android - onFailedToReceiveAd(Ad request successful, but no ad returned due to lack of ad inventory when using admob with adwhirl

Question

i just want to know if this problem is server side...or i must fix something in my code...

onFailedToReceiveAd(Ad request successful, but no ad returned due to lack of ad inventory

I'm using admob with adwhirl to show ads in my android application.

Answer 1

If you are getting this error, then your code is correct. The issue is that AdMob does not always have an ad to return for every request. This may happen particularly if you have just registered your AdMob publisher ID, as it takes some time and multiple requests before the new ID starts returning ads.

Another reason your fill rate may be low is that you don't have AdSense backfill enabled, or you have filtered out some ads. Check your app settings to see if that is the case.

Finally, a test you can run to see if your AdWhirl code is implemented correctly is to request a test ad. You can do this by specifying test mode in AdWhirl:

AdWhirlTargeting.setTestMode(true);

If you get back a test ad, you'll know your code is working as intended.