"Timed out waiting for ad response", when trying add admob into my application

Question

I am trying to add admob banner ads into my Android application, but after I followed all the instructions from Google, and did all the things, I found no ads displayed in application. When I checked LogCat in Eclipse, I found the error below. I am sure that I did edit all the files correctly, because when I tried to test the sample file. I got the same error message.

01-04 18:43:52.448: W/Ads(5936): Timed out waiting for ad response.

01-04 18:43:52.448: I/Ads(5936): Scheduling ad refresh 60000 milliseconds from now.

01-04 18:43:52.458: W/Ads(5936): Failed to load ad: 2

Could anyone give me some advice please? Many Thanks!

1st Edited

I have added the adUnitId into my layout file:

        <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView 
        android:id="@+id/adView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/label_status"
        android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
        ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-1183612543061916/9999996585"
        ads:adSize="BANNER" />

and also, I added test device in my code:

        adView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
        AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
        .addTestDevice("F84FF00544A8000C28E55068B835F2BD")
        .build();

        adView.loadAd(adRequest);

Answer 1

Make sure you don't have adBlock installed!

I had this issue as well, and since adBlock only blocked on wifi, it started to work again as soon as I turned off wifi and went on mobile instead.

Answer 2

Your code looks good.

I think the answer is in

01-04 18:43:52.448: W/Ads(5936): Timed out waiting for ad response.

It sounds to me like either

• you have a slow connection to the server or
• the ad server is slow to fill your request

Probably the first of those. I think the timeout is about 5 seconds. Any longer than that and it gives up until next time.

Make sure you have a good connection and try again.