Performance issue on NativeExpressAdView

I’ve got performance issue when rendering NativeExpressAdView. Here are some informations: Version: com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:9.0.2 I used this sample app: https://github.com/googleads/googleads-mobile-android-examples/tree/master/admob/NativeExpressExample and change a bit to log the render time:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    NativeExpressAdView adView = (NativeExpressAdView) findViewById(R.id.adView);
    long beginTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
    adView.loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build());
    long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
    Log.e(getClass().getSimpleName(), "loadAds time:" + (endTime - beginTime));
  }
}

The logcat says the time when adView.loadAd(new AdRequest.Builder().build()); runs is 400-500ms, it’s not acceptable. Please help me to fix this issue. Thanks

[cgpllx]

runs is 400-500ms Loading in the list is more Carlton

[ericleich]

Marking this as obsolete as Native Express is now deprecated. Further, any issues with other formats experiencing similar delays are a part of the Google Mobile Ads SDK behavior and not the examples themselves, so this isn’t the right venue for this issue.

The slow ad loading itself is acknowledged, and is being addressed as part of a larger internal cleanup of the SDK. I’m unable to provide a timeline on when that will drop though. The target keeps moving.

For further updates and inquiries on this issue, please reach out to the Google Mobile Ads SDK developer forum.