Getting Started with AdMob in Flutter

Working With AdMob in Flutter

Flutter is quickly becoming one of the most popular mobile app development frameworks. And with the help of AdMob, developers can easily monetize their Flutter applications. AdMob is a service by Google that allows developers to add ads to their apps and earn money from them.

AdMob is a great way to make some extra money while developing your Flutter apps. It is easy to get started with AdMob and integrating it with your Flutter app is fairly straightforward. In this tutorial, we will learn how to set up and use AdMob in a Flutter app.

Setting Up AdMob in Your App

The first step to using AdMob in your Flutter app is to set up an AdMob account. Create an account at https://www.google.com/admob/ and create an app. You will need to provide the package name and platform (Android or iOS) for your app. You will also need to provide your payment details in order to receive payments.

Once your account is set up, you will need to create an ad unit. This can be done from the AdMob dashboard. Select “Create Ad Unit” and then select the type of ad you want to display (Banner, Interstitial, Native, etc). Enter a name for your ad unit and then click “Create Ad Unit”.

Next, you will need to integrate AdMob into your Flutter app. Use the ad unit ID you created to initialize the AdMob SDK. You will need to do this in both the Android and iOS versions of your app. For Android, you will need to add the ad unit ID to the AndroidManifest.xml file. For iOS, you will need to add the ad unit ID to the Info.plist file.

Finally, you will need to add the AdMob plugin to your Flutter project. The AdMob plugin is available on pub.dev. Once you have added the plugin, you can use the AdMob API to show ads in your app. The AdMob API allows you to show banners, interstitials, videos, and native ads.

Displaying Ads

Once AdMob is set up in your Flutter app, you can start displaying ads. The first step is to create an ad request. An ad request contains information about the type of ad to be shown and the user’s location. Then, use the load() method to load the ad with the ad request.

Once the ad is loaded, you can display it on the screen. You can create a widget to show the ad. For example, if you are using a banner ad, you can create a BannerAd widget with the ad unit ID and call the show() method to display the ad.

You can also use the AdListener class to get notified when ads are loaded or clicked. This can be useful for tracking the performance of your ads. You can also use the AdReporting API to get detailed reporting data about your ads.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to use AdMob in a Flutter app. We covered how to set up an AdMob account, create an ad unit, integrate AdMob into our app, and display ads. AdMob is a great way to monetize your Flutter apps and with the help of the AdMob API, it is easy to add ads to your app.