You add an AdMob banner to your Capacitor app, run it on a device, and the Ionic tab bar is gone, hidden under the ad. In this guide, we'll look at why the banner covers your content and fix it two ways: by letting the plugin shrink the web view, or by reserving the exact banner height in CSS. We'll also cover the Ionic CSS for tab bars, content and floating action buttons, and what changes if you come from @capacitor-community/admob .

Prerequisites

A Capacitor 8 app, ideally with Ionic Framework.

Consent gathered and the Google Mobile Ads SDK initialized. The AdMob GDPR consent guide walks through that part.

The Capacitor AdMob plugin . For setup, see the Installation section of the docs.

Full transparency: we build this plugin at Capawesome, and it is part of Capawesome Insiders , a paid subscription.…