Flutterfire: [firebase_admob] Allow embedding AdMob banner ads in a Flutter widget tree

Created on 13 Oct 2019 · 17Comments · Source: FirebaseExtended/flutterfire

Split off https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/12114

Users are would like to embed a AdMob banner ad as part of the Flutter widget tree(vs. the current approach taken by the firebase_admob plugin which is to overlay the banner ad on top of the Flutter UI in a pre-set position).

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kroikie

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It's quite frustrating not being able to add ads as widgets. That's against the entire approach of Flutter.

ugurcany on 23 Oct 2019

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@amirh

The issue at https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/35081 has been closed and moved here. Future collaboration on this issue will be done here.

kroikie on 13 Oct 2019

It is frustrating. Hope it will get fixed soon.

Waheed388 on 14 Oct 2019

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Are there any progress on allowing us to use admob banners in anywhere we want in the screen?
Because this is very annoying approach to force developers to use admob banners only on top

tolgatanriverdi on 20 Oct 2019

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It's quite frustrating not being able to add ads as widgets. That's against the entire approach of Flutter.

ugurcany on 23 Oct 2019

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Currently, I'm using admob_flutter for this. But, IMO, the library is not stable yet..

namchuai on 24 Dec 2019

Currently, I'm using admob_flutter for this. But, IMO, the library is not stable yet..

I'm trying the same one. What's the difference from firebase_admob?

erperejildo on 2 Jan 2020

I just would like to point out the fact that currently the firebase_admob plugin is implementing a discouraged banner implementation by the Admob Policies. See it here: Ad sandwiched between app items.
So I guess this plugin is also discouraged to be used.

comlaterra on 25 Jan 2020

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The approach is really discouraging. Hope the flutter team is working on fixing this

jpainam on 23 Feb 2020

Any update ?

devibrahimkarahan on 13 Mar 2020

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I just would like to point out the fact that currently the firebase_admob plugin is implementing a discouraged banner implementation by the Admob Policies. See it here: Ad sandwiched between app items.
So I guess this plugin is also discouraged to be used.

It is discouraged banner implementations if you put it without any padding close to buttons and other elements causing accidental banner clicks.

For the users it is much more pleasing to see banner in the widget tree than overlaying at the top or the bottom.

mileusna on 27 Apr 2020

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no update on this?

voipworld on 21 Jun 2020

Any update on this feature?

MaximeDelhorme on 25 Jun 2020

Any update?

ramos41 on 14 Jul 2020

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Also, banner ads should not move as a user scrolls, as users may try to click on the menu but end up clicking on the ad accidentally instead

Like I just mentioned in @kmcgill88's admob_flutter, IMHO the interpretation of «banner ads should not move as a user scrolls» does not include banners which are actually fixed to a position in a list, and thus not actually moving other than all the rest of the content. I understand that ads should not move on their own or in a different pace than the scroll itself, so that users do not click _accidentally_. It is not possible to click _accidentally_ if the ads are each one fixed to a position; otherwise users might _accidentally_ click in virtually any part of the screen while scrolling.

Google themselves actually do sell that kind of ads in platforms of theirs such as Blogspot, where ads are placed in the main list in between posts.

Again IMHO, the sentence «banner ads should not move as a user scrolls» is too vague and does not actually clarify anything, and does not match the 21st century world where ads do literally integrate in the content.