Integrating adMobs in sprite kit scene - ios

Question

I'm trying to integrate "admobs" into an scene. I'm trying to do that by doing it viewWillLayoutSubviews in the viewController. I'm trying it out in a blank scene with 0 nodes, so there is nothing that can cause problems in the scene.
The problem is that the ad is not showing in my scene. I'm getting following log message:
To get test ads on this device, call: request.testDevices = #[ GAD_SIMULATOR_ID ];
but i am creating the request in createRequest method.
This is my code:
-(void)viewWillLayoutSubviews {
[super viewWillLayoutSubviews];
// Configure the view.
SKView * skView = (SKView *)self.view;
skView.showsFPS = YES;
skView.showsNodeCount = YES;
if (!skView.scene) {
self.bannerView = [[GADBannerView alloc] initWithAdSize:kGADAdSizeSmartBannerLandscape];
self.bannerView.adUnitID = #"ca-app-pub-AdId";
self.bannerView.rootViewController = self;
self.bannerView.delegate = self;
self.bannerView.center = CGPointMake(skView.bounds.size.width / 2, skView.bounds.size.height - (bannerView_.frame.size.height / 2));
[self.view addSubview:self.bannerView];
[self.bannerView loadRequest:[GADRequest request]];
// Create and configure the scene.
SKScene * scene = [Menu sceneWithSize:skView.bounds.size];
scene.scaleMode = SKSceneScaleModeAspectFill;
// Present the scene.
[skView presentScene:scene];
}
}
-(GADRequest *)createRequest {
GADRequest *request = [GADRequest request];
request.testDevices = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:GAD_SIMULATOR_ID, nil];
return request;
}
-(void)adViewDidReceiveAd:(GADBannerView *)adView {
NSLog(#"Ad Reveived");
[UIView animateWithDuration:1.0 animations:^{
adView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, adView.frame.size.width, adView.frame.size.height);
}];
}

Answer 1

You need to replace the following code;
[self.bannerView loadRequest:[GADRequest request]];
with:
GADRequest *r = [[GADRequest alloc] init];
r.testing = YES;
[self.bannerView loadRequest:r];
Hope this works for you.