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| <h1 itemprop="name" style="margin-bottom:0;">Google Play Services</h1> |
| <p itemprop="description">Give your apps more features to attract users |
| on a wider range of devices. |
| With Google Play services, your app can take advantage |
| of the latest, Google-powered features such as Maps, Google+, and more, |
| with automatic platform updates distributed as an APK through |
| the Google Play store. This makes it faster for your users to receive updates |
| and easier for you to integrate the newest that Google has to offer. |
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| <h4>Google Technology</h4> |
| <p>Google Play services provides you with easy access to Google services and is |
| tightly integrated with the Android OS. Easy-to-use client libraries are |
| provided for each service that let you implement the functionality you want |
| easier and faster.</p> |
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| <h4>Standard Authorization</h4> |
| <p>All products in Google Play services share a common authorization API |
| that leverages the existing Google accounts on the device. You and your |
| users have a consistent and safe way to grant and receive OAuth2 access tokens |
| to Google services.</p> |
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| <h4>Automatic Updates</h4> |
| <p>Devices running Android 2.3 or higher that have the Google Play Store |
| app will automatically receive updates to Google Play services. Enhance |
| your app with the most recent version of Google Play services without worrying |
| about your users' Android version.</p> |
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| </div> |
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| <p>To start integrating Google Play services into your app, |
| follow the <a href="/google/play-services/setup.html">Setup</a> guide.</p> |
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| <h2 style="margin-top:0" id="newfeatures">New Features</h2> |
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| <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> |
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| alt=""/>Google Play services, Version 6.1</a> <em>(October 2014)</em> |
| </p> |
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| <dl> |
| <dt>Highlights in Version 6.1</dt> |
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| <dd> |
| <p>For a summary of the feature highlights in Google Play services 6.1, see the |
| announcement |
| <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/09/google-play-services-61.html" |
| class="external-link">blog post</a>.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><strong>Drive</strong> - This release adds the |
| <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/events/CompletionEvent.html"> |
| <code>CompletionEvent</code></a> class to notify you when actions are |
| committed to the server and respond to conflicts. Recent and starred views |
| are now available in the file picker user interface provided by |
| <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/OpenFileActivityBuilder.html"> |
| <code>OpenFileActivityBuilder</code><a/>, and the user interface has been |
| updated to use |
| <a href="{@docRoot}preview/material/index.html">material design</a>. A new |
| <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/DriveResource.html#setParents(com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiClient, java.util.Set<com.google.android.gms.drive.DriveId>)"> |
| DriveResource.setParents()</a> method makes it possible to organize files |
| and folders. In addition, the |
| <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/Contents.html"> |
| <code>Contents</code></a> |
| class has been replaced with a |
| <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/DriveContents.html"> |
| <code>DriveContents</code></a> class that simplifies working with file |
| contents. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/drive/release-notes" |
| class="external-link">Drive SDK release notes</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/drive/android/completion" |
| class="external-link">Completion events developer guide and Google |
| Developers video</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/drive/android/intro?hl=pt-PT#activity_builders" |
| class="external-link">Using the OpenFileActivity Builder</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><strong>Tag Manager</strong> - Google Tag Manager now supports |
| <a href="https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v4/enhanced-ecommerce" |
| class="external-link">Enhanced Ecommerce</a> through the |
| <a href="https://support.google.com/tagmanager/answer/3281379" |
| class="external-link">Universal Analytics tag</a>. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/upgrade/" |
| class="external-link">Universal Analytics Upgrade Center</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/tag-manager/android/v4/" |
| class="external-link">Enhanced Ecommerce developer guide</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><strong>Fit</strong> - The Google Fit developer preview, initially |
| <a href="http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2014/08/google-fit-preview-sdk-now-available.html" |
| class=""external-link>announced</a> in August, has been |
| refreshed to enable you to test your new fitness apps on any Android device. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/fit/preview" |
| class="external-link">Google Fit developer guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/fitness/package-summary.html"> |
| Fit API reference</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
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| </ul> |
| </dd> |
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| <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> |
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| alt=""/>Google Play services, Version 5.0</a> <em>(July 2014)</em> |
| </p> |
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| <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Highlights in Version 5.0</dt> |
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| <dd> |
| <p>For a summary of the feature highlights in Google Play services 5.0, see the |
| announcement |
| <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/07/google-play-services-5.html" |
| class="external-link">blog post</a>.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><strong>Analytics</strong> - The Enhanced Ecommerce API allows your app |
| to send product related information and actions to Google Analytics. Use this |
| API to measure impressions of products seen by users, checkout steps, and |
