NEW: MIH Banner Ads Provider Set Up

Frontend/lib/mih_components/mih_package_components/mih_banner_ad.dart

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:google_mobile_ads/google_mobile_ads.dart';
+import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_components/mih_providers/mih_banner_ad_provider.dart';
 import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_config/mih_env.dart';
+import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
 
 class MihBannerAd extends StatefulWidget {
   const MihBannerAd({super.key});
@@ -10,66 +12,26 @@ class MihBannerAd extends StatefulWidget {
 }
 
 class _MihBannerAdState extends State<MihBannerAd> {
-  BannerAd? _bannerAd;
-  bool _isBannerAdLoaded = false;
-  final adUnitId = AppEnviroment.bannerAdUnitId;
-  String errorMessage = '';
-
-  void _loadBannerAd() {
-    _bannerAd = BannerAd(
-      adUnitId: adUnitId,
-      request: const AdRequest(),
-      size: AdSize.banner,
-      listener: BannerAdListener(
-        onAdLoaded: (ad) {
-          debugPrint('$ad loaded.');
-          setState(() {
-            _isBannerAdLoaded = true;
-          });
-        },
-        onAdFailedToLoad: (ad, err) {
-          debugPrint('BannerAd failed to load: $err');
-          setState(() {
-            errorMessage =
-                'Failed to load ad- Message: ${err.message} Code :${err.code}';
-          });
-          ad.dispose(); // Dispose the ad to free resources
-        },
-        onAdOpened: (Ad ad) => debugPrint('$ad opened.'),
-        onAdClosed: (Ad ad) => debugPrint('$ad closed.'),
-        onAdImpression: (Ad ad) => debugPrint('$ad impression.'),
-      ),
-    );
-
-    _bannerAd!.load();
-  }
-
-  @override
-  void dispose() {
-    _bannerAd?.dispose(); // Dispose the ad when the widget is removed
-    super.dispose();
-  }
-
-  @override
-  void initState() {
-    super.initState();
-    _loadBannerAd();
-  }
-
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    return Column(
-      children: [
-        _bannerAd != null && _isBannerAdLoaded
-            ? SizedBox(
-                width: _bannerAd!.size.width.toDouble(),
-                height: _bannerAd!.size.height.toDouble(),
-                child: AdWidget(ad: _bannerAd!))
-            : SizedBox(
-                child:
-                    Text(AppEnviroment.getEnv() == "Dev" ? errorMessage : ""),
-              ),
-      ],
+    return Consumer<MihBannerAdProvider>(
+      builder: (context, bannerAdProvider, child) {
+        return Column(
+          children: [
+            bannerAdProvider.bannerAd != null &&
+                    bannerAdProvider.isBannerAdLoaded
+                ? SizedBox(
+                    width: bannerAdProvider.bannerAd!.size.width.toDouble(),
+                    height: bannerAdProvider.bannerAd!.size.height.toDouble(),
+                    child: AdWidget(ad: bannerAdProvider.bannerAd!))
+                : SizedBox(
+                    child: Text(AppEnviroment.getEnv() == "Dev"
+                        ? bannerAdProvider.errorMessage
+                        : ""),
+                  ),
+          ],
+        );
+      },
     );
   }
 }

Frontend/lib/mih_components/mih_providers/mih_banner_ad_provider.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:google_mobile_ads/google_mobile_ads.dart';
+import 'package:mzansi_innovation_hub/mih_config/mih_env.dart';
+
+class MihBannerAdProvider extends ChangeNotifier {
+  BannerAd? bannerAd;
+  final adUnitId = AppEnviroment.bannerAdUnitId;
+  bool isBannerAdLoaded = false;
+  String errorMessage = '';
+
+  MihBannerAdProvider({
+    this.bannerAd,
+    this.isBannerAdLoaded = false,
+    this.errorMessage = '',
+  });
+
+  @override
+  void dispose() {
+    bannerAd?.dispose();
+    super.dispose();
+  }
+
+  void loadBannerAd() {
+    bannerAd = BannerAd(
+      adUnitId: adUnitId,
+      request: const AdRequest(),
+      size: AdSize.banner,
+      listener: BannerAdListener(
+        onAdLoaded: (ad) {
+          debugPrint('$ad loaded.');
+          isBannerAdLoaded = true;
+          notifyListeners();
+        },
+        onAdFailedToLoad: (ad, err) {
+          debugPrint('BannerAd failed to load: $err');
+          errorMessage =
+              'Failed to load ad- Message: ${err.message} Code :${err.code}';
+          ad.dispose(); // Dispose the ad to free resources
+          isBannerAdLoaded = false; // ⬅️ Explicitly set to false
+          bannerAd = null; // ⬅️ Explicitly set to null
+          notifyListeners();
+        },
+        onAdOpened: (Ad ad) => debugPrint('$ad opened.'),
+        onAdClosed: (Ad ad) => debugPrint('$ad closed.'),
+        onAdImpression: (Ad ad) => debugPrint('$ad impression.'),
+      ),
+    );
+    bannerAd!.load();
+  }
+}