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Google play services induces errors in my project

I am trying to add a Google+ sign in button in my app so that I can use the youtube API and provide an easy access to the user. However recently I updated my sdk and now on importing the google-play-services_lib in my workspace and further integrating the services in my project using the standard importing procedure (Project --> properties --> Android | add library) results in an red exclamation mark on my project and when I try to run it gives me a dialog which says there are errors in the project)
In Java build part I get an error which can be properly explained by the following screen shot:
How to resolve this issue? I am sure of the path.

Delete play services library from sdk (.../sdk/extras/google location )
Open SDK Manager and re-install play services library. Restart SDK Manager again to take effect.
Go to eclipse--> re-import play-services library from sdk (copy into workspace is optional).
Clean library project by project-->clean option
Go to your project, add this latest imported library to it.
Clean both library project and your project.
This should work..

android can't import google play services

From SDK Manager I have download the google play services, but when I try to add this lib to my project from right click then import the existing android code into workshop then when I select the google play services lib from C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\google_play_services\libproject\google-play-services_lib I got this error (see the pic below please) .
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I have android support v4 (maybe this makes problems? I just tell you because I don't know if this would make mistakes).

Seems to be you have already imported the google-play-services_lib project and just deleted from eclipse ide but not in your hard drive workspace folder. Try deleting the google-play-services_lib project from your workspace folder and try importing the project again.
And make sure "Is Library" is checked in properties->Android of google-play-services_lib project.

The Maps APIs for Android have been updated in the latest release of the Google Play Services library and have been rolled out to Android devices with the Play Store.
Please check this link.
if you have any query comment below.

Seems that library already installed check my step by step tutorial to see if how you missed some step in using google map android v2 on emulator(android 4.2.2) have a look at to my blog: http://umut.tekguc.info/en/content/google-android-map-v2-step-step

Where is com.google.android.gms?

Today I updated Android SDK components to the newest version and somehow the whole com.google.android.gms package is gone. Instead, there is only com.google.android.maps with different classes than those in gms package. Is it a big change form Google or have I done something wrong? I have been using GoogleMap and LatLng classes to work with google maps and now I have just errors in my project.

Is it a big change form Google or have I done something wrong?
com.google.android.gms comes from the Play Services SDK, which you attach to your application project as an Android library project. Please check your environment to ensure that you have a valid copy of the Play Services library project and that your application project still points to it.

First off, if you did not run any updates with Android SDK Manager make sure the google-play-services-lib' project is open in eclipse. If this doesn't fix your problem then proceed. Note: eclipse(v22.0.1-685705) will close google-play-services-lib project with a 'close unrelated projects' command. The google-play-services-lib project must be open.
I figured this problem out. Initially, you/I installed Google Play services in eclipse directly from the SDK Path, (SDK Path is displayed on the top left of Android SDK Manager). When you updated Google Play services with the Android SDK Manager it deleted the .project file and now eclipse can't find the 'google-play-services-lib' project and your development project fails to compile. :-(
Solution:
The basic ideal of this solution is to clean out the old 'google-play-services-lib' project in eclipse, which is now defunct and install a new one with the project copied from the SDK path.
Delete the old project:
In eclipse delete any 'google-play-services-lib' project. (In Eclipse see: Project properties-> Android -> Library.)
In In Eclipse see: Project properties-> Android -> Library delete the old entry for 'google-play-services-lib' project. This will most likely have an red 'X' on it.
Install a new one:
Follow the instruction from Google to install 'google-play-services-lib' project. These instruction specify to copy the project out of the SDK install folder; and then how to set up the projects.
http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html
Notes:
Your name for 'google-play-services-lib' may be different.
The key to remember is that Google play services is not a jar file. It is a project in eclipse. Your, development project references the google-play-services-lib project.
By copying the project folder from the SDK path to another location, this will keep the Android SDK Manager from deleting your eclipse .project file, and causing this problem. The draw back is if you would like to update google play services, you have to remember to do all the steps again.

