AdView causes the Views of other Fragments to be deleted

[Frank King]

Today, I started working with Google Admob to create AdViews for my app, but when I go to the fragment that contains my ad, it causes all of the other fragments to become wiped. Here is the java code for the Fragment that contains the ad:
package com.franksk4.javatutorialapp.ui.Operators;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider;

import com.franksk4.javatutorialapp.databinding.FragmentOperatorsBinding;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdListener;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdSize;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.LoadAdError;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.MobileAds;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.admanager.AdManagerAdRequest;
import com.google.android.gms.ads.admanager.AdManagerAdView;

import io.noties.markwon.Markwon;

public class OperatorsFragment extends Fragment {

    private FragmentOperatorsBinding binding;
    private Markwon markwon;

    public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        OperatorsViewModel operatorsViewModel = new ViewModelProvider(this).get(OperatorsViewModel.class);
        binding = FragmentOperatorsBinding.inflate(inflater, container, false);

        View root = binding.getRoot();

        final TextView textView = binding.textOperators;

        markwon = Markwon.create(requireContext());

        operatorsViewModel.getText().observe(getViewLifecycleOwner(), markdownString -> {
            if (markdownString != null) {
                markwon.setMarkdown(textView, markdownString);
            } else {
                textView.setText("");
            }
        });

        return root;
    }

    @Override
    public void onViewCreated(@NonNull View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        MobileAds.initialize(requireContext(), initializationStatus -> {});
        AdView adView = binding.adView;
        AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
        adView.loadAd(adRequest);
        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroyView() {
        super.onDestroyView();
        binding = null;
    }
}

Here is the xml code for the fragment:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context=".ui.Operators.OperatorsFragment">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/text_operators"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:textSize="16sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/adView"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        android:padding="16sp" />

    <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
        android:id="@+id/adView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:adSize="BANNER"
        app:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-7820825828642163/8896691043"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />


</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Thank you!

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting the Mobile Ads SDK Support team.

In a Google sample project, I created a fragment and added an AdView to load a banner ad. However, I was not able to replicate the issue related to wiping or removing the fragment.

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[2025-06-24 15:09:58Z GMT] This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1U01174p.!500Ht01rg5E6:ref" (ADR-00315515)