Admob implementation Error

Question

I got a Problem with implementing Admob into an App.

This is my main.xml:

Answer 1

Above error occurs when you use the library GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-4.3.1.jar. I've been that error and I've found this demo from Google. I've replaced lib 4.3.1 by 4.0.3 in this demo and it runs OK.

Answer 2

if you use AndroidStudio and Gradle, you must also update the build.gradle file like this:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 17
    buildToolsVersion "18.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 3
        targetSdkVersion 17
    }
...

Answer 3

Have you also set your build target to be higher than Android 3.2, i.e. in default.properties set target higher than android-13? Also make sure that you're using the latest version of the SDK.

PS! Don't expose your device ID to the public.

Answer 4

My solution to a similar case was to use

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="11" />

or just use android:targetSdkVersion= under 13

Answer 5

You also need to set the following permissions in your AndroidManifest.xml.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>

Then admob can assess the internet and also not show the ad when it has no internet connectivity.

Answer 6

As you can see here, very few phones have Android versions of 3.x.x or higher installed

http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html

Why would anybody want to compile their app to something few phones can handle? Either I am misunderstanding something or I will need to find some other ad company that doesn't require a newer Android version.