I'm new to admob, so naturally I'm having issues getting it up and running. I downloaded the latest admob sdk and added it to my project. Then I added in the necessary lines in the manifest file. However, I'm getting the following error: error: Error: String types not allowed (at 'configChanges' with value 'keyboard| keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize'). I'm doing this on a BT 2.0 app with the Google API 8 (Android 2.2). Thanks, Chris http://www.churchphoneapps.com

You are getting that error coz admob sdk needs to compile the project on Google API Level 13. There is one simple tutorial by Nishad to integrate admob in the layout file. Even i prefer to include admob in the layout file instead of adding it in the class files. Steps: Step 1. Download the Admob sdk then In eclipse, right click on the project name and select Properties. Select Java Build Path on the left and then make sure the Libraries tab is selected at the top. Then click Add External JARS... on the right side of the window. Navigate to where you saved the unzipped AdMob sdk and select the .jar file. Step 2. Added These two Line in AndroidManifest.xml before the closing application tag ..................................................... <activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"/> ..................................................... Step 3. Modify your screen_menulist.xml ..................................................... <com.google.ads.AdView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/adView" android:layout_width="wrap_content" ads:adUnitId="Your ADD MOB ID" ads:adSize="BANNER" ads:loadAdOnCreate="true" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"> </com.google.ads.AdView> </RelativeLayout> .................................................... Note :- Don't Forget to Add xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads" After <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" .................................................... My :- screen_customhtml.xml .................................................... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads" android:id="@+id/containerView" android:background="@android:color/transparent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/subContainer" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:orientation="vertical"> <com.google.ads.AdView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/adView" android:layout_width="wrap_content" ads:adUnitId="Your ADD MOB ID" ads:adSize="BANNER" ads:loadAdOnCreate="true" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"> </com.google.ads.AdView> <WebView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/webView" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> </WebView> </LinearLayout> <com.google.ads.AdView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/adView" android:layout_width="wrap_content" ads:adUnitId="Your ADD MOB ID" ads:adSize="BANNER" ads:loadAdOnCreate="true" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"> </com.google.ads.AdView> </RelativeLayout> Link: http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=16591ACFB8928734B2F628C&command=isSearching&currentPage=1&topicTitle=admob&createdBy=&repliedBy=&minViews=-1&maxViews=-1&minReplies=-1&maxReplies=-1&forumCategory=

ONe more step i forgot to mention- After adding the build path to the sdk, again right click the project file and select properties---> android--- and select Google API 13. If you dont have Google API Level 13, then you will have to download it.

Thanks - I just got around to this - your instructions worked great (once I figured out where the xml files were!) :) Thanks again

Hi Sandeep, I follow yuor step and getting warning at bt_activty_root.Can I just ignore?

@nelaye, you can ignore all warnings it they are just warnings so far. But if its an error then you need to check whats causing it. Tell me if i can do any thing else for you.

ooh. OK. it just warning thanks sandeep

Usually you can ignore warnings - sometimes they are important! But if it's in the BT_activity_root.java file, it's almost certainly safe to ignore.

Thanks Chris

no problem - or rather, if you have problems, let us know! :)

Hi everyone, I tried to incorporate the admob code for my android project as shown by nishad and Sandeep but still i got errors (the main error - error:Error parsing XML: not well-formed(invalid token) on line 19) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads" android:id="@+id/containerView" android:background="@android:color/transparent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/subContainer" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:orientation="vertical"> <com.google.ads.AdView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/adView" android:layout_width="wrap_content" ads:adUnitId="a151c84ab196555" ads:adSize="BANNER" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"> ads:loadAdOnCreate="true" > android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"> </com.google.ads.AdView> <WebView android:id="@+id/webView" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> </WebView> </LinearLayout> <com.google.ads.AdView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/adView" android:layout_width="wrap_content" ads:adUnitId=""a151c84ab196555"" ads:adSize="BANNER" ads:loadAdOnCreate="true" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"> </com.google.ads.AdView> </RelativeLayout> Can Nishad and Sandeep assist or anyone else here gone through the same problem? Thanks Mickey

Did you check what the line number 19 was? You got the xml parsing error because of the line no 19. I guess it is the following line of code- android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" Well you actually have to remove this line. But instead of removing this line i would like that you remove all the ad layout from the upper screen (above the webview). Because new admob policy makes it impermissible to have 2 banner ads on a single layout. So remove all the admob code above the webview.

Thanks @Sandeep . You are a genius! Just removing the line , save, clean and build and voila! Thanks once again!

Nice to know it worked for you. :)