Cannot properly compile play services for libgdx - android-studio

Question

So I've been trying to add google play services for my game.
First thing I did was add the dependency to the gradle file. This is how it looks now:
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenLocal()
mavenCentral()
maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.3'
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
}
}
allprojects {
apply plugin: "eclipse"
apply plugin: "idea"
version = '1.0'
ext {
appName = "My First Game"
gdxVersion = '1.9.3'
roboVMVersion = '2.1.0'
box2DLightsVersion = '1.4'
ashleyVersion = '1.7.0'
aiVersion = '1.8.0'
googlePlayVersion = '9.4.0'
}
repositories {
mavenLocal()
mavenCentral()
maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/" }
}
}
project(":android") {
apply plugin: "android"
configurations { natives }
dependencies {
compile project(":core")
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-backend-android:$gdxVersion"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-armeabi"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-armeabi-v7a"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-arm64-v8a"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86_64"
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d:$gdxVersion"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-armeabi"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-armeabi-v7a"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-arm64-v8a"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86_64"
compile "com.badlogicgames.box2dlights:box2dlights:$box2DLightsVersion"
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-controllers:$gdxVersion"
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-controllers-android:$gdxVersion"
compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services:$googlePlayVersion"
}
}
project(":core") {
apply plugin: "java"
dependencies {
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx:$gdxVersion"
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d:$gdxVersion"
compile "com.badlogicgames.box2dlights:box2dlights:$box2DLightsVersion"
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-controllers:$gdxVersion"
}
}
tasks.eclipse.doLast {
delete ".project"
}
Here is a picture of the packages I have installed
However I still can't use the library and if I try to make for example an AdView (which I should now be able to) it goes red and can't be identified, however I can Alt+Enter to
Add library 'play-services-ads-lite-9.4.0' to classpath
If I add that, it adds the following line to the module (not project) gradle file:
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite:9.4.0'
and I get this gradle error.
If I go to:
/home/user/Android/Sdk/extras/google/m2repository/com/google/android
I can see the folders play-services, play-services-ads, etc, so I know they are there!
Thank you for taking the time to look into my problem. All help is appreciated!
EDIT: It has come to my attention that you might need the code: apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'.
I'm not sure where this should be however it says i need a file google-services.json. Not sure you should need this? Here is where i place the above line of code:
project(":android") {
apply plugin: "android"
configurations { natives }
dependencies {
compile project(":core")
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-backend-android:$gdxVersion"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-armeabi"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-armeabi-v7a"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-arm64-v8a"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86_64"
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d:$gdxVersion"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-armeabi"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-armeabi-v7a"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-arm64-v8a"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86"
natives "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-box2d-platform:$gdxVersion:natives-x86_64"
compile "com.badlogicgames.box2dlights:box2dlights:$box2DLightsVersion"
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-controllers:$gdxVersion"
compile "com.badlogicgames.gdx:gdx-controllers-android:$gdxVersion"
compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services:$googlePlayVersion"
}
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
}
EDIT2: if I try to put the dependency as well as the "apply plugin" in this file instead of the project gradle I get the same result in the fork of an error message saying that google-services.json is missing. This is my module android gradle:
android {
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
compileSdkVersion 23
sourceSets {
main {
manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
java.srcDirs = ['src']
aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
res.srcDirs = ['res']
assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
}
instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')
}
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.oscarboking.myfirstgame"
minSdkVersion 9
targetSdkVersion 23
}
}
// called every time gradle gets executed, takes the native dependencies of
// the natives configuration, and extracts them to the proper libs/ folders
// so they get packed with the APK.
task copyAndroidNatives() {
file("libs/armeabi/").mkdirs();
file("libs/armeabi-v7a/").mkdirs();
file("libs/arm64-v8a/").mkdirs();
file("libs/x86_64/").mkdirs();
file("libs/x86/").mkdirs();
configurations.natives.files.each { jar ->
def outputDir = null
if (jar.name.endsWith("natives-arm64-v8a.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/arm64-v8a")
if (jar.name.endsWith("natives-armeabi-v7a.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/armeabi-v7a")
if (jar.name.endsWith("natives-armeabi.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/armeabi")
if (jar.name.endsWith("natives-x86_64.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/x86_64")
if (jar.name.endsWith("natives-x86.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/x86")
if (outputDir != null) {
copy {
from zipTree(jar)
into outputDir
include "*.so"
}
}
}
}
task run(type: Exec) {
def path
def localProperties = project.file("../local.properties")
if (localProperties.exists()) {
Properties properties = new Properties()
localProperties.withInputStream { instr ->
properties.load(instr)
}
def sdkDir = properties.getProperty('sdk.dir')
if (sdkDir) {
path = sdkDir
} else {
path = "$System.env.ANDROID_HOME"
}
} else {
path = "$System.env.ANDROID_HOME"
}
def adb = path + "/platform-tools/adb"
commandLine "$adb", 'shell', 'am', 'start', '-n', 'com.oscarboking.myfirstgame/AndroidLauncher'
}
// sets up the Android Eclipse project, using the old Ant based build.
eclipse {
// need to specify Java source sets explicitly, SpringSource Gradle Eclipse plugin
// ignores any nodes added in classpath.file.withXml
sourceSets {
main {
java.srcDirs "src", 'gen'
}
}
jdt {
sourceCompatibility = 1.6
targetCompatibility = 1.6
}
classpath {
plusConfigurations += [project.configurations.compile]
containers 'com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.ANDROID_FRAMEWORK', 'com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.LIBRARIES'
}
project {
name = appName + "-android"
natures 'com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.AndroidNature'
buildCommands.clear();
buildCommand "com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.ResourceManagerBuilder"
buildCommand "com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.PreCompilerBuilder"
buildCommand "org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder"
buildCommand "com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.ApkBuilder"
}
}
// sets up the Android Idea project, using the old Ant based build.
idea {
module {
sourceDirs += file("src");
scopes = [COMPILE: [plus: [project.configurations.compile]]]
iml {
withXml {
def node = it.asNode()
def builder = NodeBuilder.newInstance();
builder.current = node;
builder.component(name: "FacetManager") {
facet(type: "android", name: "Android") {
configuration {
option(name: "UPDATE_PROPERTY_FILES", value: "true")
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.4.0"
}
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
If I try to use anything in the library I can alt+enter to the dependency however it tries to add it to the core module gradle file.

Answer 1

I'm using classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:2.0.0' in my project gradle and compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-appinvite:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-games:8.4.0' in my android module gradle.
I'm also using google analytics, so the first one or two imports may be unnecessary.
Maybe you have to clean the project/remove the .gradle folder.