What size should the Admob Banner be?

[Daniel_M]

I don't have Admob yet but I've added a blank space on the bottom of the frames so that the ads will appear there and not block the main game screen. Do I get to decide where ads appear? I want the ads to appear at the bottom of the screen, but I don't know how much space I should give them. Can I decide what size they appear as or do they all appear at a preset/varying size? If so, what's the largest I can expect so I can make sufficient space. The space I've left at the bottom is 320 Wide, 110 High in Pixels. Thanks!

[TechVision]

The Admob object has a property called 'AdMob Size'. Here, one of the options you have is 'Smartbanner'. Choosing 'Smartbanner' makes the banner use the width available, so it resizes itself. Cool feature, actually!

[Daniel_M]

It'll fit to the width of the app? Cool, but how tall will it become? I wanna make sure I'm giving the ad enough space to appear on the bottom of the screen without interfering with the game screen. I don't want the ad to overlap objects in the game like environment or players.

[TechVision]

What I've done is I made sure there was enough room with all screen sizes. But I don't use it during gameplay, that makes it easier to control.

What you could do is choose one of the other types of banners with set height and width. You will loose the automatic width function of course, but still better than hiding gameplay. You can read more here: https://developers.google.com/admob/...er#banner_size