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

Unfortunately the setVisibility(View.GONE); + setEnabled(false) combo does not work universally on all android versions / devices. Depending on when do you invoke it you may end up hanged in empty screen (no NPE, just blank screen).

So far the only solution that works for me is:

For Activity:

protected void removeAdView(int adViewId) {
    View view = getWindow().getDecorView();
    View adView = view.findViewById(adViewId);

    if (adView != null) {
        ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup) adView.getParent();
        parent.removeView(adView);
        parent.invalidate();
    }
}

For Fragment:

protected void removeAdView(View topView, int adViewId) {
    View adView = topView.findViewById(adViewId);

    if (adView != null) {
        ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup) adView.getParent();
        parent.removeView(adView);
        parent.invalidate();
    }
}

This solution is based on @Quartertone's answer but extended to be more universal (i.e. works with all ViewGroups not just LinearLayout). Just put these methods in your base Activity/Fragment classes.