AdMob 6.4.1 crashes when startActivity with external intent

[Reno Ren]

I'm writing an Android app with cocos2dx with AdMob embedded. It works well except that the app crashes when launch an external intent. It doesn't always happen, but with about 1/3 chance.

The log when it crashes:

09-15 00:23:23.540: I/Choreographer(18986): Skipped 30 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
09-15 00:23:33.451: I/Ads(19125): onReceiveAd()
09-15 00:23:34.232: W/A(19125): share
09-15 00:23:34.272: W/crash_handler(19125): Caught a crash, signum=11
09-15 00:23:34.272: E/webcore(19125): Report WebCore crash to the ErrorReportUtils at:Sun Sep 15 00:23:34 格林尼治标准时间+0800 2013

My layout xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
    android:id="@+id/ADLayout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <org.cocos2dx.lib.Cocos2dxGLSurfaceView
        android:id="@+id/game_gl_surfaceview"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" />

     <com.google.ads.AdView
        android:id="@+id/adView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        ads:adSize="BANNER"
        ads:adUnitId="a152345aae52285"
        ads:loadAdOnCreate="true" />
</RelativeLayout>


The routine launches external intent:

    private void _share(String text) {
        Intent intent=new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        intent.setType("image/*");
        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);

        File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/dodgegame.jpg");
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(file));
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text);
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "How do you want to share?"));
    }

The crashes happen after "startActivity". Without AdMob, there was no problem with the program, so I'm pretty sure it's a bug of AdMob.

My environment:
AdMob: GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-6.4.1.jar
Android SDK: android-18
Android Ver: 4.1.1JRO03L

[Eric Leichtenschlag]

Hi Reno,

I'm not familiar with cocos2dx. Do you have a stack trace with the crash?

A side note on your XML layout - I'd recommend adding an android:layout_above="@+id/AdView" attribute on your SurfaceView, so that the ad sits below the surface, not on top of it.

Thanks,
Eric