Running Google Maps v2 on the Android emulator

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I ve tried to implement Google Maps v2 in my Android application  but unfortunately instead of maps I get this message      Is it possible to run these maps on the Android emulator  Platform 4 2

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For those who have updated to the latest version of google-play-services_lib and/or have this error Google Play services out of date. Requires 3136100 but found 2012110 this newer version of com.google.android.gms.apk (Google Play Services 3.1.36) and com.android.vending.apk (Google Play Store 4.1.6) should work.

Test with this configuration on Android SDK Tools 22.0.1. Another configuration that targets pure Android, not the Google one, should work too.

Device: Galaxy Nexus
Target: Android 4.2.2 - API Level 17
CPU/ABI: ARM (armeabi-v7a)
Checked: Use Host GPU

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Open the AVD

Execute this in the terminal / cmd

adb -e install com.google.android.gms.apk
adb -e install com.android.vending.apk

Restart the AVD
Have fun coding!!!

I found this way to be the easiest, cleanest and it works with the newest version of the software, which allow you to get all the bug fixes.

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I ve successful installed Google Maps v2 on an emulator using this guide  You should do the following steps    Create a new emulator Nexus S  Android 2 3 3  Don t use Google API  Install com android vending apk  Google Play Store  v 3 10 9  Install com google android gms apk   Google Play Service  v 2 0 12

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I have already replied to this question in an answer to Stack Overflow question Trouble using Google sign-in button in emulator  It only works for Android 4 2 2  but lets you use the  Intel Atom  x86   in AVD    I think that it is easy to make it work for other versions of Android  Just find the correct files

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I have successfully run our app  which requires Google Maps API 2  on an AndroVM virtual machine  AndroVM does not come with Google Maps or Google Play installed  but provides a modified copy of the Cyanogen Gapps archive  which is a set of the proprietary Google apps installed on most Android devices  The instructions  copied from the AndroVM FAQ   How can I install Google Apps  including the Market Play app     Download Google Apps   gapps-jb-20121011-androvm tgz  basically the  system directory from the Cyanogen gapps archive without the GoogleTTS app which crashes on AndroVM  Untar the gapps   tgz file on your host     you   ll have a system directory created Get the management IP address of your AndroVM     AndroVM Configuration    tool  and do    adb connect x y z t    do    adb root    reconnect with    adn connect x y z t    do    adb remount    do    adb push system   system      Your VM will reboot and you should have google apps including Market Play  You won   t have some Google Apps  like Maps  but they can be downloaded from the Market Play   So follow those instructions  then just install Google Maps using Google Play  Some great side effects of using a VM rather than the emulator   Vastly superior general performance OpenGL acceleration Google Play support  The only bump in the road so far has been lack of multi-touch gestures  which is a bummer for a mapping app   I plan to work around this with a hidden UI mechanism  so not such a huge problem

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I recommend using the emulator by Genymotion instead of Google s emulators  It launches way faster and responds almost in real-time  It also supports Google Play Services and therefore Google Maps     Give it a try  Here is a blog post which helps you setting up the emulator    How to set up a fast emulator for Android on Linux

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You need to try on an emulator with the Google API s version  Each platform has two versions  Android and Android Google APIs  Ensure that when you create the AVD  you select the Google APIs version on target field   And the page Ensure Devices Have the Google Play services APK can be also helpful

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Google has updated the Virtual Device targeting API 23   It now comes with Google Play Services 9 0 80   So if you are using Google Maps API V 2 0  I m using play-services-maps 9 0 0 and play-services-location 9 0 0  no workaround necessary  It just works

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At the moment  referencing the Google Android Map API v2 you can t run Google Maps v2 on the Android emulator  you must use a device for your tests

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I am able to have my emulator to run my app with Google Map V 2  with Google Play Service V 4   I followed steps that others suggested with some failures  however I learned from it and somehow make it work  This is how    First of all  You must have coded your map app  correctly with all the appropriate permissions setup in your metafile XML  and have Google Play Services APK part of your app  To verify this is true  you must run your app on REAL device and know it works with its map there  Then you can proceed to process your emulator as shown below  Create a new emulator  or use your existing emulator with specs    Target Name   Android 4 1 2  API Level   16  CPU   Any  However  I found ARM is much faster responsive than x86 Have enough RAM memory and space MB  Run you emulator  your target emulator must be running   Download the following APKs  available via dropbox per 4 2 2013  to your local directory  scan for virus      com android vending apk   Google Play Store  v 3 10 9  com google android gms apk   Google Play Service  v 2 0 12   Install these two APK into your running  target  emulator with ADB command   DOS Console Prompt  adb -e install  path-to-APK-file   NOTE  Possibly  you have had these APKs installed in your emulator during this trial-error  and need to re-install for some reason  You must uninstall them first by  adb -e uninstall  com google android gms or com android vending  Here  it is where things could get tricky  You think you were done  but when you open your app with Map again  but all you get is an error saying something in the form of   Google Play services out of date  Requires 2012100 but found 2010110   and may see a button to  Update  Google Play  If this is the case  do NOT attempt to click the update button since it won t do anything  I got this error too  and I resolved it by both of these additional steps    Clean-rebuild-reinstall my app into the emulator Shutdown my emulator and re-start it   That s it  it works now nicely

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Please try the following  It was successfully for me   Steps    Create a new emulator with this configuration     Start the emulator and install the following APK files  GoogleLoginService apk  GoogleServicesFramework apk  and Phonesky apk  You can do this with the following commands   adb shell mount -o remount yourAvdName -t yaffs2  dev block mtdblock0  system adb shell chmod 777  system app adb push GoogleLoginService apk  system app  adb push GoogleServicesFramework apk  system app  adb push Phonesky apk  system app    Links for APKs    GoogleLoginService apk  GoogleServicesFramework apk Phonesky apk AKA Google Play Store  v 3 5 16 Google Maps  v 6 14 1 Google Play services  v 2 0 10  Install Google Play services and Google Maps in the emulator  adb install com google android apps maps-1 apk adb install com google android gms-2 apk  Download Google Play Service revision 4 from this link and extra to folder sdkmanager- gt extra- gt google play service  Import google-play-services lib from androidsdk extras google google play services  Create a new project and reference the above project as a library project  Run the project

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I tried the steps above  by paniniluncher  but received the following message   Google Play services out of date  Requires 3025100 but found 2012110   I received this message because I required different versions of the files noted above  To resolve the issue I first uninstalled the files referenced above  downloaded the versions that I needed  as referenced in the following StackOverflow posting   Google Play services out of date  Requires 3025100 but found 2012110  and then installed these files using the  adb -e install  path-to-APK-file  and then restarted the emulator and it worked perfectly

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