Call 'ad mob' 'interstitial' ads in and-engine game over scene?

Question

We are using admob interstitial ads in our level based game coded in andengine. Ad is displayed properly when the game is loaded for the first time. However we want to show the ad after every level. It give gives error when the ad is called second time i.e on level over scene. We are using the following code.

"interstitial = new InterstitialAd(this, "123456789");
           adRequest = new AdRequest();
                   interstitial.loadAd(adRequest);
                   interstitial.setAdListener(ShootBalloonMainActivity.this);"

This is error: Can't create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare()

We have come to conclusion that this is happening as the Main thread is not paused when the ad is shown for second time. So two threads run simultaneously which throws the error. Is that the case? If so, how do we pause the Main thread?

You need to dismiss the method after first time call. each an every time this method is being called not dismiss that's why this is happening. — Jitendra

Rama Rama · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-30T09:01:07

The way i have done:

add this in your MainActivity

public void removeAd() {
        LinearLayout layoutBottom = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.bottom);
        layoutBottom.removeAllViews();

    }

    private void attachAd(LinearLayout layout) {
        AdWhirlLayout adWhirlLayout = new AdWhirlLayout(this, Constants.adwhirlId);
        layout.addView(adWhirlLayout);
    }


    public void showBottomAd() {
        removeAd();
        LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.bottom);
        attachAd(layout);
    }

In your every scene:

GameActivity.gameActivity.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                GameActivity.gameActivity.showBottomAd();
            }
        }) ;

Call 'ad mob' 'interstitial' ads in and-engine game over scene?

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