Android AdMob without XML

Question

I have a massive question to ask as I am really stuck on this and it would be create to get ads on my free application, ok first off I have been following this book

Begi

Answer 1

I tried it last night and got cool result, see my code in Oncreate() of your Activity:

 LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);
    layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
    layout.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM|Gravity.CENTER);

    // Create a banner ad
    mAdView = new AdView(this);
    mAdView.setAdSize(AdSize.SMART_BANNER);
    mAdView.setAdUnitId("ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111");



    // Sample AdMob app ID: ca-app-pub-3940256099942544~3347511713
    MobileAds.initialize(this, "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544~3347511713");



    /*For Test On Real Device*/
    AdRequest adRequest=  new AdRequest.Builder().build();
    mAdView.loadAd(adRequest);



    LinearLayout linearLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
    linearLayout.setId(R.id.linear);
    linearLayout.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM | Gravity.CENTER);


    LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams1 = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 0, 9f);
    layoutParams1.gravity = Gravity.TOP;
    view.setLayoutParams(layoutParams1);

    int heightPixels = AdSize.FULL_BANNER.getHeightInPixels(this);

    LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams2 = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, heightPixels, 0f);
    layoutParams2.gravity = Gravity.BOTTOM;
    mAdView.setLayoutParams(layoutParams2);

    layout.addView(view);
    layout.addView(mAdView);


    // Start loading the ad.
    setContentView(layout);

this will show you the ads at the bottom, GL ;)

Answer 2

Create a layout container and put the AdView and the renderView in it:

RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout(this);
AdView adView = new AdView(this, AdSize.BANNER, "a151bf25136cf46");
layout.addView(renderView);
layout.addView(adView);
setContentView(layout);
adView.loadAd(new AdRequest());

EDIT 2020:

Code above is 7 years old and the Google Mobile Ads SDK has changed a lot since then. Here's a minimal code example against the current latest SDK version.

LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
AdView adView = new AdView(this);
adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);
adView.setAdUnitId("ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111");
adView.loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build());
setContentView(layout);