9. Integrating Google Play Services | Mastering Android Game Development

Setting up the code

The first thing we need to do is to add the Google Play Services library to our project. This should already have been done by the wizard when we created the project, but I recommend you to double-check it now.

The library needs to be added to the build.gradle file of the main module. Note that Android Studio projects contain a top-level build.gradle and a module-level build.gradle for each module. We will modify the one that is under the mobile module.

Make sure that the play services' library is listed under dependencies:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'


dependencies {
  compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.1'
  compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.3.0'
}

At the point of writing, the latest version is 7.3.0. The basic features have not changed much and they are unlikely to change. You could force Gradle to use a specific version of the library, but in general I recommend you use the latest version.

Once you have it, save the changes and click...

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Mastering Android Game Development

By : Raul Portales

Mastering Android Game Development

By: Raul Portales

Overview of this book

Setting up the code

Mastering Android Game Development

By : Raul Portales

Mastering Android Game Development

By: Raul Portales

Overview of this book

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