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Expert Android Programming

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Expert Android Programming

Overview of this book

Android O brings a number of important changes for the users as well as the developers. If you want to create smart android applications which are fast, lightweight and also highly efficient then this is the book that will solve all your problems. You will create a complex enterprise grade app in this book. You will get a quick refresher of the latest android SDK and how to configure your development environment. Then you will move onto creating app layouts, component and module building, creating smart and efficient UIs. The most important part of a modern day app is how real time they are. With this book, you will create a smooth back-end for your app, ensure dynamic and real time communication between different app layers. As we move on, you will learn to leverage the different Android APIs and create an efficient SQLite data layer for your apps. You will implement effective testing techniques to make your app reliable and robust and finally you will learn to deploy it efficiently. The multiple stages of android development will also be simplified by giving you an industry standard set of best practices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Building Restaurant finder

Admob

In this section, we will discuss what AdMob is, as well as the guidelines of using Admob in an app. AdMob by Google helps you to monetize the app through in-app advertisements. The ads can be displayed in various formats like banner ads, interstitial ads, native ads, or video ads.

Before you can display ads in the app, you will need to create an AdMob account and activate one or more ad unit IDs. These IDs are used in the app where the ad is to be displayed.

Now, let's get started with adding AdMob in android.

The best way to use AdMob is with Firebase, but it is also available as a standalone for those who don't want to use it with Firebase. Firebase provides analytics which can be used to monetize the app more intelligently by seeing the user's behavior and the type of ads the user likes. In the following explanation we will be describing how we can implement...