I am using play services on Android to request periodic user locations. For that purpose, I added the following dependency on my app/build.gradle
compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:11.0.0"
In physical devices it works pretty well. However, on emulators it does not work and it prompts to update play services.
I have tried different solutions according to following questions
How to update Google Play Services for Android Studio 2.2 emulators?
How to update Google Play Services on the emulator in Android Studio
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/176578/how-to-use-google-maps-android-api-by-google-play-services-11-on-an-emulator-wit (it was marked as off-the-topic, but here the same problem is described)
I tried creating a new emulator with an x86_64 image with Google APIs, but that does not solve the problem.
I have also checked for updates on Android Studio (I have version 2.3.3) but it says the IDE is up to date.
How can I run Google Play Services V11.0.0 and above on emulators? Any help with this issue will be appreciated
EDIT:
Here is my app/build.gradle file
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
// These docs use an open ended version so that our plugin
// can be updated quickly in response to Android tooling updates
// We recommend changing it to the latest version from our changelog:
// https://docs.fabric.io/android/changelog.html#fabric-gradle-plugin
classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.22.0'
classpath 'me.tatarka:gradle-retrolambda:3.6.1'
}
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'
apply plugin: 'me.tatarka.retrolambda'
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
}
android {
compileSdkVersion 25
buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
minSdkVersion 19
targetSdkVersion 25
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
multiDexEnabled true
manifestPlaceholders = [fabric_io_id: "$System.env.FABRIC_KEY"]
}
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
dataBinding {
enabled = true
}
signingConfigs {
release {
try {
storeFile new File(STORE_FILE)
storePassword STORE_PASSWORD
keyAlias KEY_ALIAS
keyPassword KEY_PASSWORD
} catch (ex) {
throw new InvalidUserDataException("Signing configuration not found")
}
}
}
buildTypes {
release {
shrinkResources true
minifyEnabled true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
signingConfig signingConfigs.release
}
}
productFlavors {
development {
versionNameSuffix "-dev"
manifestPlaceholders = [
appName: "xxxx"
]
}
production {
manifestPlaceholders = [
appName: "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
]
}
}
variantFilter { variant ->
def names = variant.flavors*.name
if ((names.contains("alpha") || names.contains("qatesting") || names.contains("sandbox") || names.contains("production"))
&& variant.buildType.name == "debug") {
variant.ignore = true
}
if (names.contains("development") && variant.buildType.name == "release") {
variant.ignore = true
}
}
applicationVariants.all { variant ->
variant.outputs.each { output ->
output.outputFile = new File(
output.outputFile.parent,
output.outputFile.name.replace(".apk", "-${variant.versionName}.apk"))
}
}
packagingOptions {
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE-FIREBASE.txt'
exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
exclude 'META-INF/rxjava.properties'
}
}
ext {
supportLibraryVersion = '25.3.1'
butterKnifeVersion = '8.5.1'
leakCanaryVersion = '1.5.1'
daggerVersion = '2.10'
rxAndroidVersion = '2.0.1'
rxJavaVersion = '2.1.0'
timberVersion = '4.5.1'
jUnitVersion = '4.12'
mockitoVersion = '1.10.19'
testRunnerVersion = '0.5'
powerMockVersion = '1.6.2'
crashlyticsVersion = '2.6.8'
guavaVersion = '19.0'
googlePlayServicesVersion = '11.0.1'
contraintLayoutVersion = '1.0.2'
awsCognitoVersion = '2.4.3'
espressoVersion = '2.2.2'
retrofitVersion = '2.3.0'
jacksonConverterVersion = '2.1.0'
okHttpLoggingInterceptorVersion = '3.2.0'
firebaseJobDispatcherVersion = '0.6.0'
apacheCommonsVersion = '3.6'
multiDexVersion = '1.0.1'
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:$supportLibraryVersion"
compile "com.android.support:design:$supportLibraryVersion"
compile "com.android.support:support-v4:$supportLibraryVersion"
/* Multidex */
compile "com.android.support:multidex:$multiDexVersion"
/* Views injection - Butterknife */
compile "com.jakewharton:butterknife:$butterKnifeVersion"
annotationProcessor "com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:$butterKnifeVersion"
/* Memory leaks detection - LeakCanary */
debugCompile "com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android:$leakCanaryVersion"
releaseCompile "com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android-no-op:$leakCanaryVersion"
testCompile "com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android-no-op:$leakCanaryVersion"
/* Dependency Injection - Dagger*/
compile "com.google.dagger:dagger:$daggerVersion"
annotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:$daggerVersion"
/* Rx Android - Rx Java */
compile "io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:$rxAndroidVersion"
compile "io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:$rxJavaVersion"
/* Application Logger - Timber*/
compile "com.jakewharton.timber:timber:$timberVersion"
/* Crashlytics - crash reporting */
compile("com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:$crashlyticsVersion@aar") {
transitive = true;
}
/* Google analytics */
compile "com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:$contraintLayoutVersion"
compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:$googlePlayServicesVersion"
compile "com.google.guava:guava:$guavaVersion"
compile "com.android.support:support-v4:$supportLibraryVersion"
/* Google play location services */
compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:$googlePlayServicesVersion"
/* Amazon cognito */
compile "com.amazonaws:aws-android-sdk-cognitoidentityprovider:$awsCognitoVersion"
/* Retrofit - API rest access*/
compile "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$retrofitVersion"
/* Retrofit JSON converter with Jackson */
compile "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-jackson:$jacksonConverterVersion"
/* Firebase job dispatcher */
compile "com.firebase:firebase-jobdispatcher:$firebaseJobDispatcherVersion"
/* Mapbox */
compile('com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-sdk:5.0.2@aar') {
transitive = true
}
compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:$googlePlayServicesVersion"
/* Apache commons */
compile "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:$apacheCommonsVersion"
/* Android testing */
testCompile "junit:junit:$jUnitVersion"
testCompile "org.mockito:mockito-core:$mockitoVersion"
androidTestCompile("com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:$espressoVersion", {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
androidTestCompile "com.android.support.test:runner:$testRunnerVersion"
androidTestCompile "com.android.support:support-annotations:$supportLibraryVersion"
testCompile "org.powermock:powermock-api-mockito:$powerMockVersion"
testCompile "org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4-rule-agent:$powerMockVersion"
testCompile "org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4-rule:$powerMockVersion"
testCompile "org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4:$powerMockVersion"
compile 'com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-rxjava2-adapter:1.0.0'
compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.8.8'
compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.8.8'
compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.8.8'
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.3.1'
}
