Overview

Ad inspector is an in-app overlay that lets you perform real-time analysis of test ad requests directly within a mobile app. For a list of ad inspector features, see Test your app with ad inspector.

Warning

Enabling ad inspector increases memory usage of the Google Mobile Ads SDK for test devices.

This guide covers how to perform the following:

• Launch ad inspector
• Verify adapter integrations
• Test ad units
• Troubleshoot ad units
• Troubleshoot privacy settings

Prerequisites

Before you can use ad inspector, you must complete the following tasks:

• Create an AdMob account. For more details, see Sign up for AdMob.
• Set up an app in AdMob.

• Complete the following steps described in the Get Started guide:

  • Set up your app in your AdMob account.
  • Configure your project.

• Add your device as a test device. To add a test device, see Enable test devices

Note

Ad inspector launches only on test devices.