Wait until AdMob Ads are loaded - sometimes ads not showing

Question

Hey guys, I searched the last 4 hours to solve this issue, I wasn't able to do so, so I finally decided to post the question here.

2 Problems, first: Everything added, implemented like described in the manual, testAds work fine (a month ago, also real ads did fine - without a change -at least one, i realized) BUT no real ads are showing, -maybe? while connected on usb - that time it always sends the "use code xxxxx to show test ads" but sometimes it also shows some ads... and i really want to understand why and when ads are showing. my testdevice is a htc hero, connected via USB, but with wifi enabled, and internet, so there shouldn't be a problem. month a ago, ads were showing without problems at all. (all the time)

second: sometimes no ads are showing at all, usb disconnected, internet on, nothings happens, i can wait for minutes without an single ad showing. could it be because its the debug version running on my phone? havent found a solution, so i hoped maybe brain-storming :=) could solve this one!

Is there maybe a way to force-load an ad .. and check if its displayed correctly? Sometimes after 30 seconds.. an ad appears. sometimes... rare .. sometimes... :=//

thanks a lot for any feedback, cV

Answer 1

Did you check the reporting on AdMob? It may be that you made a request, but they didn't have an ad to fill your request.

We found this was a regular occurrence and so we use multiple ad sources.