Launch ad inspector

Select platform: Android iOS Unity Flutter

Before you test your ad integration, you must launch ad inspector in your app. This page covers how to launch ad inspector through the debug menu and how to launch programmatically.

Prerequisites

Before you continue, do the following:

• Complete all items in the initial Prerequisites to create an Ad Manager account, set your test device, initialize Google Mobile Ads SDK , and install the latest version.

Choose a launch option

You can launch ad inspector in the following ways:

• The launch button from the debug menu within your app to use the gesture that you selected in the ad inspector settings.
• Programmatically through the Google Mobile Ads SDK .

Launch using the debug menu

To launch ad inspector through the debug menu, you don't require further changes on your app. For more details, see Inspect mobile app ad delivery.

Complete the following steps:

1. Find an ad served in your Ad Manager network.
2. Touch and hold the ad to open the debug menu.
3. Select Open ad inspector.

If you didn't link your device, you might need to sign in to your Ad Manager account.

From the debug settings, you can also select Ad inspector settings and choose a gesture that can open ad inspector.

Launch programmatically

Launch ad inspector by running the following:

Java

MobileAds.openAdInspector(
    context,
    new OnAdInspectorClosedListener() {
      public void onAdInspectorClosed(@Nullable AdInspectorError error) {
        // Error will be non-null if ad inspector closed due to an error.
      }
    });
AdInspectorSnippets.java

Kotlin

MobileAds.openAdInspector(context) { error ->
  // Error will be non-null if ad inspector closed due to an error.
}
AdInspectorSnippets.kt

This method works for test devices registered programmatically. For more details, see Enable test devices.