I encounter something like that.
Maybe there is an ad blocker on that device, or something like that?

simwhi

@ar2rsawseen An interesting point. I haven't personally installed an ad blocker on that device myself, but I will check. It's my personal phone, not a phone I usually use for development. I'll let you know what I find.

UPDATE: I just checked my phone and noticed an app called "Browser". It was the last app that was installed on my device, so I uninstalled it. The ads now appear now.

I have no idea how it got there as I only download apps that are available on Google play.

Thanks @ar2rsawseen for your help.