Modified ad code: Resizing Ad Frames

[Candy Leung]

I've received an email from Google saying that my app violated the policy (Modified ad code: Resizing Ad Frames), but I did not resize the ad frame at all.

I've tried to appeal, but it is still "not approved", and the Policy Center was not helpful, they did not provide screenshots or specify which part of the app violates the policy.

Here is the layout xml, please tell me how I can fix the issue. Thanks.

fragment_home.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/list_bg"
android:orientation="vertical">

<com.youth.banner.Banner
android:id="@+id/main_event_banner"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp" />

<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/main_event_banner_indicator_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="3dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" />

<com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
android:id="@+id/home_indicator"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@drawable/pager_tab_strip_bg_list"
app:tabIndicatorColor="@color/tab_indicator"
app:tabIndicatorFullWidth="true"
app:tabIndicatorHeight="3dp"
app:tabSelectedTextColor="@color/tab_indicator"
app:tabTextColor="@color/tab_text_unselected" />

<androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager
android:id="@+id/home_pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" />

<include layout="@layout/banner_ad" />

</LinearLayout>

banner_ad.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/adViewContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="@android:color/transparent"
android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_advertisement"
android:gravity="bottom|center_horizontal"
android:orientation="vertical" />

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Candy,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

You may want refer to the implementation guidelines below to help you with this particular policy concern:

• Banner Ad Guidance
• Discouraged banner implementations
• Recommended banner implementations

That being said, I would recommend that you reach out to the product specialists in the AdMob Help Center for further insights on this policy-related concern, as I'm afraid that we can only assist you with your technical issues on the AdMob SDK. They should be able to provide better insights on this.

Ziv Yves Sanchez Mobile Ads SDK Team

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[Candy Leung]

Hi Ziv,

I've posted in the AdMob Community, I wonder if there are AdMob Staff answering my question or there are only general users / developers. When you said "reach out to the product specialists", I kind of expected I was going to fill in some Contact Us form which can reach the staff directly, but I couldn't find such function.

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Candy,

Thank you for responding back. Yes, there are support people there who can help to answer your questions or concerns. As they will be helping you with different issues than what we support here. As we are more technical in focus, they are able to help with issues such as account and policy.

Regards,

William Pescherine Mobile Ads SDK Team

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