Android AdMob Position top of screen not working

Question

I am trying to integrate AdMob into my Android Application, and can get it to work fine in the simulator when using the default sample layout code to position AdMob at the b

Answer 1

Make sure you are not scaling the emulator screen as this has caused me problems whereby the ads don't appear. I have also had to set the ads layout_height="50dip" to make sure the ads don't suddenly push the other Views (controls) down the screen and mess up the layout.