Adding Google Play Services to non-gradle Android Studio project?
android, android-studio, google-play-services, java
Solution
Copy the library from the `SDK/Extras` Directory
Use your SDK Manager to download the Google Play Services - it'll be found under the Extras directory.
Go to your Android SDK directory and find the `google-play-services_lib` directory, for me this was in the Android Studio package:
`/Applications/Android Studio.app/sdk/extras/google/google_play_services/libproject/google-play-services_lib/`
Copy this entire directory to your project's `libs` directory.
Add this as a module dependency as you normally would. (For Android Studio, see below for step-by-step instructions.)
You'll need to add a `meta-tag` to your `AndroidManifest.xml` file as well, that looks like this:
`<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />`
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Android Studio Steps
Steps to add the library project as a module dependency once it's already in your `libs` directory.
`File > Import Module`.
Select the `google-play-services_lib` directory under your `libs` directory.
Ensure `Create module from existing sources` is selected and click `Next` until you finish the wizard.
`Project Structure` > `Modules` (far left) > Select Your App > `Dependencies` tab > `+` > `Module Dependency` > `google-play-services_lib`.
`Project Structure` > `Modules` (far left) > Select `google-play-services_lib` > `Dependencies` tab > + > `Jars or directories...` > Find and select `libs/google-play-services_lib/libs/google-play-services.jar`.
Make sure you click the `Export` checkbox for this dependency.
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Many thanks to Adama Speakman's post for the specific Android Studio steps.
JP
Problem
I have an existing project that was built without gradle for Android Studio and I'm trying to get Google Play Services imported to fix a `java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.android.gms.R$styleable` exception. The only problem is it doesn't seem possible... I've considered porting it to gradle but the codebase is rather large (40+ Activities) and it would be a nightmare for someone like me, who's never used gradle before, to accomplish. I've trying importing the Google Play Services project from the SDK but it hangs forever "creating gradle files". Anyone have any experience loading this library to a non-gradle project before? As an aside, I've tried loading the project into Eclipse to see if I could do something that way, but the build paths self-destruct to where I've spent hours trying to sort through them to no avail.