Okay really weird situation with AdMob. I want to place the ad on the bottom I have a LinearLayout. When I do it never shows up. When I place it on top it shows up perfectly. Not sure what the deal is here is my code. I do get a warning in LogCat that says "Not enough space to show ad! Wants <480,75> Has: <480, 0>"
LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/mypackage"
android:id="@+id/mainmenulayout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageView android:id="@+id/headerpic"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="@drawable/header"/>
<ListView android:id="@android:id/list"
android:divider="#00000000"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
android:background="@android:color/transparent"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
</ListView>
<com.google.ads.AdView
android:id="@+id/adView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
ads:adUnitId="myadunit"
ads:adSize="BANNER"
/>
</LinearLayout>
and my onCreate():
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.appmenu);
// Look up the AdView as a resource and load a request.
AdView adView = (AdView)this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
adView.loadAd(new AdRequest());
String[] mainMenuList = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.mainMenuList);
TypedArray[] picFiles = getResources().obtainTypedArray(R.array.arrayIcon);
setListAdapter(new MyIconAdapter(mainMenuList, picFiles));
this.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
} //close onCreate
My guess is that your list view fills the screen and is pushing the adview down. Try this xml for the list view:
<ListView android:id="@android:id/list"
android:divider="#00000000"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0px"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
android:background="@android:color/transparent"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
</ListView>
This will give the list view only as much real estate as is available after the image view and ad view claim their share.