Correctly disable AdMob ads

Question

I am integrating AdMob into my app and I wonder how to disable Ads correctly. I want to give the user the ability to disable them. I don\'t want to get any problems with AdM

Answer 1

setVisibility(VIEW.GONE); will remove the adview from the layout.

There might be away to fully remove it from the layout, but I've never had to do that.

Answer 2

Just setting the view's visibility to GONE is enough.

If you read the Logcat output, it prints "I/Ads: Ad is not visible. Not refreshing ad.".

Answer 3

Give it all you've got, just to be on the safe side:

if (mAdView != null) {
    mAdView.setEnabled(false);
    mAdView.setVisibility(View.GONE);

    ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup) mAdView.getParent();
    if (parent != null) parent.removeView(mAdView);

    mAdView.removeAllViews();
    mAdView.destroy();
}