Smart Banners

  • Smart Banners display screen-width banner ads that adapt to device orientation and size.

  • Smart Banners use three different ad heights based on screen height: 32 dp, 50 dp, and 90 dp.

  • If an image ad is smaller than the allotted space, it will be centered with the sides filled in.

  • Smart Banners can be implemented in XML by specifying SMART_BANNER for ad size and match_parent for width.

  • Smart Banners can be created programmatically using AdSize.SMART_BANNER.
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Smart Banners are ad units that render screen-width banner ads on any screen size across different devices in either orientation. Smart Banners detect the width of the device in its current orientation and create the ad view that size.

Three ad heights are implemented in smart banners:

Ad height Screen height
32 dp ≤ 400 dp
50 dp > 400 dp and ≤ 720 dp
90 dp > 720 dp

Typically, Smart Banners on phones have a height of 50 dp in portrait and 32 dp in landscape. On tablets, height is normally 90 dp in both orientations.

When an image ad isn't large enough to take up the entire allotted space, the image will be centered, and the space on either side will be filled in.

To use Smart Banners in XML, specify the constant SMART_BANNER for the ad size and set the width of the AdView to match_parent. For example:

<com.google.android.gms.ads.admanager.AdManagerAdView
  xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  ads:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
  ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111">
</com.google.android.gms.ads.admanager.AdManagerAdView>

To create a Smart Banner programmatically, use AdSize.SMART_BANNER as the ad size:

Java

AdManagerAdView adView = new AdManagerAdView(this);
adView.setAdSizes(AdSize.SMART_BANNER);

Kotlin

val adView = AdManagerAdView(this)
adView.adSizes = AdSize.SMART_BANNER