Restore AdRequest overload for native ad views

Author: MihaiCristianCondrea

app/src/main/java/com/d4rk/androidtutorials/java/ads/managers/NativeAdLoader.java

@@ -29,17 +29,25 @@ public class NativeAdLoader {
     private static final String TAG = "NativeAdLoader";
 
     public static void load(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull ViewGroup container) {
-        load(context, container, R.layout.ad_home_banner_large, null);
+        load(context, container, R.layout.ad_home_banner_large, new AdRequest.Builder().build(), null);
     }
 
     public static void load(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull ViewGroup container, @LayoutRes int layoutRes) {
-        load(context, container, layoutRes, null);
+        load(context, container, layoutRes, new AdRequest.Builder().build(), null);
     }
 
     public static void load(@NonNull Context context,
                             @NonNull ViewGroup container,
                             @LayoutRes int layoutRes,
                             @androidx.annotation.Nullable AdListener listener) {
+        load(context, container, layoutRes, new AdRequest.Builder().build(), listener);
+    }
+
+    public static void load(@NonNull Context context,
+                            @NonNull ViewGroup container,
+                            @LayoutRes int layoutRes,
+                            @NonNull AdRequest adRequest,
+                            @androidx.annotation.Nullable AdListener listener) {
         AdLoader.Builder builder = new AdLoader.Builder(context, context.getString(R.string.native_ad_banner_unit_id))
                 .forNativeAd(nativeAd -> {
                     LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
@@ -66,7 +74,7 @@ public void onAdFailedToLoad(@NonNull LoadAdError loadAdError) {
         });
 
         AdLoader adLoader = builder.build();
-        adLoader.loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build());
+        adLoader.loadAd(adRequest);
     }
 
     private static void populateNativeAdView(@NonNull NativeAd nativeAd, @NonNull NativeAdView adView) {

app/src/main/java/com/d4rk/androidtutorials/java/ads/views/NativeAdBannerView.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import com.d4rk.androidtutorials.java.R;
 import com.d4rk.androidtutorials.java.ads.managers.NativeAdLoader;
 import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdListener;
+import com.google.android.gms.ads.AdRequest;
 
 /**
  * Custom view that acts as a drop-in replacement for AdView and loads
@@ -45,11 +46,19 @@ private void init(@NonNull Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int de
     }
 
     public void loadAd() {
-        loadAd(null);
+        loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build(), null);
     }
 
     public void loadAd(@Nullable AdListener listener) {
-        NativeAdLoader.load(getContext(), this, layoutRes, listener);
+        loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build(), listener);
+    }
+
+    public void loadAd(@NonNull AdRequest request) {
+        loadAd(request, null);
+    }
+
+    public void loadAd(@NonNull AdRequest request, @Nullable AdListener listener) {
+        NativeAdLoader.load(getContext(), this, layoutRes, request, listener);
     }
 
     public void setNativeAdLayout(@LayoutRes int layoutRes) {