How to know if test ads are working?

[Adrian Bureu]

In xcode the ads through the iphone simulator look the same when I enable test ads as when I disable them. How do I know if the test ads are working? I don't want to click on the ads to avoid generating false impressions.

[Eric Leichtenschlag]

The AdMob test ads currently look like the ads in this post.

To get test ads in your simulator, add the GAD_SIMULATOR_ID the request.testDevices property:

GADRequest *request = [GADRequest request];

request.testDevices = @{
  GAD_SIMULATOR_ID
}

Thanks,
Eric

[Adrian Bureu]

This is the code I have but the test ads aren't showing up, only the real ads.


bannerView_ = [[GADBannerView alloc] initWithAdSize:kGADAdSizeBanner];
    bannerView_.adUnitID = @"xxx";
    bannerView_.rootViewController = self;
    [self.view addSubview:bannerView_];


   
    GADRequest *request = [GADRequest request];
   
   


    request.testDevices = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
    @"xxx",
    nil];
   
    [bannerView_ loadRequest:[GADRequest request]];

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[Eric Leichtenschlag]

The last line is your issue. You want to say this:

[bannerView_ loadRequest:request];

Your code above is creating the request object, but is loading the ad with a new request object instead of the one with test devices added.

Thanks,
Eric

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