android - Testing admob before publish

Question

I have fishished an android project and set up admob ads but it's not working, tried on emulator and phone. So how to check if admob works?

Code:

    admobView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "Top secret");
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
            RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
            RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM);
    admobView.setLayoutParams(lp);

    RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout(this);
    layout.addView(renderView);
    layout.addView(admobView);
    admobView.loadAd(new AdRequest());
    setContentView(layout);

The app works fine(renderView) but I have no idea if adView does. And yes, the admob ID is right.

Answer 1

You can test AdMob in emulator also. You need the test mode to achieve that. See tutorial Step 6 for more info: How to integrate Admob into your app

If you don't find the device ID in LogCat you can also try to add the TEST_EMULATOR constant:

request.addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR);