Google admob error inflating class com.google.ads.adview with reference from Google Play services library project

Question

I have a project that is using google admob. It had .jar file in /libs, but I want to change it and use google play services. I include it in "Properties>Android>library" from "google-play-services" project. And now i get error inflating class com.google.ads.adview. Can anyone help me why do i get that? Thank you.

Nana Ghartey Nana Ghartey · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-19T20:29:11

You need to change the api. You can follow the official migration guide

Basically, you need to make the changes below:

Change:

<com.google.ads.AdView
    xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/lib/com.google.ads"
    android:id="@+id/adView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    ads:adUnitId="MY_AD_UNIT_ID"
    ads:adSize="BANNER"
    ads:testDevices="TEST_EMULATOR, TEST_DEVICE_ID"
    ads:loadAdOnCreate="true"/>

To:

<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
    xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/adView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    ads:adUnitId="MY_AD_UNIT_ID"
    ads:adSize="BANNER"/>


// Java code required.
// testDevices and loadAdOnCreate attributes are
// no longer available.
AdView adView = (AdView)this.findViewById(R.id.adView);
AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
    .addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR)
    .addTestDevice("TEST_DEVICE_ID")
    .build();
adView.loadAd(adRequest);

Change:

<activity android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"/>

To:

<activity android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity" 
android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"/>`

Add:

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
           android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version"/>

Don't forget the permissions:

   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

Google admob error inflating class com.google.ads.adview with reference from Google Play services library project

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