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09/04/13 09:36 PM (11 years ago)

Adding Google Play Services library to your Android project.

It took me a bit to understand this. Now it all makes sense. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/115208762/OSMBT/GPSRefBT.pdf Instructions on referencing the Google Play Services library in your (new) Android project. You'll need to know how to do this for all new android projects. And it's very easy. But I wouldn't call it 'intuitive'. Or maybe I'm just thick headed. My wife certainly seems to think so... ;) Cheers! -- Smug
 
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09/05/13 12:03 AM (11 years ago)
Great tutorial! Thanks
 
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09/05/13 03:55 AM (11 years ago)
Well, Smug, thank you very much for this tutorial! Excellent stuff.
 
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09/05/13 06:23 AM (11 years ago)
Hey @SmugWimp, Great doc! Why did you select Android 4, instead of Google API? LA
 
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09/05/13 02:59 PM (11 years ago)
That's where David put it. You know me, I'm just doing what the man said to do, lol! Cheers! -- Smug
 
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09/06/13 07:16 AM (11 years ago)
How do we get the maps to work in new android core? Do we just make sure google play services are integrated or are there other steps?
 
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09/09/13 02:00 PM (11 years ago)
@feraco.. it works great. i realized later that i had to enable the new Google services in the Google API Console . Made a post about it. http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?fid=EE3521BA689EC0071D2E84F&tid=EE3521BA689EC0071D2E84F
 
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09/09/13 02:22 PM (11 years ago)
Good Catch, mysps :) Cheers! -- Smug
 
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09/25/13 05:45 AM (11 years ago)
Perfect instructions! For me, I followed the PDF included with the code, but still couldn't launch the app. I was missing the step to delete google-play-service-remove.jar in libs. Once I did that my errors went away and my app loaded in the emulator. Thanks for the great instructions.
 
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12/13/13 01:37 AM (10 years ago)
Thank you thank you thank you for this lovely tutorial. I just happened upon this issue and instantly found this post. Great stuff!
 
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01/12/14 01:08 AM (10 years ago)
@VSmugWimp Thanks for the Tutorial, been going crazy trying to figure out how to add the Google-Play-Services-Library for the last couple of hours... Fixed in under 5 min!
 
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05/13/14 01:12 AM (10 years ago)
i did everything as per tutorial but still facing some problem. 1) i can not find any "google-play-services-remove.jar" file inside my project's lib directory while adding google play service as reference lib in my apps. 2) In my app i am using custom html and custom url plugins. after adding g play service as per tutorial above from smug when i exporting apk and install it and ruining apk in my device but app is just FORCE CLOSING everytime when clicking on that main menu items which are custom html and custom url. really tired. i'm trying to solve it from more then 3 days so it's request please my this two issues. help will be really appreciated.
 

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