Ads are loading, but not showing?

Question

TL;DR: My interstitial ads are successfully loading, but when I call .show() on them, they don\'t show up!

I have followed these directions, and the a

Answer 1

Try this code

MobileAds.initialize(this, getString(R.string.admob_app_id));

private InterstitialAd mInterstitialAd;

mInterstitialAd = new InterstitialAd(this);

// set the ad unit ID
mInterstitialAd.setAdUnitId(getString(R.string.interstitial_full_screen));

loadInterstitialAds(mInterstitialAd);

 //Create loadInterstitialAds method
 public void loadInterstitialAds(final InterstitialAd mInterstitialAd) {
        AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
                .addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR)
                // Check the LogCat to get your test device ID
                .addTestDevice("Phone's ID")
                .build();

        // Load ads into Interstitial Ads
        mInterstitialAd.loadAd(adRequest);

        mInterstitialAd.setAdListener(new AdListener() {
            public void onAdLoaded() {
                if (mInterstitialAd.isLoaded()) {
                    mInterstitialAd.show();
                }
            }
        });
    }

Answer 2

Please add .addTestDevice("SEE_YOUR_LOGCAT_TO_GET_YOUR_DEVICE_ID") to your AdRequestBuilder

AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
              .addTestDevice("SEE_YOUR_LOGCAT_TO_GET_YOUR_DEVICE_ID")
              .build();

Because in development step, if you made too many request on AdMob sometimes it starts to not showing ads. So on development process work with test ads. If it is work without any problem, when you publish your app on Play Store, your users also will see your ads without any problem

Answer 3

It turns out that I just had to remove the extra method call after the else. For example,

public void tryAgain(View v) {
        if (mInterstitialAd.isLoaded()) {

            mInterstitialAd.show();
            Log.v(TAG, "LOADED in Game Over!");

        }
       else {
            beginPlayingGame();
        }

        beginPlayingGame();
    }

should have just been

public void tryAgain(View v) {
        if (mInterstitialAd.isLoaded()) {

            mInterstitialAd.show();
            Log.v(TAG, "LOADED in Game Over!");

        }
       else {
            beginPlayingGame();
        }
    //NOTICE THERE Is NO EXTRA METHOD CALL OF **beginPlayingGame()**
      }