title: Ad banner not show up
body: <p>I was learn Adbanner from Admobs in this link <a href="https://developers.google.com/admob/android/quick-start" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://developers.google.com/admob/android/quick-start</a> but when i test my application in device and emulator there is no Adbanner show in my application</p>
  
  <p>i got this following error in Stacktrace</p>
  
  <pre><code>java.lang.NullPointerException
      at android.os.Handler.&lt;init&gt;(Handler.java:157)
      at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.util.client.zza.&lt;clinit&gt;(Unknown Source)
      at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.client.zzk.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
      at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.client.zzk.&lt;clinit&gt;(Unknown Source)
      at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.client.zzy.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
      at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.client.zzy.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
      at com.google.android.gms.ads.internal.client.zzy.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
      at com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView.&lt;init&gt;(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.ProjectCallback.instantiateClass(ProjectCallback.java:442)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.ProjectCallback.loadView(ProjectCallback.java:194)
      at android.view.BridgeInflater.loadCustomView(BridgeInflater.java:206)
      at android.view.BridgeInflater.createViewFromTag(BridgeInflater.java:131)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate_Original(LayoutInflater.java:746)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater_Delegate.rInflate(LayoutInflater_Delegate.java:64)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:718)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:372)
      at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:371)
      at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:333)
      at com.android.ide.common.rendering.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:349)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.RenderService.createRenderSession(RenderService.java:519)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.renderWithBridge(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1584)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.recomputeLayout(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1309)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.activated(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1066)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.LayoutEditorDelegate.delegatePageChange(LayoutEditorDelegate.java:686)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.common.CommonXmlEditor.pageChange(CommonXmlEditor.java:360)
      at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart.setActivePage(MultiPageEditorPart.java:1102)
      at org.eclipse.ui.forms.editor.FormEditor.setActivePage(FormEditor.java:607)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.AndroidXmlEditor.selectDefaultPage(AndroidXmlEditor.java:450)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.AndroidXmlEditor.addPages(AndroidXmlEditor.java:311)
      at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.common.CommonXmlEditor.addPages(CommonXmlEditor.java:285)
      at org.eclipse.ui.forms.editor.FormEditor.createPages(FormEditor.java:138)
      at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart.createPartControl(MultiPageEditorPart.java:363)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityPart.createPartControl(CompatibilityPart.java:151)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityEditor.createPartControl(CompatibilityEditor.java:99)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityPart.create(CompatibilityPart.java:341)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:56)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:898)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:879)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:121)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:345)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:264)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:162)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.createFromBundle(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:104)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.doCreate(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:73)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.create(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:55)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.ContributedPartRenderer.createWidget(ContributedPartRenderer.java:129)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createWidget(PartRenderingEngine.java:971)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:640)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:746)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.access$0(PartRenderingEngine.java:717)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$2.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:711)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:695)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.StackRenderer.showTab(StackRenderer.java:1306)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.LazyStackRenderer$1.handleEvent(LazyStackRenderer.java:72)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler$1.run(UIEventHandler.java:40)
      at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.syncExec(Synchronizer.java:186)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer.syncExec(UISynchronizer.java:145)
      at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.syncExec(Display.java:4761)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application$1.syncExec(E4Application.java:211)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler.handleEvent(UIEventHandler.java:36)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerWrapper.handleEvent(EventHandlerWrapper.java:197)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:197)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:1)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.dispatchEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:135)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.sendEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:78)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventComponent.sendEvent(EventComponent.java:39)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.EventBroker.send(EventBroker.java:85)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.UIEventPublisher.notifyChanged(UIEventPublisher.java:59)
      at org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.impl.BasicNotifierImpl.eNotify(BasicNotifierImpl.java:374)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.impl.ElementContainerImpl.setSelectedElement(ElementContainerImpl.java:171)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.hidePart(PartServiceImpl.java:1283)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.hidePart(PartServiceImpl.java:1236)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.StackRenderer.closePart(StackRenderer.java:1278)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.StackRenderer.access$4(StackRenderer.java:1260)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.StackRenderer$11.close(StackRenderer.java:1145)
      at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.onMouse(CTabFolder.java:1921)
      at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder$1.handleEvent(CTabFolder.java:335)
      at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
      at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4362)
      at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1113)
      at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4180)
      at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3769)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$4.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1127)
      at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:337)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1018)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:156)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:654)
      at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:337)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:598)
      at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:139)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:380)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:235)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:669)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:608)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1515)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>as i know from using IDE (eclipse) this problem will happen, so i was test the game on my device but the banner not show up in the bottom of layout</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ZHtl.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ZHtl.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>the red background was image and the yellow background was adbanner place that adbanner must show up but it doesn't</p>
  
  <p>i had put this following code in my class as described in google admobs following link above</p>
  
  <pre><code>import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
  import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView;
  
  public class bplay extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener{
  
      private AdView mBanner;
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
          getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
          WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
          setContentView(R.layout.bplay);
  
          mBanner  = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
          AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder().build();
          mBanner.loadAd(adRequest);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>sorry i was not put all of my code because it is to much, and i don't use app compat in my project</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;uses-sdk
      android:minSdkVersion="16"
      android:targetSdkVersion="16" /&gt;
  
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/&gt;
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/&gt;
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE" /&gt;    
  
  &lt;application
      android:allowBackup="true"
      android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"&gt;
      &lt;meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
                 android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /&gt;
      &lt;activity
          android:name=".Ablankscreen"
          android:screenOrientation="portrait"&gt;
          &lt;intent-filter&gt;
              &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
  
              &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
          &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
      &lt;/activity&gt;
      &lt;activity
          android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity"
          android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
          android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and in my xml layout i was using linear layout</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
      xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      android:layout_margin="3dp"
      android:background="@drawable/backgroundblankyellow"
      android:orientation="vertical" &gt;
  
      &lt;ImageView
          android:id="@+id/rulesimage"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_weight="1"
          android:scaleType="fitXY"
          android:src="@drawable/playimage"
          android:visibility="visible" /&gt;
  
       &lt;com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
           android:id="@+id/adView"
           android:layout_width="fill_parent"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           ads:adSize="BANNER"
           ads:adUnitId="@string/banner_ad_unit_id" &gt;
  
      &lt;/com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView&gt;    
  
  &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong><em>U P D A T E D</em></strong></p>
  
  <p>I got this error in logcat what is that mean?</p>
  
  <pre><code>09-24 22:51:33.318: E/dalvikvm(24493): Could not find class 'com.google.android.gms.common.h.c', referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.app.GmsApplication.onCreate
  09-24 22:52:11.258: E/dalvikvm(25156): Could not find class 'com.google.android.gms.common.h.c', referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.app.GmsApplication.onCreate
  09-24 22:52:28.708: E/dalvikvm(25264): Could not find class 'com.google.android.gms.common.h.c', referenced from method com.google.android.gms.common.app.GmsApplication.onCreate
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Did i missing something that make the banner not show up?</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me to fix this so the banner will show up? Thank's in Advance</p>