Bundle 6 Android Studio Games with AdMob Ads

Introduction

The power of Bundle 6's Android Studio Games has gone up a notch! Recently, the Bundle 6 team released a bundle consisting of 6 unique mobile games for Android developers, which comes with pre-installed AdMob ads configurations. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to use the Bundle 6 Android Studio Games with AdMob ads. By the end of this tutorial, you will have successfully integrated ads into your games, helping you to monetize and grow your mobile app portfolio.

Prerequisites:

• Android Studio Installed (Download from androidstudio.googleblog.com)
• Bundled 6 Games zip file downloaded from the provided link (Note: Not all bundle 6 projects may be compatible with our tutorial)
• Basic Java programming knowledge
• Emulator or a physical device to test the apps (Note: Make sure that the device is compatible and has a stable internet connection)

Step 1: Setting up AdMob Account and Creating an Application

Before we start configuring the AdMob ads within our Android Studio games, we need to create a new AdMob account, create an application, and get our AdMob publishing ID. Follow these steps:

1. Go to the AdMob webpage and Sign-in with your Google Account.
2. Click the "Get Started" button to create a new project.
3. Fill the required information, including "Project name", "Advertising ID", and "Store listing URL".
4. Click the "Create AdMob Project" button. This will take you to the AdMob dashboard, where you can see all your AdMob projects, including the one you just created.

Step 2: Adding Admob to your Android Studio Projects

1. Extract the Bundle 6 zip files and open the project (folder) of the first game.
2. Move to the "app>" directory inside the project root directory. You will see a "build.gradle" file, which we are going to edit.

3. Open the "build.gradle" file and look for the following lines:

   packagingOptions {
       exclude('META-INF/LICENSE.txt')
       exclude('META-INF/NOTICE.txt')
   }

and replace it with the lines below:

android {
    [...]
    defaultConfig {
        [...]
        javaFlags "-Xms2048m -Xmx6144m"
    }
buildTypes {
    release {
        [...]
    }

}
dependencies {
    // Add this line to load AdMob
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:21.1.1'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.1'
    }

1. Repeat steps 1-4 for all the other bundled games.
2. If not already present, create "app>/res/values", "app>/src" folders, and a mainActivity.kt or MainActivity.java file for each game and import necessary libraries.

Step 3: Creating an AdMob Account and Placing Ads

1. In your AdMob dashboard, click the Add New App button and configure the new app details page. For the package name, you can enter, for example, com.companyname.yourgamename.
2. You get the AdMob ID ("App ID") by generating it.

3. Implement the ad code. Make sure the ad view component is defined in the java/kotlin file for corresponding game, and Ad requesting and display code. Sample Ad Request Code:

   import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
   import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
   import com.google.android.gms.ads.doubleclick.PublisherAdView;
   public class MainActivity {
   public void onCreate(android.os.Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
   
       setContentView(R.layout.youractivity);
   
       loadAd();
   
   }
   
   private void loadAd() {
       // Ensure you are using a server side header
       @Override
       public Void doInBackground(BackgroundParams< Void> params) { AdRequest adRequest;
   
       PublisherAdView.get().setAdSize;
       PublisherAdView publishers = PublisherAdView this);
       adRequest.Builder.addTestDevice(PublicId.getDevice(). getId()). Build();
       View AdmobView = publishView. get(). RequestAd();
       request.Request(adRequest);
   }};
   }

Then add a new line between onCreate() and setContentView(line):

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
   public void LoadAd(){
   }

1. Admob should be placed programmatically at specific places (buttons, activity, layout change etc).

Step 4: Running and Test the App

1. Build the project (from Android Studio) or Use Android Debug Bridge (Debugging on a Physical Devices)
2. Make certain the internet connection on android device
3. Place Ad on the correct and the screen should appear instantly

By following these tutorials, you should be now able to integrate Admob ads in your Bundle 6 Android Studio games. This guide will cover installing the games, configuring AdsMob in the build gradle and adding ads logic to your code.

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