This guide explains how to enable test ads in your ads integration. It's important to enable test ads during development so that you can click on them without charging Google advertisers. If you click on too many ads without being in test mode, you risk your account being flagged for invalid activity.
There are two ways to get test ads:
- Use one of Google's sample ad units.
- Use your own ad unit and enable test devices.
Prerequisite
- Complete Get Started.
Sample ad units
The quickest way to enable testing is to use Google-provided test ad units. These ad units are not associated with your AdMob account, so there's no risk of your account generating invalid traffic when using these ad units. Here are sample ad units that point to specific test creatives for each format:
| Ad format | Sample ad unit ID |
|---|---|
| Banner | ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111 |
| Interstitial | ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/1033173712 |
| Interstitial Video | ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/8691691433 |
| Rewarded Video | ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/5224354917 |
| Native Advanced | ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/2247696110 |
| Native Advanced Video | ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/1044960115 |
Enable test devices
If you want to do more rigorous testing with production-looking ads, you can now configure your device as a test device and use your own ad unit IDs that you've created in the AdMob UI.
Follow the steps below to add your device as a test device.
Add your test device
- Load your ads-integrated app and make an ad request.
- Check the logcat output for a message that looks like the one below, which shows you your device ID and how to add it as a test device:
I/Ads: Use RequestConfiguration.Builder.setTestDeviceIds(Arrays.asList("33BE2250B43518CCDA7DE426D04EE231")) to get test ads on this device."Copy your test device ID to your clipboard. - Modify your code to call
RequestConfiguration.Builder.setTestDeviceIds()and pass in a list of your test device IDs. You can optionally checkrequest.isTestDevice()to confirm that your device was properly added as a test device. - Re-run your app. If the ad is a Google ad, you'll see a Test Ad label centered at the top of the ad (banner, interstitial, or rewarded video):
For native advanced ads, the headline asset is prepended with the string "Test Ad".
Ads with this Test Ad label are safe to click. Requests, impressions, and clicks on test ads will not show up in your account's reports.
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