| products purchased. This information can be analyzed for the effectiveness of |
| marketing and merchandising efforts, including the impact of internal |
| promotions, coupons, and affiliate marketing programs. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v4/enhanced-ecommerce.html" class="external-link">Enhanced Ecommerce developer guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/analytics/ecommerce/package-summary.html">Enhanced Ecommerce API reference</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><strong>App Indexing</strong> - The App Indexing API provides a way |
| for developers to notify Google about deep links in their native apps and |
| allows the Google Search App, version 3.6 and above, to drive re-engagement |
| through Google Search |
| <a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/106230" |
| class="external-link">query autocompletions</a>, providing fast and easy access to |
| inner pages in apps. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/app-indexing/webmasters/appindexingapi.html" |
| class="external-link">App Indexing developer guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/appindexing/package-summary.html">App |
| Indexing API reference</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><strong>Drive</strong> - The Query APIs now allow your app to retrieve |
| Drive files by sorted order, according to a developer-specified sorting criteria. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/drive/android/queries.html" |
| class="external-link">Queries developer guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/query/package-summary.html">Sortable |
| queries API reference</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
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| <li><strong>Play Games</strong> - This release introduces the Quests and |
| Saved Games services. The Quests service gives you the ability to issue |
| time-bound in-game challenges based on Events data sent from your game, without |
| republishing your game (for example: Your game sends an event each time a |
| “gem” is found by a player, and you create a quest to “Find 20 gems”). Players |
| can complete a quest to earn rewards. Saved Games offers improved functionality |
| for saving game state information and visually displaying player game progression. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/quests.html" |
| class="external-link">Events and Quests developer guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/event/package-summary.html">Events |
| API reference</a></a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/quest/package-summary.html">Quests |
| API reference</a></a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/savedgames.html" |
| class="external-link">Saved Games developer guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/snapshot/package-summary.html">Saved |
| Games API reference</a></a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><strong>Security</strong> - The Security API allows you to easily |
| install a dynamic security provider. New versions of Google Play Services will |
| keep the security provider up-to-date with the latest security fixes as those |
| become available. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/security/package-summary.html">Security |
| API reference</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><strong>Wallet</strong> - The Save to Google API for Android lets users |
| save Wallet Objects to their Google Wallet with the click of a button displayed |
| in your Android app. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/wallet/objects/savetowalletnative.html" |
| class="external-link">Save to Google API for Android tutorial</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
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| |
| <li><strong>Wearables</strong> - The Wearable Data Layer API provides a |
| communication channel between your handheld and wearable apps. The API |
| consists of a set of data objects that the system can send and synchronize |
| and listeners that notify your apps of important events from the other |
| device. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}training/wearables/apps/index.html">Building |
| Wearable Apps training class</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/wearable/package-summary.html">Wearables |
| API reference</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
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| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
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| <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> |
| <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" |
| alt=""/>Google Play services, Version 4.4</a> <em>(May 2014)</em> |
| </p> |
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| <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Highlights in Version 4.4</dt> |
| |
| <dd> |
| <p>For a summary of the feature highlights in Google Play services 4.4, see the |
| announcement <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/05/google-play-services-44.html" class="external-link">blog post</a>.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><strong>Maps</strong> - New features for Street View and enhanced control of |
| Indoor Maps. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/streetview.html" class="external-link">Street View developer guide</a> - Add Street View to your app and programmatically control |
| the user’s experience. |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/map.html#indoor_maps" class="external-link">Indoor Maps developer guide</a> - Customize the level picker |
| and specify the active level of a building.</a> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><strong>Activity recognition</strong> - The Location API has been updated with new activity detectors for running and walking. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/location/DetectedActivity.html"><code>DetectedActivity</code> class reference</a> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><strong>Mobile Ads</strong> - The new in-app purchase APIs allow |
| publishers to display in-app purchase ads, which enables users to purchase |
| advertised items directly. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk/docs/admob/advanced#play-inapppurchaselistener" class="external-link">In-app purchase APIs developer guide</a> - |
| Enable in-app purchases via ads by using the in-app purchase APIs. |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/ads/purchase/package-summary.html">In-app purchase API reference</a> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li><strong>Wallet Fragment</strong> - The new Wallet Fragment API allows you |
