Why Does My Android Activity Close When Admob Loads An Ad?

I've been putting AdMob ads in an otherwise working Android app, following the instructions here. The app has 2 activities. One of them is only reachable from the first. I'm cur

Solution 1:

above code will work, and you can remove these tags also

    android:minSdkVersion="8"
    android:targetSdkVersion="8"