java - android admob resize on landscape

Question

I have declared adMob on manifest like

<activity 
           android:name="com.google.ads.AdActivity"
          android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"
          />

It is resized properly when device rotacion but now I must add android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" to activity that contains adMob in order to prevent activity reloading. I am reaching it but now adMob is not scaled when landscape. onConfigChanges event I could now force adMob to be resized with proper landscape dimensions. How? thank you.

@Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
      super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    }

Answer 1

I faced the same problem, but found a work-around.

My AdView sits at the bottom of the page, inside of a Relative layout. It looks correct when loaded, so I assumed the LayoutParams were correct. To fix this issue, I had to remove everything from the RelativeLayout, create a new AdView, and add it all back in the correct order, with the original LayoutParams.

Something like:

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);

    AdView adView = (AdView)findViewById(R.id.adView);
    View contentFrame = findViewById(R.id.contentFrameLayout);

    RelativeLayout parent = (RelativeLayout) adView.getParent();
    LayoutParams mapFrameParams = contentFrame.getLayoutParams();
    LayoutParams adViewParams = adView.getLayoutParams();

    parent.removeView(adView);
    parent.removeView(contentFrame);

    AdView newAdView = new AdView(this, AdSize.SMART_BANNER, getString(R.string.admob_pubId));

    newAdView.setId(R.id.adView);

    parent.addView(newAdView, adViewParams);
    parent.addView(contentFrame,mapFrameParams);
    newAdView.loadAd(new AdRequest());
}

This works for me, but still feels like a hack.