Implementing AdMob in my iOS app, error no ad to show

Question

Swift 4.2, iOS 12.x

Trying to implement AdMob in my app, but not getting very far.

1. Created an adMob account, looks ok?
2. Added NSAppTransportSecurity keys to info.plist ok?

3. Added this code to load an banner add ok.

   bannerView = GADBannerView(adSize: GADAdSize(size: CGSize(width: 320, height: 50), flags: 0), origin: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0))
   bannerView.adUnitID = "ca-app-pub-A/B" // changed this code in this post
   bannerView.rootViewController = self.view?.window?.rootViewController
   bannerView.delegate = self
   let request = GADRequest()
   request.testDevices = [ kGADSimulatorID ]
   bannerView.load(request)
   self.view?.window?.rootViewController?.view.addSubview(bannerView)
   

Extended class to support GADBannerViewDelegate; getting a call back on it which says error, no ad to show. The console in fact reports this.

2018-12-18 11:49:35.468445+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: _WebFilterIsActive returning: YES 2018-12-18 11:49:35.468729+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: _userSettingsForUser mobile: { filterBlacklist = ( ); filterWhitelist = ( ); noOverridingAllowed = 1; restrictWeb = 1; useContentFilter = 1; useContentFilterOverrides = 0; whitelistEnabled = 0; } 2018-12-18 11:49:35.468821+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: Checking if https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/mads/static/sdk/native/sdk-core-v40.html is in contentFilterOverriddenBlackList 2018-12-18 11:49:35.469159+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: Checking if https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/mads/static/sdk/native/sdk-core-v40.html is in contentFilterOverriddenWhiteList 2018-12-18 11:49:35.513610+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: * WFLSMMap initWithMap: unable to retrieve threshold from map file. 2018-12-18 11:49:35.518259+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: WFLSMScoreNormalizedMap category:1 min:0.338760 max:0.663066 scope:0.324306 2018-12-18 11:49:35.518377+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: WFLSMScoreNormalizedMap category:2 min:0.336934 max:0.661240 scope:0.324306 2018-12-18 11:49:35.518439+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: +[WFJudge defaultJudge] map:/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebContentAnalysis.framework/content_filter_map3 2018-12-18 11:49:35.518559+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: Page not worth analyzing [pageContent length]:7 [[self images] count]==0 [[self scriptBlocks] count]:2 2018-12-18 11:49:35.518693+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: WebFilterEvaluator:addData: https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/mads/static/sdk/native/sdk-core-v40.html is not blocked: 'googleads.g.doubleclick.net' is not explicit 2018-12-18 11:49:35.518760+0100 DeX[1547:900808] WF: WebFilterEvaluator:addData: 'googleads.g.doubleclick.net' at https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/mads/static/sdk/native/sdk-core-v40.html is not blocked * error *** Request Error: No ad to show.

What have I missed out here? Created the account yesterday afternoon, so less than 24 hours past since I did so?

Answer 1

Try setting Limit Ad Tracking (in Settings/Privacy/Advertising) to off.

Answer 2

Just change you AdUnitID and rootviewcontroller. Following code, I used and its working fine. Can you please try to use this code

       let bannerView = GADBannerView.init(adSize: kGADAdSizeBanner)
        bannerView.rootViewController = self
        bannerView.frame = CGRect.init(x: 0, y: 64, width: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width, height: 50)
        bannerView.adUnitID = "ca-app-pub-2205403669616327/4045941432" // changed this code in this post
        bannerView.delegate = self
        let request = GADRequest()
        request.testDevices = [ kGADSimulatorID ]
        bannerView.load(request)
        bannerView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.red.cgColor
        bannerView.layer.borderWidth = 2.0
        self.view.addSubview(bannerView)

Answer 3

Use bannerView.rootViewController = self