Loading Ad (adMob) on Background Thread

Question

I want to load my add on a background thread cause it makes the SlidingMenu laggy upon opening and closing. Should I use a Thread/Handler? Or AsyncTask?

String MY_AD_UNIT_ID = "----";
AdView adView = new AdView(getActivity(), AdSize.BANNER, MY_AD_UNIT_ID);
final LinearLayout adLayout = (LinearLayout) getActivity()
            .findViewById(R.id.adLayout);
adLayout.addView(adView);
adView.loadAd(new AdRequest());

I do not believe this can be done as all UI related stuff has to be done on the main thread — tyczj
– tyczj, Commented Jun 25, 2013 at 20:55
yes there is which is done in the API probably in a seperate thread because android will throw a NetworkOnMainThreadException if any network related stuff is done on the main thread — tyczj
– tyczj, Commented Jun 25, 2013 at 20:57

zackygaurav · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-10 21:34:06Z

12

This can be achieved by loading the Ad on UI Thread by runOnUiThread

Call this from onCreate()

    Thread adThread = new Thread()
    {
        @Override
        public void run()
        {
            loadAd();
        }
    };
    adThread.start();

loadAd() method

private void loadAd()
{
    // Banner Ad
    final AdView adview = (AdView) this.findViewById(R.id.adview);

    // Request for ads
    final AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
            // Time for test devices
            .addTestDevice(AdRequest.DEVICE_ID_EMULATOR)
            .addTestDevice("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx")
            .addTestDevice("xxxxxxxxxxxxx")
            .build();

    // Load Ads on UI Thread
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable()
    {
        @Override
        public void run()
        {
            adview.loadAd(adRequest);
        }
    });
}

answered Aug 10, 2015 at 21:34

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lenooh Over a year ago

This works, but I am not sure if it actually solves the problem in question. As it runs on the UI, it still causes other UI elements to lag.

lenooh Over a year ago

Just a note for anyone googling this: I started getting errors Performing stop of activity that is not resumed: {<your.package.name>/com.google.android.gms.ads.AdActivity} ... when using this.

zackygaurav Over a year ago

It will anyways run on Background Thread because the AdMob needs to update the ads from Google's server. It is just a small tweak.

Solomon Ucko · Accepted Answer · 2025-05-10 04:32:08Z

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You should use MobileAds.initialize() method before ads loading. After that loadAd works faster

Initializes the Google Mobile Ads SDK.

Call this method as early as possible after the app launches to reduce latency on the session's first ad request.

If this method is not called, the first ad request automatically initializes the Google Mobile Ads SDK.

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MackM Over a year ago

It is better to put the relevant information from the link in your answer as well so that the answer is still useful if the link someday breaks.

tyczj · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-26 03:16:46Z

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I do not believe this can be done as all UI related stuff has to be done on the main thread. The API probably already has a thread to gets the ad on the network. If it didnt android would throw a NetworkOnMainThreadException if any network related stuff is done on the main thread

edited Jun 26, 2013 at 3:16

answered Jun 25, 2013 at 21:03

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kaushal trivedi Over a year ago

agreed , i thought somehow we could separate the network operation and UI operation , but i was wrong .They do both in single api call .

Lisitso · Accepted Answer · 2025-11-06 11:20:42Z

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it's not possible. If you do

loadAd(adRequest)

in a background thread, an exception is raised:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: #008 Must be called on the main UI thread.
  at com.google.android.gms.common.internal.Preconditions.checkMainThread(com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement@@18.6.0:3)
  at com.google.android.gms.ads.BaseAdView.loadAd(com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite@@23.6.0:1)

answered Nov 6 at 11:20

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