Multiple banner ad units in single activity

[Mike Brewer]

I have a scrolling activity in which I want to place multiple ads (of banner type, so that they are wide and not tall), spaced apart so that you can only see one at any one time.  I prefer that to a single static banner e.g. at the bottom of the activity.  

First, does this violate the admob policy?  There is some suggestion that you can only have a single banner ad on any activity, but other suggestions that having multiple is OK so long as you can only see one at a time?

Second, is there any way to ensure that different ads are server to the different ad units on the same activity?  My initialisation code is currently something like:

AdView mAdView1 = findViewById(R.id.adView1);

AdView mAdView2 = findViewById(R.id.adView2);

MobileAds.initialize(this, "ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~xxxxxxxxxx");

AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();

mAdView1.loadAd(adRequest);

mAdView2.loadAd(adRequest);

And my layout has:

<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView

style="@style/MyAdView"

xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

android:id="@+id/adView1"

ads:adSize="BANNER"

ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx">

</com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView>

(and another for adView2)

[mobileadssdk-a...@google.com]

Hi Mike,

Below are my responses to your concerns.

First, does this violate the admob policy?  There is some suggestion that you can only have a single banner ad on any activity, but other suggestions that having multiple is OK so long as you can only see one at a time?

As you can see in this BannerRecyclerViewExample app, you should be able to load multiple Banner Ads in a single activity. However, for concerns specific to permissible implementations when using the AdMob and the Mobile Ads SDK, it's best to raise this over to the Product Support Team or the AdMob Help forum. Additionally, you may refer to this article for more relevant information.

Second, is there any way to ensure that different ads are server to the different ad units on the same activity?

The ads that are being served to your app is dependent on your Ad sources and is not controlled by the Mobile Ads SDK so there is a possibility that all your Ad Unit Ids might display the same Ad creative. I'm afraid there is no way to ensure that you will display different Ads for your Ad units.

Regards,

Ivan Bautista

Mobile Ads SDK Team

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