getting Fatal Exception caused by admob

Question

I have an app on the market using admob and now I would like to update my app. When I test this new version I get a Fatal Exception caused by the admob.

04-06 15:09:04.123: E/AndroidRuntime(409): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #51: Error inflating class com.google.ads.AdView


04-06 15:09:04.123: E/AndroidRuntime(409): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.ads.AdView in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.kmbdev.purrkitty-2.apk]

Here is the xml file with line #51:

  <com.google.ads.AdView
    android:id="@+id/adView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_above="@id/bottom_border"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/right_border"
    ads:adSize="BANNER"
    ads:adUnitId="my id"
    ads:loadAdOnCreate="true" />

I have not made any major changes from the original app that is published. I have only added a splash screen and some language strings files and changed the version to 1.2, the published app is version 1.1. I was wondering why this app will no longer run.

I have tried again, here is the log:

04-11 12:13:21.474: D/AndroidRuntime(282): Shutting down VM
04-11 12:13:21.474: W/dalvikvm(282): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d800)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.kmbdev.purrkitty/com.kmbdev.purrkitty.Cat1}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #52: Error inflating class com.google.ads.AdView
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2663)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #52: Error inflating class com.google.ads.AdView
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:576)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:618)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:407)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:198)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1647)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at com.kmbdev.purrkitty.Cat1.onCreate(Cat1.java:25)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  ... 11 more
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.ads.AdView in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.kmbdev.purrkitty-2.apk]
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.findClass(PathClassLoader.java:243)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:573)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:532)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:466)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:565)
04-11 12:13:21.644: E/AndroidRuntime(282):  ... 20 more

Answer 1

I fixed it by renaming the folder in which the jar file is kept from /lib to /libs.

Answer 2

To fix that problem you just have to link the sdk .jar file in two ways. First, to add it to the libs folder (if you don't have one, create it) and then, right-click on .jar file, go to Build Path->Add to Build Path... Three days to that conclusion.

Answer 3

Clean your project, and if you don't have activated the automatic build in Eclipse, make a manual build. It will work.

Answer 4

I've got the same issue and wasted more than 3 hours to figure it out. Finally, I found the way to make it work.

1. change sdk name from GoogleAdMobAdsSdk-6.0.0.jar to GoogleAdMobAdsSdk.jar
2. create "libs" folder under project, copy above sdk in the folder and link the library using Add External JARs.
3. if not worked, change import class name from com.google.ads.* to com.google.ads.AdRequest, comp.google.ads.AdView, and so on.

Answer 5

Are you sure the manifest has all the tags? (Those of admob). Also in the XML, you need to have a addl tag for xmlns right? Did you specify it?