Google Play Services running on Emulator - android

Adding Google Play Services lib (v.7327000) to my app, it works well on real devices but Activity crashes and I get error on running emulator (Google API 21/22, tried Nexus4/5/10) like this:
"E/OpenGLRenderer(2560): Could not allocate texture for layer (fbo=1 2560x1326)"
Tried with Android Studio (selective lib) and Eclipse (library project).
Does anyone know a solution ?

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Running an app based on google play services library

I am trying to learn about Android Location API using Google Play Services through ANDROIDHIVE but whenever I try to run the app in genymotion the app never starts. I have checked every other apps developed by me they run perfectly and even my location API app runs when I remove the google-play-services-lib from the app through the properties. It only does not run when I add this library . I am using eclipse and the tutorial is also for eclipse users and my genymotion version is 2.4
#Saud kindly double check your set up with your API/s. There are many factors to consider why your app doesn't run. Emulator must run Android 4.2.2 or higher. Check the guide to see if you have followed the steps on setting up the Google Play services to your project. Also, take note that Google Play Services need to be sideloaded in Genymotion.

Why Google search is not up-to-date in android emulator?

Was trying to pair android emulator with android wearable.
I created an AVD(Nexus 5 skin) using Google API with Lollipop 5.0.1, Google Services is running 7.3 on that emulator, but Google search function is so out dated, it even has the 2.3 theme in it and wearable needs a much higher version.
what a shame!
Am I doing anything wrong here? I have tried to pair emulators using genymotion, after install ARM translation and Google services, the Android Wearable Companion just keep crashing.
If there is a good post out there please share, thanks!

Google Play Services Missing in Emulator (Android 4.4.2)

For the emulator I have below, I am getting the error message that "Google Play Services not installed on the device".
As per the developer site, it says that 'The Android emulator with an AVD that runs the Google APIs platform based on Android 4.2.2 or higher.
Not able to understand if the emulator is running 4.4.2 then why is google play services not present?
Some related threads, but no resolution. (adding these just to point out this issue is not a duplicate):
Related Thread
Related Thread
http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html
Quoting docs
If you want to test your app on the emulator, expand the directory for
Android 4.2.2 (API 17) or a higher version, select Google APIs, and
install it. Then create a new AVD with Google APIs as the platform
target.
Needs Emulator of Google API"S
See the target in the snap
Snap
I prefer testing on a real device which has google play services installed
You will not able to test the app using the Google-Play-Service library in emulator. In order to test that app in emulator you need to install some system framework in your emulator to make it work.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/11213598/1405008
Refer the above answer to install Google play service on your emulator.
If you happen to not have the image, download it via the SDK manager:
If you're using Xamarin, I found a guide on their official forum explaining how to do this:
Download the package from the internet. There are many sources for this, one possible source is the CyanogenMod web site.
Start up the Android Player and unlock it.
Drag and drop the zip file that you downloaded onto the Android Player.
Restart the Android Player.
Hereafter, you might also need to update the Google Play Services from the Google Play Store.
Hope this helps for anyone else who has troubles finding the documentation.
Setp 1 :
Download the following apk files.
1)com.google.android.gms.apk (https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934534438)
2)com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk (https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=23203820527945795)
Step 2 : Create a new AVD without the google API's
Step 3 : Run the AVD (Start the emulator)
Step 4 : Install the downloaded apks using adb .
1)adb install com.google.android.gms-6.7.76_\(1745988-038\)-6776038-minAPI9.apk
2)adb install com.android.vending-4.4.22.apk
adb come up with android sdks/studio
Step 5 : Create the application in google developer console
Step 6 : Configure the api key in your Androidmanifest.xml and google api version.
Note :
In step1 you need to download the apk based on your Android API level(..18,19,21..) and google play services version (5,5.1,6,6.5......)
This will work 100%.
google play service is just a library to create application but in order to use application that use google play service library , you need to install google play in your emulator.and for that it need the unique device id. and device id is only on the real device not have on emulator. so for testing it , you need real android device.

Show Admob banner in android 2.1 using google play services library

I am stuck in a strange problem. I a creating an app which has something to do with google plus only when its running on android 2.3 or above. So I use Google Play Services Library for the purpose. The library runs on 2.3 and above.
Now even if I wish to do google plus stuff on 2.3 and above, I want my app to be capable of showing ads from android 2.1 . But this is not sort of possible because admob is now integrated in Google Play Services Library which does not support 2.1 . I cannot even include a separate Jar for admob because using both admob jar and play services library simultaneously gives multiple dex file error at compile time.
Is there any real solution to the problem ? Thanks

Missing Google Play Services from AVD

I recently started developing for Android, and I have come into trouble when trying to use Google Maps in my app. I downloaded the Google Maps API v2 for Android, and have already performed all the required steps according to Google Developers Site.
My problem is that although the app runs, in the place where the maps should be displayed there is a texts saying that my device is missing Google Play Services.
I have already downloaded the Google Play Services from the SDK, imported the library into my project and also importing the .JAR file.
I am using Netbeans, not Eclipse, so many solutions I have found over the web aren`t useful for me. I hope you can help me with this.
Unfortunately, you can't use the emulator to run apps that use Google Play services. From http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html: "Google Play services is not supported on the Android emulator — to develop using the APIs, you need to provide a development device such as an Android phone or tablet."
From google's own site http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html
If you want to test your app on the emulator, expand the directory for
Android 4.2.2 (API 17) or a higher version, select Google APIs, and
install it. Then create a new AVD with Google APIs as the platform
target. Note: Only Android 4.2.2 and higher versions of the Google
APIs platform include Google Play services.
I had this same problem and found solution:
Here are the updated gms and vending files. Same instructions as before: Create a new emulator with any cpu/abi, a non google-api target (versions 10-17 work) and gpu emulation on or off, and then install the files:
adb install com.android.vending-20130716.apk
adb install com.google.android.gms-20130716.apk
If you are upgrading an existing emulator then you might need to uninstall previous versions by:
adb uninstall com.android.vending
adb uninstall com.google.android.gms
Bellow link contains a solution that works with Android 4.2.2 or higher
How to install Google Play Services in Android Emulator
1.1 Start your emulator. Disconnect any other Android device (such as your smartphone) from computer.
1.2 Download these two files
com.android.vending-19032013.apk : http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7jfar2v1bzx6v59
com.google.android.gms-19032013.apk : http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4o9fz413uavlblf
1.3 Open command console, go to \platform-tools
Install two files above with command
adb install \com.android.vending-19032013.apk
adb install \com.google.android.gms-19032013.apk
Yes, you can use Google maps on emulator. However, it's not officially supported, so takes some work. I had the best success following the info on this link.
I found this, i hope it helps you ;)
Installing Google Play on Android Emulator
Run Google Play Services in your emulator
If anyone is still experiencing this issue, first try to create your emulator with the Google API's as the platform target. After doing so, I noticed that my Google Play Services was not the correct version on the emulator.
While trying to hack together a solution, I stumbled upon the GoogleApiAvailability class here. Google did a phenomenal job handling compatibility issues.
GoogleApiAvailability.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) returns an integer status code, which can be fed directly into getErrorDialog(Activity, errorCode, requestCode) which returns a Dialog that works perfectly right out of the box. If your Play Services are out of date, the dialog will redirect you to an updater... If they are missing, it will redirect you to an installer, etc...
Thought I would share this great feature in case anyone is looking for a fix that would work in production code as well as testing.

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