Android AdMob Position top of screen not working

Question

I am trying to integrate AdMob into my Android Application, and can get it to work fine in the simulator when using the default sample layout code to position AdMob at the b

Answer 1

If you always want to display on top of the screen then you may want to consider using RelativeLayout.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">

<com.admob.android.ads.AdView
      android:id="@+id/ad" 
      android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      app:backgroundColor="#000000"
      app:primaryTextColor="#FFFFFF"
      app:secondaryTextColor="#CCCCCC"
      android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    />

<!-- TextView below that -->

<TextView
android:id="@+id/widget28"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Input Amount:"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
android:layout_marginTop="10dip"
android:layout_marginRight="10dip"
android:layout_below="@id/ad"
android:textSize="16dip"
android:textStyle="bold">
</TextView>

</RelativeLayout>

Answer 2

Make sure you are not scaling the emulator screen as this has caused me problems whereby the ads don't appear. I have also had to set the ads layout_height="50dip" to make sure the ads don't suddenly push the other Views (controls) down the screen and mess up the layout.