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Loading Ad (adMob) on Background Thread

I want to load my add on a background thread cause it makes the SlidingMenu laggy upon opening and closing. Should I use a Thread/Handler? Or AsyncTask? 

String MY_AD_UNIT_ID = "----";
AdView adView = new AdView(getActivity(), AdSize.BANNER, MY_AD_UNIT_ID);
final LinearLayout adLayout = (LinearLayout) getActivity()
            .findViewById(R.id.adLayout);
adLayout.addView(adView);
adView.loadAd(new AdRequest());
Solution

  • I do not believe this can be done as all UI related stuff has to be done on the main thread. The API probably already has a thread to gets the ad on the network. If it didnt android would throw a NetworkOnMainThreadException if any network related stuff is done on the main thread