[🐛] Banner ads thowing error in only one project

[Neil-Brown]

What happened?

I copied my banner ad code from another project into a new one. Interstitials are working fine. I've double checked the bannerUnitId and it seems ok. Here is the code:

function Banner (props) {
    if(!props.pro){
        return(
          <View style={styles.bannerContainer}>
            <View testID="banner">
              <BannerAd
                    unitId={bannerUnitId}
                    size={BannerAdSize.LARGE_BANNER}
                  />
            </View>

      </View>

    )
  }

}

Error while updating property "request" of a view managed by RNGoogleMobileAdsBannerView

java.lang.String cannot be cast to com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap

Platforms

Android, but have not tested behavior on iOS

React Native Info

info Fetching system and libraries information...
(node:16000) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
System:
  OS: Windows 11 10.0.22621
  CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz
  Memory: 1.12 GB / 7.77 GB
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 20.10.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm:
    version: 10.2.3
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK: Not Found
  Windows SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: AI-231.9392.1.2311.11076708
  Visual Studio: Not Found
Languages:
  Java: Not Found
  Ruby: Not Found
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 18.2.0
    wanted: 18.2.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.72.6
    wanted: ^0.72.6
  react-native-windows: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

info React Native v0.73.2 is now available (your project is running on v0.72.6).
info Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.73.2
info Diff: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.72.6
info For more info, check out "https://reactnative.dev/docs/upgrading?os=windows&platform=android".

Are your using Typescript?

• [ ] My project is using Typescript

package.json

{
  "name": "guitar-companion",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "node_modules/expo/AppEntry.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "expo start",
    "android": "expo run:android",
    "ios": "expo start --ios",
    "web": "expo start --web",
    "test": "jest"
  },
  "jest": {
    "preset": "jest-expo",
    "transformIgnorePatterns": [
      "node_modules/(?!((jest-)?react-native|@react-native(-community)?)|expo(nent)?|@expo(nent)?/.*|@expo-google-fonts/.*|react-navigation|@react-navigation/.*|@unimodules/.*|unimodules|sentry-expo|native-base|react-native-svg|expo-notifications)"
    ],
    "testEnvironment": "jsdom",
    "silent": false,
    "collectCoverage": true,
    "coverageReporters": [
      "json",
      "html"
    ]
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@react-native-picker/picker": "2.4.8",
    "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
    "expo": "^49.0.15",
    "expo-dev-client": "^2.4.12",
    "expo-screen-orientation": "~5.1.1",
    "expo-status-bar": "~1.4.4",
    "react": "18.2.0",
    "react-native": "^0.72.6",
    "react-native-collapsible": "^1.6.1",
    "react-native-google-mobile-ads": "^12.4.0",
    "react-native-purchases": "^6.2.3",
    "react-native-svg": "13.4.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.20.0",
    "@testing-library/react-native": "^12.1.2",
    "jest": "^29.5.0",
    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.5.0",
    "jest-expo": "^48.0.2"
  },
  "private": true
}

app.json

{
  "expo": {
    "name": "guitar-companion",
    "slug": "guitar-companion",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "icon": "./assets/icon.png",
    "userInterfaceStyle": "dark",
    "splash": {
      "image": "./assets/splash.png",
      "resizeMode": "contain",
      "backgroundColor": "#ffffff",
      "accessibilityLabel": "loading screen"
    },
    "androidStatusBar": {
      "backgroundColor": "#C5B6EA",
      "translucent": false
    },
    "assetBundlePatterns": [
      "**/*"
    ],
    "ios": {
      "supportsTablet": true
    },
    "android": {
      "adaptiveIcon": {
        "foregroundImage": "./assets/icon.png",
        "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
      },
      "package": "com.zarathustra77.guitarcompanion",
      "versionCode": 10
    },
    "web": {
      "favicon": "./assets/favicon.png"
    },
    "extra": {
      "eas": {
        "projectId": "projectId"
      }
    }
  },
  "react-native-google-mobile-ads": {
    "android_app_id": "APP_ID"
  }
}

ios/Podfile

No response

android/build.gradle

No response

android/app/build.gradle

No response

android/settings.gradle

No response

AndroidManifest.xml

No response

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