"As someone else pointed out in a DM my implementation was pretty consistent with the official android developer docs found here: https://developers.google.com/admob/android/banner/anchored-...

"It's the exact same implementation."

So although Google banned him for breaking the rules on banner placement, he was following Google's own instructions on where to place the banner.

Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/13lf6jb/open_so...