Unable to get provider com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException

Question

I update my Android Studio (3.2.1) and its sdk to the latest version. After that it required a manual update for Manifest by adding these tags:

<application     android:allowBackup="true"     android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"     android:label="@string/app_name"     android:roundIcon="@drawable/ic_launcher"     android:supportsRtl="true"     android:theme="@style/AppTheme"     tools:ignore="AllowBackup,GoogleAppIndexingWarning">      <meta-data         android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APP_ID"         android:value="ca-app-pub-#############"/>      <activity android:name=".MainActivity">         <intent-filter>             <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />              <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />         </intent-filter>     </activity>     <activity android:name=".NewActivity" />     <activity android:name=".PreviewActivity" />     <activity android:name=".EditActivity" />     <activity         android:name=".preferencesdata.AboutActivity"         android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.DayNight.NoActionBar" />     <activity android:name=".preferencesdata.SettingsActivity"         android:label="@string/settings">         <meta-data             android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"             android:value=".MainActivity"/>     </activity> </application> 

whereby instead the app ID I put the real id of my app. The value has also been changed to the right Ad Unit id as shown here https://developers.google.com/admob/android/quick-start. I also called this function in the MainActivity.kt:

MobileAds.initialize(this, resources.getString(R.string.banner_ad_unit_id))  

However, the problem could not be solved. It still prints as follows:

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main     Process: com.easyapps.cryptnote, PID: 3991     java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider: java.lang.IllegalStateException:       ******************************************************************************     * The Google Mobile Ads SDK was initialized incorrectly. AdMob publishers    *     * should follow the instructions LINK to add a valid  *     * App ID inside the AndroidManifest. Google Ad Manager publishers should     *     * follow instructions here: LINK.                           *     ******************************************************************************           at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5156)         at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4748)         at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4688)         at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java)         at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1405)         at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)         at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)         at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)         at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)      Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException:       ******************************************************************************     * The Google Mobile Ads SDK was initialized incorrectly. AdMob publishers    *     * should follow the instructions here: LINK to add a valid  *     * App ID inside the AndroidManifest. Google Ad Manager publishers should     *     * follow instructions here: LINK.                           *     ******************************************************************************           at com.google.android.gms.internal.ads.zzmn.attachInfo(Unknown Source)         at com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAdsInitProvider.attachInfo(Unknown Source)         at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5153)             ... 10 more 

Could someone tel me why it does happen or help me to solve it? I tried to google the issue, but there are no solutions. It seems to be an a new still unsolved issue. Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This happened due to updated AdMob SDK. Now you need to add appID in your manifest file.

<application> . . .        <meta-data             android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"             android:value="ca-app-pub-################~##########"/> </application> 

You can get appID from here -->Google addmob -->Select app --> App Settings --> App ID.

You can read more from here ads-developers.

If you want to use test ads before putting your own id check the AdMob test ids from here developers.google.

Hope this will help you. Thanks :)

Answer 2

Google gave update for the Google ads so if you update your Admob library in gradle then you need to add this in your manifest.

<manifest>    <application>       <!-- TODO: Replace with your real AdMob app ID -->       <meta-data           android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID"           android:value="ca-app-pub-################~##########"/>   </application> </manifest>