Implementing Admob Banner When Setcontentview() Is Used For The Surfaceview

I am struggling to implement an admob banner into my app because the setContentView() method is used for the surfaceView called gameView so creating the adView in xml cannot be app

Solution 1:

Use a RelativeLayout or a FrameLayout as your parent layout, then just define the layout parameters for the adView to be positioned (for example at the bottom center of the screen like this):

public class GameMainActivity extends BaseGameActivity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        instance = this;
        prefs = getPreferences(Activity.MODE_PRIVATE); // New line!
        highScore = retrieveHighScore();
        highScoreUnits = retrieveHighScoreUnits();
        highScoreTens = retrieveHighScoreTens();
        highScoreHundreds = retrieveHighScoreHundreds();
        muteButton = retrieveMuteButton();
        assets = getAssets();
        // Create an ad.
        AdView adView = new AdView(this);
        adView.setAdSize(AdSize.BANNER);
        adView.setAdUnitId(AD_UNIT_ID);
        // set background color of adview to force it to show
        adView.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
        // Add the AdView to the view hierarchy. The view will have no size
        // until the ad is loaded.
        RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout(this);
        layout.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
        // Create an ad request.
        AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();

        // Start loading the ad in the background.
        adView.loadAd(adRequest);

        // Request full screen
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

        // Create and set your game's view
        sGame = new GameView(this, GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT);


        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams adParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

        adParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM);
        adParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
        layout.addView(sGame);
        layout.addView(adView, adParams);
        setContentView(layout);
        getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON); 
    }
}