W/Ads: Received error HTTP response code: 400

[Marty Rehder]

I cannot seem to load ads on any device.  At one point, I was at least getting test ads, but now nothing.  I've followed the "Get Started in Android" guide to the letter. Please tell me what is wrong that I cannot display ads

Martin

05-09 12:18:52.089 21902-4642/? W/Ads: Received error HTTP response code: 400

05-09 12:18:52.091 29345-29358/? W/Ads: There was a problem getting an ad response. ErrorCode: 0

05-09 12:18:52.097 29345-29345/? W/Ads: Failed to load ad: 0

Here is the Charles Proxy request:

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GET /mads/gma?carrier=310260&riv=7&_activity_context=true&format=320x50_mb&gl=US&seq_num=5&eid=318475406%2C318477040%2C318476426%2C318478007%2C46621100&u_sd=3.5&ms=CpUCCoAC75OZWCTypTrqFsq92tA3kCoBKbBP6Ln5JepOpUjdcvwTOzDZxNDX1nKj93-2aXbQ19LJi4Xs976UoWSRDZIJ6PJaHWJ6cacUJaxQ-dUYl1Cm5H_RspCreVYqGbAynUvelPHwFJbdxg3GN_eeW7VY1jvbGXunhk7gPg3qWrc73oOeGwb2wny6QLP5OgdVAShEWX4YFQKfOI9JUgL39_Gib0fo8yvqUptHtvg8P8clTZbuQoV8mgg5Nd4jbRWQsbkrtcHpuYg1nb8mEwW8ymDuWaJdEMelcgSGerzSIAp9SAghe5hRDo5frfZvanC3l_SgQ_NcBkw0Ntp4QfvvFsVwlxIQwcO4fta2Cm4ZOVHzKb5aThKVAgqAArjsVZgE8IaBp9FFer1hm_FSbhXGNOYLuK19uBoRMr9UKM08XW_CefseIlox3IWLV8wACtg0O3Zmu7RPIKG6AMPgNdz5xBngfCl11j2IRXXmYaf4Ah4Jhfa2seaQzwnej_5sla93Uu73RQpjtQNR_V6ylA4Foy2DbgCO6JQQ7QvMsTQAIpR3SRpaZjcboJCj1rs2b29-SaiaOO4ymlRfMJ2xSDhpg1g_V7eWlb2E6BQ9lcdYH8WPS81C8tnz1opQQXP1CHDJzffXaRVmi6gMgfyffJ_UONetIzuLjSIIIBHJ8Cnit7JqC8-4xdMqaOogpbZUf2d6nK8k1wE62Ay7-YISEM6nV8462Z9rE_lWbYiqbuM&target_api=25&hl=en&scroll_index=-1&platform=motorola&submodel=Nexus%206&rm=2&android_app_muted=false&request_id=dd3cc3b3-4c9c-4e7d-84ac-470127f2813b&am=0&ma=0&cnt=1&js=afma-sdk-a-v10298430.10240000.2&session_id=18387095384777304672&muv=8&coh=1&sp=0&gnt=13&forceHttps=true&mv=80773100.com.android.vending&android_app_volume=1&android_num_video_cache_tasks=0&u_w=412&u_h=684&msid=com.ulsanonline.triominoes&app_name=56.android.com.ulsanonline.triominoes&_package_name=com.ulsanonline.triominoes&an=56.android.com.ulsanonline.triominoes&net=wi&u_audio=1&u_so=p&basets=2168788199&currts=2169920710&preqs_in_session=4&pclick=0&support_transparent_background=true&pimp=0&preqs=4&time_in_session=1132797&output=html&region=mobile_app&u_tz=-300&client_sdk=1&ex=1&client=ca-app-pub-6335778550033954&slotname=2511101133&askip=4&gsb=wi&caps=inlineVideo_interactiveVideo_mraid1_mraid2_sdkVideo_th_autoplay_mediation_av_transparentBackground_as_sdkAdmobApiForAds_di_aso_sfv_dinm_dim_nav_dinmo_gcache&bisch=true&blev=0.93&swdr=false&cans=5&canm=false&prlus=458398&prdtb=1446330&prutb=-1&pscfas=true&heap_free=6395540&heap_max=268435456&heap_total=31552492&wv_count=0&sai=0&blockAutoClicks=true&_efs=false&includeDoritos=true&content_infol=-1&blob=ABPQqLGoq4quYsL-O7KxXoBWT6sCvSbUiuWsaPTTKBQsRP4RnG9r3jZNWFqPzEK4bApLBPs4mKQ_ZI8Ox1l9bQwjRYt3QNcKyLdVTBDUTHj6ksxxUNoTngEqa4pmGyGuHUwnY8VjEttwfEgJak4Jv8ojW_527Ya5D71HUdYhNzGW_i1kQQBx6z7H7LyTbjZuNJiWaxfMqzw1CIg2IhzEg2FmKUkt8YLHdsFMuiLAhMOg67wdDH7Z2CJKvf33Eg&et=5&tcar=8&jsv=4-production-20170508_RC00&urll=2474 HTTP/1.1