You will need Google Play Services sdk. You can install it from Android SDK Manager, if you are using sdk for eclipse.
After installing Google Play services, you can import the library project in your Workspace from ..\sdk\extras\google\google_play_services folder. Clean and build it.
Now you can go to the properties of project having problem and select the library project in Android section.
This should work!

Currently library is in Google Repository. To enable it make sure you have downloaded it using Android SDK Manager (down to the very bottom of the list).

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Similar to: How to correctly include the support library in non-Eclipse Android application
The best I could find was https://stackoverflow.com/a/30689979/895245:
copy paste android-sdk/extras/google/google_play_services/libproject/google-play-services_lib directory in the project directory
cd into it and run android update project -p . -t android-22
add <property name="android.library.reference.1" value="./google-play-services_lib"/> to your build.xml.
You can install extras with the android GUI tool, or with this CLI method: Downloading the Android support library from command line
If you just copy paste the .jar in <sdk>/extras/google/google_play_services/libproject/google-play-services_lib/libs/google-play-services.jar under the libs/ directory of the project, it compiles but breaks at runtime because of the required res/values/version.xml which is not included in the .jar.

If using Android Studio you can add the Google Play Services to use the Google Android Maps v2 by adding a dependency to the build.gradle file.
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:3.1.36'
}

Google play services library in Intellij 12

Does anyone have any experience in making use of the Google play services library project in IntelliJ?
I recently purchased IntelliJ and want to make use of the Google play services library (specifically the mapping aspects of the library). In eclipse this works no problem but in IntelliJ all of the references to MapFragment etc are not being resolved.
I have done the following:
1) Imported the Google play module as a library project (marked it as a library project in the android facet)
2) Marked the google play library project as a dependency of my main application
Despite this it's not resolving the required imports.
Does anyone have any tips for how to enable the Google play services library in an IntelliJ android project?

http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-96525
Found the solution for folks out there.
You will need to add a dummy class to the src folder.
You'll also need to add the google-play-services.jar to your module as a jar dependency.

I tried a lot of suggestions on stackoverflow.com. However, I was able to get the project to build and run in IntelliJ IDEA 12.0.2 by
Copying the google-play-services.jar file located within my android sdk directory to the ./libs directory in my Android project
Re-importing the project (e.g., on Mac OS X, open IDEA and go to File -> Import Project...) into IntelliJ IDEA.
Follow the steps in the wizard carefully. You should be able to see that IntelliJ IDEA recognizes the google-play-services.jar archive (it's checked). This worked for me. The problem appears to be a bug.

The confusion here is that you need to add the google play libs as an android library project, not the JAR. You also need to make sure import a copy of the the library project, not directly out of the android sdk folder.
In your IntelliJ Project, open the Android SDK Manager in the tools/Android menu.
Scroll to the bottom of the SDK Manager and choose to install the google play sdk.
Go to the extras folder in your android sdk directory and copy google-play-services_lib folder to somewhere handy for you
Open your module settings F4, right click your module and select to add a module. Follow the guide for adding a module from existing sources.
This way, you've added the google play android library project to your project, not just the jar.

So the way to do this is to build goole-play-services.jar from IDEA and then include the jar file as a dependency.

Android compatibility library (Android support) install problems

I am trying to install the Android Support package (previously known as the Android Compatibility Library, I think) using the SDK Manager, but it keeps (silently) failing to install.
According the the documentation, it should install to my /extras/ directory, but after what looks to be a successful download and installation from the SDK, the directory is empty. There are no errors in the SDK Manager log, and the module says that it is installed in the list of "extra" packages......but it is not!
Has anyone else had any experience of this?
I'm using Wnidows Vista + Eclipse.
Cheers,
Chris

So - couldn't figure out why the SDK Manager won't install it, but I did find this link on StackOverflow that explains how to manually download packages from the Google repository (this is explained in an external blog here)
This means that I can at least download the .zip file and install it manually!

Try to run the SDK as admin from the location you had installed.

Alternatively, you could just not use eclipse at all and add the .jar to your build path manually.
Create a directory called "libs" in your project explorer.
Drag and drop the support package file (.jar) into your new "libs" directory.
Right click the .jar file and click "add to build path".
And there you have it :)