YouTube ads never show while using YouTube Android Player API

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YouTube ads never show no matter what the player style or what the video.

Actual YouTube version: 10.18.55 YouTube Android Player API: 1.2.1

I remember that I saw some ads while was developing my app. Now I can't see any ad after hundreds of tests. This is actually a problem, because my app gets constantly suspended or rejected because of "unauthorized use" of YouTube API. Google Play Support Team thinks that I disable the ads somehow. Please confirm the issue.

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Have you tried with other videos as well? Take any song from VEVO on YouTube and try with that, ads should appear. - Sebastiano
@dextor, Just tried 7 top VEVO videos - nothing - Artem Semenov
Are you using CHROMELESS as the PlayerStyle? If so, try using the default one. In addition, what device are you testing this on? - Sebastiano
If the Android Player API is anything like the YouTube iOS Player Helper, then ads aren't supported. See my answer here: stackoverflow.com/questions/26534553/… - JAL
@dextor, Earlier I used CHROMLESS, now I use MINIMAL as default but tested on DEFAULT as well. I use HTC One m7, Moto Razr, Nexus 7(2) and Samsung Tab S. Google Play Support Team was not able to see ads too. - Artem Semenov

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Same thing happened to me when I was playing video with YoutubeStandalonePlayer API with autoPlay flag set to true. Loading a video with autoplay set to false fixed the issue.