AddTestDevice(): no ad to load!

[Angel M]

Hello! 

My name is Ángel, I'm new in this community :).

I'm developing an android application, and now I've added an ad block. I want to use AddTestDevice when I debug the application, but when I use this method, the ad doesn't appear. In the logcat I can see: "No ad to load". When I use LoadAd with an AdRequest it appears.

What can I do?

Thanks you very much, and sorry for my bad english :) 

[Kunal Verma]

Can you share your logcat for Ads here? Are you creating Android app? Is the SDK implemented by GPS(Google Play Services)? Can you share your ads code here? 

Best,
Kunal

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[Angel M]

Of course :). I don't have the logcat now (I'm out), but later I will publish it. Yes, I'm creating the app. It's only available in the market for my beta-testers. The SDK is implemented by GPS, but I remember that other error in the logcat is: "No GooglePlayServices found", but It's added as a dependency in Gradle.

The code of the ads is:

private void showAds(){

        LinearLayout ads_wrap = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.ads);

        anuncio = new AdView(this);
        anuncio.setAdUnitId(AD_BLOCK_ID);
        anuncio.setAdSize(AdSize.SMART_BANNER);

        ads_wrap.addView(anuncio);

        // Test nexus 4:
        //anuncio.loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().addTestDevice(NEXUS_4_ID).build());
        anuncio.loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build());
    }

As you can see, the TestDevice code is commented, so I'm loading real ads when I'm debuging :(

And the Gradle's code is:

dependencies {
    compile ('com.actionbarsherlock:actionbarsherlock:4.4.0@aar'){
        exclude module: 'support-v4'
    }
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.0.+'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.1'
    compile group: 'ly.apps', name: 'android-rest', version: '1.2-SNAPSHOT'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
}

Thanks you :)

El lunes, 20 de enero de 2014 19:03:30 UTC+1, Kunal Verma escribió:

Can you share your logcat for Ads here? Are you creating Android app? Is the SDK implemented by GPS(Google Play Services)? Can you share your ads code here? 

Best,
Kunal

[Kunal Verma]

As I didnt face this error myself. For GPS not found, there is a similar thread here. 

For test Ads, do you see them on Emulator? Atleast on an emulator with test ads you can try click and back to app to see if there is any issue.

Best,
Kunal

[Angel M]

Thanks for the response. I will try it on emulator.

I have the same GPS error, thanks for the thread :)

El lunes, 20 de enero de 2014 19:32:16 UTC+1, Kunal Verma escribió:

As I didnt face this error myself. For GPS not found, there is a similar thread here. 

For test Ads, do you see them on Emulator? Atleast on an emulator with test ads you can try click and back to app to see if there is any issue.

Best,
Kunal

[Eric Leichtenschlag]

Hi Angel,

What is the preferred language on your device? It sounds like it could be spanish. I think we have to to update our test ads so they serve to all languages.

Thanks,
Eric

[Angel M]

Hello Eric,

Yes :), the preferred language on my device is Spanish. Now, my testers are loading real ads in their devices. Is there any trouble about this?

Thanks you for the response,
Ángel.

[Eric Leichtenschlag]

Just don't click these ads during testing.

Another way to test the advertising experience (with clicks) is to create your own house ad to always serve to a particular ad unit. You can click your own house ads to your heart's content, since nobody is being charged for those clicks.

Thanks,
Eric