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• Yelinzh Member, Xamarin Team Xamurai

  October 2019

  Before you start, you have to setup an Admob account. Next you need to create an Ad Unit. Then implement the AdView.

  Create the AdView control and pass the AdUnitId.

  public class AdMobView : View
  {
      public static readonly BindableProperty AdUnitIdProperty = BindableProperty.Create(
                     nameof(AdUnitId),
                     typeof(string),
                     typeof(AdMobView),
                     string.Empty);
  
      public string AdUnitId
      {
      get => (string)GetValue(AdUnitIdProperty);
      set => SetValue(AdUnitIdProperty, value);
      }
  }
  

  Then achieve on platform projects.

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

  [assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(AdMobView), typeof(AdMobViewRenderer))]
  namespace Admob.Droid
  {
      public class AdMobViewRenderer : ViewRenderer<AdMobView, AdView>
      {
          ...
      }
  }
  

  Check the Tutorial:
  https://xamarinhelp.com/admob-xamarin-forms-display-google-ads-mobile-app/

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• iooovolts Member ✭✭✭

  October 2019

  @Jarvan Thanks, but like I said. That way does NOT work anymore. Everything you have above is exactly the code I have. And if you look at this StackOverflow post, you will understand more what I am trying to say in this post.
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52786963/unable-to-get-provider-com-google-android-gms-ads-mobileadsinitprovider-java-la

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• Yelinzh Member, Xamarin Team Xamurai

  October 2019

  Check the tutorial:
  https://montemagno.com/xamarinforms-google-admob-ads-in-android/

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• batmaci DEMember ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 2019

  @iooovolts said:
  @Jarvan Thanks, but like I said. That way does NOT work anymore. Everything you have above is exactly the code I have. And if you look at this StackOverflow post, you will understand more what I am trying to say in this post.
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52786963/unable-to-get-provider-com-google-android-gms-ads-mobileadsinitprovider-java-la

  this has nothing to do with the way of using it. as the SO answer said, you just have to add your google admob id into your manifest. thats all done.

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• iooovolts Member ✭✭✭

  October 2019 edited October 2019

  @batmaci it has everything to do with it. If you had updated to the most up-to-date android sdk and used the method Jarvan has shared above you will realise you application WILL NOT even run, because you will get the error stated in the stackoverflow post i shared. Either that or there's something else wrong with my application. And if you also look in that post you will see that the chosen answer confirms google has changed the way they handle the ad-mob id.

  When I tried that new way i.e. using the metadata tag, the program runs but won't show the ad banner. Which is why I am here asking for assistance.

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• MarcoTroncone GBUniversity ✭✭✭

  October 2019

  Hi, If you are trying to use Admob in your apps, I'd suggest you to install the free plugin MarcTron.Admob.
  I've created the plugin and it allows you to add ads in your app in a single line of code.

  You can find a tutorial here: https://www.xamarinexpert.it/admob-made-easy/
  and the nuget package here: https://www.nuget.org/packages/MarcTron.Admob/1.4.4

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• iooovolts Member ✭✭✭

  November 2019

  @MarcoTroncone thanks i'll check out your plugin!

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• Zola_bucks Member ✭✭

  July 2020

  @iooovolts did you finally get it to work?

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