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Correctly disable AdMob ads

I am integrating AdMob into my app and I wonder how to disable Ads correctly. I want to give the user the ability to disable them. I don't want to get any problems with AdMob because of wrong impressions. Is this way correct or should I consider something?

AdView ads = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.ad);
ads.setEnabled(false);
Solution

  • In your layout file (eg, main.xml) :

    <LinearLayout 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:id="@+id/adsContainer">

    <com.admob.android.ads.AdView 
        android:id="@+id/admobAds" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
        app:backgroundColor="#000000" 
        app:primaryTextColor="#FFFFFF" 
        app:secondaryTextColor="#CCCCCC">

</LinearLayout>

    Then in your code (eg, inside a "if" block)

    (LinearLayout) adscontainer = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.adsContainer);

View admobAds = (View) findViewById(R.id.admobAds);

adscontainer.removeView(admobAds);

    This will "permanently" (for the lifecycle of the app) remove the ads from the layou, which means that there will not be any ads requested.