Is there a way to preload AdMob ads on Android?

Question

I have a AdMob ad in a \"dialog\" (a View I created to look like one, because ads will not fit in a normal Dialog) in my app. Usually it takes about 4 or 5 seconds before th

Answer 1

So your problem is the empty banner space? if is that so, an alternative solution to avoid empty banner space as below;

• put AdMob banner inside FrameLayout together with placeholder view (e.g. image etc)
• implement "public void onReceiveAd(Ad ad)" to swap views as u know the banner arrived.

on the other hand,
(my humble opinion) having banner inside Dialog, by nature, is not optimum place.
I would suggest to place the banner on main Activity views only, this is where user spends most of their time.