How to deactivate ads on Android?

I removed all the premissions in the android manifest file, but then it appears a red text message in my app saying: "You must have INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_permissions to serve ads."?

Hmm ok, but I don't uses ads and I don't want to use them!? So how can I remove this message, without adding in the premissions that I like to remove?

If you've modified the manifest, then you're on the right track and don't need to do anything else. Maybe do a clean build of the project?

I have removed all the uses-permissions in the android manifest, so there must be something more to remove somewhere? I always get this red text in my apps, see attatched Picture:

Try taking the ads extension folder out and see if that works.

If I hide the folder or remove Ads.hx, Stencyl compiles forever.

Is that text showingup produced by Stencyl or by the Android-operating system itself? I would of cource like to have an option to turn off ads in Stencyl.

It's definitely not produced by Stencyl.

You open the Ads.hx from Ads extension folder search for the initialize method and wrap all that code with an if(MyAssets.whirlID!=""). If inside Stencyl->Settings->Mobile the Adbmob Publisher Key is not filled up then the ads will not fire up.

The method should look like this:

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public static function initialize(apiCode:String = "none", position:Int = 0):Void
{
if(MyAssets.whirlID!="")
{
#if(mobile && !android && !air)
if(!initialized)
{
set_event_handle(notifyListeners);
initialized = true;
}
#end

#if android
if(!initialized)
{
adwhirlCode = apiCode;

if(_init_func == null)
{
_init_func = JNI.createStaticMethod(ANDROID_CLASS, "initAdmob", "(Ljava/lang/String;I)V", true);
}

var args = new Array<Dynamic>();
args.push(adwhirlCode);
args.push(position);
_init_func(args);

initialized = true;
}
#end
}
}


Awesome GeorgeN, it works perfectly! Thanks!!

I recommend that this is changed permanent to be the standard code in Stencyl, since it helps without breaking anything! 

Now I have to add this change everytime I install a new Stencyl version...

I second that. If there is no Admob code filled up in Stencyl then the Admob activity has no sense to start. Also something like:   

::if (ANDROID_PURCHASES=="YES")::      
::end::

but for that admob ID field.

I recommend that this is changed permanent to be the standard code in Stencyl, since it helps without breaking anything!

Done.  Download the new version and test to confirm.