Correctly disable AdMob ads

Question

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 AdM

Answer 1

I also wanted to give users the ability to disable ads - why force people to see them if they don't want to? and why should you expect people to pay for that option?

Anyway, I outlined how I did this in this article. The article goes into more detail but here's the relevant parts:

The code i use to turn off ads:

private void hideAd() {
    final AdView adLayout = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView1);
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            adLayout.setEnabled(false);
            adLayout.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
    });
}

And to turn them back on (in case anyone was feeling generous)

private void showAd() {
    final AdView adLayout = (AdView) findViewById(R.id.adView1);
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            adLayout.setEnabled(true);
            adLayout.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            adLayout.loadAd(new AdRequest());
        }
    });
}