How to test your own Admob Ads (4.24)

ViceVersa · June 22, 2020, 2:57am

Im trying to figure out how to get admob working. I can get the android build folder to work, and i can get the sample ads from here Enabling test ads | Android | Google Developers working fine too. When i use the ad ids from my google admob account though, nothing happens. is there something special you have to do to actually see the ads? btw, im not releasing this app just testing admob features so i dont care if they suspend my account or whatever for clicking my own ads, i just want to make sure i cant get the process working

ViceVersa · July 25, 2020, 5:23am

anonymous_user_3beae8cd:

Hello,@ViceVersa

Follow this steps,To How to test your own Admob Ads (4.24)

**Step 1:-**Load your ads-integrated app and make an ad request.
**Step 2 :-**Check the logcat output for a message that looks like the one below, which shows you your device ID and how to add it as a test device
I/Ads: Use RequestConfiguration.Builder.**setTestDeviceIds(Arrays.asList("33BE2250B43518CCDA7DE426D04EE231"))**
to get test ads on this device."
Copy your test device ID to your clipboard.

**Step 3 :-**Modify your code to call RequestConfiguration.Builder.setTestDeviceIds() and pass in a list of your test device IDs.
List<String> testDeviceIds = Arrays.asList("33BE2250B43518CCDA7DE426D04EE231"); RequestConfiguration configuration = new RequestConfiguration.Builder().setTestDeviceIds(testDeviceIds).build(); MobileAds.setRequestConfiguration(configuration);
** Step 4 :-**Re-run your app. If the ad is a Google ad, you’ll see a Test Ad label centered at the top of the ad (banner, interstitial, or rewarded video):
Ads with this Test Ad label are safe to click. Requests, impressions, and clicks on test ads will not show up in your account’s reports.

I hope this information will be useful.
Thank you.

thanks for your reply a couple questions though

which log should i be checking? Neither the output log nor the command promt that pops up when launching seem to have that message in them

How would I go about adding that RequestConfiguration line? I probably should have mentioned this is a blueprint project

RabbleGS · April 10, 2024, 1:29am

How did you get your test ads working? I’m still struggling to get the admob test unit IDs to work. Theyre inserted in the settings correctly.

BP_SpawnGato · September 12, 2024, 10:16pm

same here. i cant do anything else to get test ads functioning at this point. The only reason i can think of that it is broken is that im deploying the app from the store using internal testing maybe? My app-ads.txt is good, im connected to firebase, my account is approved. why would you need all of that for a test ad anyways? anyone that successfully has test ads, could you tell us how you got there?