| to easily integrate Google Wallet Instant Buy with an existing app. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/wallet/instant-buy/android/tutorial.html#about_walletfragment" class="external-link">About Wallet Fragment</a> - Tutorial showing how to |
| use wallet fragment to handle user events and to automate key parts of the purchase lifecycle. |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/wallet/instant-buy/diagrams.html#detailed_api_process_flow" class="external-link">Detailed API process flow</a></a> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
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| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| <div class="toggle-content closed"> |
| <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)"> |
| <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-closed.png" class="toggle-content-img" |
| alt=""/>Google Play services, Version 4.3</a> <em>(March 2014)</em> |
| </p> |
| |
| <div class="toggle-content-toggleme"> |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Highlights in Version 4.3</dt> |
| <dd> |
| <p>For a summary of the feature highlights in Google Play services 4.3, see the |
| announcement <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/03/google-play-services-43.html" class="external-link">blog post</a>.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><strong>Play Games</strong> - The new Game Gifts API enables games to send virtual in-game requests to anyone in a player’s circles or through player search. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/games/services/android/giftRequests.html" class="external-link">Developing Game Gifts in Android</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/request/package-summary.html">Game Gifts API reference</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong>Analytics</strong> - Google Analytics and Tag Manager are now part of Google Play services. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v4/" class="external-link">Getting Started with the Analytics API in Android</a></li> |
| <li><a href="/reference/com/google/android/gms/analytics/package-summary.html">Analytics API reference</a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/tag-manager/android/" class="external-link">Getting Started with the Tag Manager API in Android</a></li> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/tagmanager/package-summary.html">Tag Manager API reference</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong>Drive</strong> - Change notifications, offline content, and more. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/drive/android/pinning.html" class="external-link">Pinning Files</a> - Make files available offline.</li> |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/drive/android/events.html" class="external-link">Listening for Change Events</a> - Receive notifications for change events asynchronously.</li> |
| <li><a href="http://developers.google.com/drive/android/appfolder.html" class="external-link">Storing Application Data</a> - Store application data in a special hidden folder.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><strong>Address</strong> - Let your users provide complete addresses in a single click. |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/identity/intents/package-summary.html">Address API reference</a> </li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| <h2>How It Works</h2> |
| |
| <h4 id="client-lib">The Google Play services client library</h4> |
| <p> |
| The client library contains the interfaces to the individual Google |
| services and allows you to obtain authorization from users to gain access |
| to these services with their credentials. It also contains APIs that allow |
| you to resolve any issues at runtime, such as a missing, disabled, or out-of-date |
| Google Play services APK. The client library has a light footprint if you use |
| <a href="/tools/help/proguard.html">ProGuard</a> as part of your build process, so it won't have |
| an adverse impact on your app's file size. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| If you want to access added features or products, you can upgrade to a new version of the |
| client library as they are released. However, upgrading is not |
| necessary if you don't care about new features or bug fixes. |
| We anticipate more Google services to be continuously added, so be on the lookout for |
| these updates. |
| </p> |
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| <h4 id="apk">The Google Play services APK</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Google Play services APK contains the individual Google services and runs |
| as a background service in the Android OS. You interact with the background service |
| through the client library and the service carries out the actions on your behalf. |
| An easy-to-use authorization flow is also |
| provided to gain access to the each Google service, which provides consistency for both |
| you and your users. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The Google Play services APK is delivered through the Google Play Store, so |
| updates to the services are not dependent on carrier or OEM system image updates. In general, devices |
| running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or later and have the Google Play Store app installed receive updates within a |
| few days. This allows you to use the newest APIs in Google Play services and reach most of the |
| devices in the Android ecosystem (devices older than Android 2.3 or devices without the Google |
| Play Store app are not supported). |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| |
| <div class="layout-content-col span-6"> |
| <img src="/images/play-services-diagram.png" /> |
| <p class="img-caption"><em>The Google Play services APK on user devices receives regular updates |
| for new APIs, features, and bug fixes.</em></p> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| |
| <h4 id="benefits">The benefits for your app</h4> |
| |
| <p>Google Play services gives you the freedom to use the newest APIs for popular |
| Google services without worrying about device support. Updates to Google Play |
| services are distributed automatically by the Google Play Store and new versions |
| of the client library are delivered through the Android SDK Manager. This makes it |
| easy for you to focus on what's important: your users' experience.</p> |
| |
| <p>To get started, <a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">set up</a> the SDK and check out |
| the various products in the Google Play services platform now!</p> |