Admob ads not showing up

Question

I am trying to implement Admob in Android and I am seeing requests coming into AdMob. However, I am not seeing the Admob ads being displayed on the Android screen in the emulator and my Android test phones as well.

As stated before, I can see the requests coming into my AdMob account. However, the content is not being shown. Is there something that needs to be enabled in my account, the main.xml, AndroidManifest.xml, or in the loading of the application?

My application configuration and code are below. Please advise on what is needed. Thanks!

AndroidManifest:

          <meta-data 
            android:value="My Publisher ID"
            android:name="ADMOB_PUBLISHER_ID" />
        <activity android:name="com.admob.android.ads.AdMobActivity"/>
        <receiver 
            android:name="com.admob.android.ads.analytics.InstallReceiver"
            android:exported="true">
         <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER"/>
         </intent-filter>
         </receiver>
         <meta-data 
             android:value="true" 
             android:name="ADMOB_ALLOW_LOCATION_FOR_ADS"/>

main:

 <com.google.ads.AdView
    android:id="@+id/adView"
   android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    ads:adSize="BANNER"
    ads:adUnitId="My Publisher ID"
    ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"/>

On Create Code:

        AdView adView = (AdView)this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
        AdRequest re = new AdRequest();
        re.setTesting(true);
        adView.loadAd(re);

Any help is appreciated!!

Answer 1

1. Go to app settings on admob.com and make sure use location data for ads is turned off if your app is not a location based app.

   Use location data for ads is used to filter ads based on location and works only on app with location permission granted. If app does not use location permission, ads will not show.

2. Make sure your have filled payment details

Answer 2

It usually takes some time for ads to start appearing via admob. This happens in the case when you have just registered on admob and started up with your first application. If the suggestions given above are taken care of and if your admob page shows a "green" status, I wont worry about it too much. Once your fill rate increases, you will start to see more and more ads.