Gradle can not find google play dependency

Question

I try to repair the dependency to google play services in my android project. It already worked but now it is broken. I think this happened in between the Android Studio beta- and release-version.

This is the dependency in the build.gradle file:

dependencies {
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.5.87'
}

Android Studio was able to autocomplete the version string: '6.5.87' So I thought it knows how to solve the dependency. But it does not.. This is what I treid:

reinstaled Android Studio (1.0.1) and the Android SDK
used several play-service versions (incl. tried to use '+')
tried to 'gradlew clean' the project
installed almost everything from the Android SDK Manager. (incl. Google Repository and Android Support Repository)
set all environment variables to the correct path

But I still get this error if I try to do a gradle project sync:

Error:Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.5.87. Searched in the following locations: file:/C:/Users/MyName/.m2/repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services/6.5.87/play-services-6.5.87.pom file:/C:/Users/MaName/.m2/repository/com/google/android/gms/play-services/6.5.87/play-services-6.5.87.jar https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/android/gms/play-services/6.5.87/play-services-6.5.87.pom https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/android/gms/play-services/6.5.87/play-services-6.5.87.jar https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/google/android/gms/play-services/6.5.87/play-services-6.5.87.pom https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/google/android/gms/play-services/6.5.87/play-services-6.5.87.jar https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/com/google/android/gms/play-services/6.5.87/play-services-6.5.87.pom https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/com/google/android/gms/play-services/6.5.87/play-services-6.5.87.jar Required by: code:android:1.0

UPDATE:

Gradle is searching in "file:/C:/Users/MyName/.m2/repository/" but it should use "file:/C:/Users/MyName/AppData\Local\Android\sdk\extras\google\m2repository" .. I dont know why this is wrong and how to fix it..

UPDATE 2

I fixed it using this workaround:

repositories {
    def androidHome = System.getenv("ANDROID_HOME")
    maven { url "$androidHome/extras/android/m2repository/" }
    maven { url "$androidHome/extras/google/m2repository/"}
}

But I am not happy with it. Does anybody know whats wrong with my gradle?

This is odd because based on the error message it's not even looking in the SDK for the library, which it should -- it's in the sdk/extras/google/m2repository directory. I tried misconfiguring my project a few different ways and couldn't reproduce this situation, but you may want to double check that it knows where its SDK is. — Scott Barta, Dec 18 '14 at 18:11
have a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17155475/could-not-find-com-google-android-gmsplay-services3-1-59-3-2-25-4-0-30-4-1-32/17157227#17157227 — ligi, Dec 19 '14 at 10:49
I already read this post while investigation.. I dont have multiple SDK's installed and "set all environment variables to the correct path" — Luca Hofmann, Dec 19 '14 at 12:59

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '15 at 11:22

15

In Android SDK Manager download the "Google Repository"

answered Apr 15 '15 at 11:22

Alex Kutsko

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i had same problem with com.android.support:support , after install Android Support Repository worked as well.. – mariomol Nov 13 '15 at 16:49
This is the solution. The package can be found under the "Extras" subfolder at the bottom. you can launch the manager from the command line if you simply type `android` – the_5imian Aug 27 '16 at 06:49

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '15 at 00:42

2

Try download the sdk and use this library

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.0.0'

answered Mar 28 '15 at 00:42

gmendes

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 03 '15 at 10:55

After adding jcenter() to reposetories or top level gradle file I fixed the issue

    buildscript {
        repositories {
            jcenter()
            mavenCentral()
        }

        dependencies {
            classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.0.1'
            classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:1.5.0-beta2'
        }
    }

Gradle can not find google play dependency

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