AdView - Missing adActivity with android:configChanges in AndroidManifest.xml

Question

I just set up my app with the Google Play library method of adding adds (AdMob). When I run the emulator the add has the error message:

Missing adActivity with android:configChanges in AndroidManifest.xml

I located a fix at:

Missing adActivity with android:configChanges in AndroidManifest.xml

The fix stated to do the following:

"com.google.ads.AdActivity" is declared when using the admob sdk jar in the "libs" folder. >It seems you're using admob via the google play services library so change:

activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"

To

activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"

Also make sure you add the meta-data tag:

I tried this and the CatLog said to change the meta tag back to:

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

My LogCat:

02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278): Process: biz.midl.debtcalculator, PID: 1278
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{biz.midl.debtcalculator/biz.midl.debtcalculator.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value.  Expected 4242000 but found 0.  You must have the following declaration within the <application> element:     <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2195)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2245)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value.  Expected 4242000 but found 0.  You must have the following declaration within the <application> element:     <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.n(Unknown Source)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Unknown Source)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at com.google.android.gms.internal.u.a(Unknown Source)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at com.google.android.gms.internal.ag.U(Unknown Source)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at com.google.android.gms.internal.ag.a(Unknown Source)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView.loadAd(Unknown Source)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at biz.midl.debtcalculator.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:41)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159)
02-23 14:30:27.091: E/AndroidRuntime(1278):     ... 11 more

Here is my .java:

import java.text.DecimalFormat;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdSize;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

private AdView adView;

double interestRate;
double r, r1;
int nRemaining, nStarting, nDifference, originalBalance,
        outstandingBalance, originalTerm;
double minPayment, additionalPayment, newPmt;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    adView = new AdView(this);
    adView.setAdUnitId("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"); //edited out my unitID
    adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);

    LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.ll);
    layout.addView(adView);
    AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
    adView.loadAd(adRequest);

Here is my Layout:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/ll"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="1" >

    <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
    android:id="@+id/adView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    ads:adSize="BANNER"
    ads:adUnitId="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" />

I also have my Manifest:

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="biz.midl.debtcalculator"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="14"
        android:targetSdkVersion="19" />

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

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

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

        <activity
            android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"
            android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize" />

        <activity
            android:name="biz.midl.debtcalculator.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Light.NoActionBar.Fullscreen" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name="biz.midl.debtcalculator.About"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Light.NoActionBar.Fullscreen" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.ABOUT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Answer 1

You need to leave the meta-data tag as is:

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

Additionaly, you need to replace this tag:

    <activity
        android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"
        android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize" />

With this (as suggested in the answer you linked):

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

Since you are using the Google Play Services and not the legacy AdMob SDK you need to replace the name of the activity class from com.google.ads.AdActivity to com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity

Answer 2

This may be part of the problem. It seems you are missing....

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

in you AndroidManifest.xml

Answer 3

Make sure you only have the Google Play Services library included and not both Google Play Services and Admob SDK.

It looks like the value of @integer/google_play_services_version is zero. Are the Google Play Services resources being included in your app?