Error while setting device as testdevice in android

Question

I'm using the following code in xml to set my device as a test device:

<com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/adView"
                         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                         ads:adUnitId="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
                         ads:testDevices="TEST_EMULATOR, xxxxxxxxx"
                         ads:adSize="BANNER"/>

I'm running into this error:

error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'testDevices' in package 'com.itspirits.lifenavigatorlite'

I'm including the ads namespace as xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

any suggestion?

Answer 1

The new AdMob's AdView (included in Google Play Services) doesn't have testDevices attribute in XML. Check the documentation.

You need to add your test devices in the code:

AdRequest.Builder adRequestBuilder = new AdRequest.Builder();
adRequestBuilder.addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR);
adRequestBuilder.addTestDevice("xxxxxxxxx");  
adView.loadAd(adRequestBuilder.build());