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Host: googleads.g.doubleclick.net

Connection: Keep-Alive

Accept-Encoding: gzip

And the Response from google ads:

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HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request

P3P: policyref="https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/gcn_p3p_.xml", CP="CURa ADMa DEVa TAIo PSAo PSDo OUR IND UNI PUR INT DEM STA PRE COM NAV OTC NOI DSP COR"

Timing-Allow-Origin: *

X-Afma-Use-Https: false

Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff

Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 17:18:52 GMT

Server: cafe

Content-Length: 0

X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block

Alt-Svc: quic="googleads.g.doubleclick.net:443"; ma=2592000; v="37,36,35",quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="37,36,35"

Connection: Keep-alive

I'm using these dependencies:

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(project)

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0'
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
}
(app)
dependencies {
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:10.2.4'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.3.0'
    compile 'com.mcxiaoke.volley:library-aar:1.0.1'
    compile 'com.androidplot:androidplot-core:1.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.7'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:10.2.4'
}

my IDS:

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<string name="admob_pub_id">ca-app-pub-6335778550033954~6638103937</string>
<string name="selectgames_banner_ad_unit_id">ca-app-pub-6335778550033954/2511101133</string>

My Layout for the ad:
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<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
    android:id="@+id/adView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    ads:adSize="BANNER"
    ads:adUnitId="@string/selectgames_banner_ad_unit_id"/>

My Java code:
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MobileAds.initialize(getApplicationContext(), getString(R.string.admob_pub_id));

Bundle extras = new Bundle();
AdView mAdView = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
AdRequest request = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
mAdView.loadAd(request);

[Marty Rehder]

Followup: I have tested my IDs in the banner example samples https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-android-examples/releases and got the same result.

[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Marty,

Thank you for the details. I was able to load Banner ads using your Ad Unit ID and our sample apps without any issue. My suspicion is that you were trying to load a newly created Ad Unit ID, which always throws Error Code 0 as it would take a few hours for the first set of ads to be fired from the ad network. Can you try again now, with our sample apps first and then let us know if it's working?

I would also suggest that you try switching networks and see if you are able to load ads.

Regards,
Deepika Uragayala
Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Marty Rehder]

OK, I retested the sample app with my new ad IDs - that works.   But when I deploy the same IDs in my app, I now get a 403 error.   

05-09 11:41:30.934 1499-22541/? W/Ads: Received error HTTP response code: 403

05-09 11:41:30.939 21702-21720/? W/Ads: There was a problem getting an ad response. ErrorCode: 0

05-09 11:41:30.943 21702-21702/? W/Ads: Failed to load ad: 0

request:

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GET /mads/gma?riv=7&_activity_context=true&format=320x50_mb&gl=US&seq_num=1&eid=318475406%2C318477041%2C318476426%2C318478007%2C318478055&u_sd=2&ms=CpUCCoACHKW6kc5OfymfikCX6rqBZbNjFrINdq8xPIw7l-sw_4bkcJAEKwwvpds_GNT-tnzI1No92f2bLTHxHRMk77XwJR1OEF1PiX2bgiIU6sFP0m8UG-ENSoMoHwLhb8W4Gpw0pLD8GWkPtvIFE4DDHfMAaL_Z6nhMY8XkWNkjtNy3s4UqsGzYTk4WYrEd0G8PHcz27NHXWyQ8-BtSutC5u7HIPIOipMZ1H4EiIgFyQ4EiBxoBanSWYiNjIzx7vxy3qRJfqks8-muXLuf9KLZwayO09QMDy9hraEbGWWbp1fVO6GmTuoPY60g9tFlA6rmSijtEfzbV7n-1-lc_0WcEQBdIPhIQ1F_FHGwGckuJRmfOAp__2RKVAgqAAvcDuoYFrtzHW7ZvBk2xJA4Wi-enlbhO5ZciD1jHBE4iB-Rr8DsQr7sRXW4rnOE3zAF2EpdnD0IwDILzSDyfmQQOtJX1CX503twAbzLeqEANYVa7uQMSfm0T52XylJutMvaI4_5duPYOY8DUN-BLdPjpv0ZdBcYA1AAdh_IBUV3Vx-T1t1kvF7gCMrjZxSWqh7fAWU0QhZ9qXD7FLU5Cyj6MRotyr-QIPrUz958KGVdRwtyl0osQg7u0__Ki3YGWRjSq_aNgIVofh9k59n_C-0XivUm9nGykVWPLxyeMUMi_oWbspkmFOeS63_x1t-WCPqrg5hycfvzWw637iuKU8dQSECOq3w0Fg7HjQLOvkc1Q6y0&target_api=25&hl=en&scroll_index=-1&platform=LGE&submodel=Nexus%204&rm=2&android_app_muted=false&request_id=51e86c01-b90c-43bd-88b6-4458e93efb96&am=0&cnt=1&ma=0&js=afma-sdk-a-v10298236.10240000.2&session_id=10425926996089014184&muv=15&coh=1&sp=0&forceHttps=true&gnt=0&mv=80773100.com.android.vending&android_app_volume=1&android_num_video_cache_tasks=0&u_w=384&u_h=592&msid=com.ulsanonline.triominoes&app_name=56.android.com.ulsanonline.triominoes&_package_name=com.ulsanonline.triominoes&an=56.android.com.ulsanonline.triominoes&net=wi&u_audio=1&u_so=p&basets=96295188&currts=96295188&preqs_in_session=3&pclick=0&support_transparent_background=true&pimp=0&preqs=0&time_in_session=16699923&output=html&region=mobile_app&u_tz=-300&client_sdk=1&ex=1&client=ca-app-pub-6335778550033954&slotname=2511101133&gsb=wi&caps=inlineVideo_interactiveVideo_mraid1_mraid2_sdkVideo_th_autoplay_mediation_av_transparentBackground_as_sdkAdmobApiForAds_di_aso_sfv_dinm_dim_nav_dinmo_gcache&bisch=true&blev=1&swdr=false&cans=5&canm=false&prlus=252084&prdtb=1112521&prutb=-1&ibctc=true&pscfas=true&heap_free=6170532&heap_max=201326592&heap_total=20941300&wv_count=0&sai=0&blockAutoClicks=true&_efs=false&includeDoritos=true&content_infol=-1&blob=ABPQqLEDHWlfYOgpnWWj9gM0-efWQAPEE1MRW1BjoYrsjAkx6u2bRwqqXtVj_Q2e0HBwQszALwXiOvD1f3QB1rJBRuCaBIUTpsZJJRIhibB07lGa15qYb7z1bDMuP85gJg1qs2o9GtmOZd0618LdHrTn-n4JAJ1Kt2HuAox6HxMJscZZmwCvzvjTqW33Xfa5lEUBjlEegDNxAFFNMgEyF1VfOViUG_rlgi7B9W2iCnTZPtbnwA5kZZ1dP4L6fw&et=10&tcar=15&jsv=4-production-20170509_RC00&urll=2452 HTTP/1.1

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Host: googleads.g.doubleclick.net

Connection: Keep-Alive

Accept-Encoding: gzip

response:

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HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden

P3P: policyref="https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/gcn_p3p_.xml", CP="CURa ADMa DEVa TAIo PSAo PSDo OUR IND UNI PUR INT DEM STA PRE COM NAV OTC NOI DSP COR"

Timing-Allow-Origin: *

X-Afma-Use-Https: true

Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

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Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 22:00:59 GMT

Server: cafe

Content-Length: 0

X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block

Alt-Svc: quic="googleads.g.doubleclick.net:443"; ma=2592000; v="37,36,35",quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="37,36,35"

Connection: Keep-alive

[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Marty,

Can you check if changing the Bundle ID works? It sounds like a serving issue with your App and if changing your Bundle ID works, then I would suggest that you contact our AdMob Product Support Team.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[Martin Rehder]

What is the Bundle ID?   This is an Android app and the guide mentions nothing about a bundle id.

That sounds like an iOS app

Martin

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[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Marty,

Bundle ID or a Package name are both the same. You can go through this StackOverflow page to know more about BundleID.

Let me know if you still continue to have issues.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Marty Rehder]

I cannot just change the package - that is my app. It's published. Changing it means all my users will never see an update. 

Surely there is a better solution than changing the package.

Marty 

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[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Marty,

I only meant for you to check if changing it works for you. In which case, you would have to contact our AdMob Product Support team to get this resolved. Make sure to send your Bundle ID and all of your affected Ad Unit IDs and they would have a look.

Regards,

Deepika Urgayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team

On Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 2:38:02 PM UTC-4, Marty Rehder wrote:

I cannot just change the package - that is my app. It's published. Changing it means all my users will never see an update. 

Surely there is a better solution than changing the package.

Marty 

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[Martin Rehder]

Unless I'm missing something, the sample app does exactly that. It has a different package name but my ad IDs.

I guess it's up to the support team, now.

Thanks for your help.

Marty

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[Deepika Uragayala- MobileAds SDK team]

Hi Marty,

This is only a support forum for Mobile Ads SDK implementation related queries and the product support is a separate team that would handle all account related queries and you would have to contact them via this form to get this issue resolved.

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

Mobile Ads SDK Team