Google MapActivity not displaying map

Question

I am trying to get google maps working. It is not displaying the map. I get the following error in LogCat

Couldn't get connection factory client

I have been through all the duplicate posts, and made the following changes

Ensured that uses-permission and uses-library are inside tag
used debug.keystore instead of custom
signed up with google maps using my private key, and updated my MapView with the maps key in the xml (for this public post, I have changed it)
Exported my app, and used debug.keystore to build it

I am running it on emulator. Maps on emulator works.

Android Manifest

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >
    <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
    <activity
        android:name=".MyActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity android:name=".GetLocation" android:label="@string/app_name"/>
</application>

location.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.google.android.maps.MapView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:clickable="true"
    android:apiKey="0psLgKtDQLB35-XJXUrjR4bKHIBDRuHu-O-xVhg"
    android:id="@+id/location"
/>

sudo keytool -list -alias androiddebugkey -storepass android -keypass android -keystore     debug.keystore

returns

androiddebugkey, 20 Mar, 2012, PrivateKeyEntry, 
Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 20:D3:54:D9:F8:70:17:A4:BA:21:5C:98:88:27:45:E0

Fixed I put uses-permission outside of Application tag And uses-library inside of Application tag

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '12 at 10:18

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uses-permission outside the <application> Tag. and

Couldn't get connection factory client

And its map-api key problem .And you should create Fresh Map-api key .

answered May 12 '12 at 10:18

Samir Mangroliya

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I still get the "Couldn't get connection factory client" error. But it works. – Siddharth May 12 '12 at 10:34
@Siddharth are you sure is outside Tag in manifest file – Samir Mangroliya May 12 '12 at 10:36
Yes, I just put it in there, refreshed, exported using my debug.keystore and the map displayed. The error still shows, feels silly. – Siddharth May 12 '12 at 10:37
@Siddharth i have same issue its work after sometimes and this error doesnt make any problem and try after sometime it may be due to google map – Samir Mangroliya May 12 '12 at 10:40
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/11179/discussion-between-siddharth-and-samir-mangroliya) – Siddharth May 12 '12 at 10:51

Maniya Joe · Answer 2 · 2015-05-26T07:42:27.123

I believe you might have got the solution for this question but for anyone else looking for the help for same question here's the ans

try to put

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>    
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

outside your application tag

just leave <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" /> inside the tag

add metadata inside the application tag as

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
android:value="your API key"/>

and it will definitely work fine

Google MapActivity not displaying map

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