[android] updating Google play services in Emulator

I have gone through many questions like this on Google Play, I am using Android 4.2.2 API 17.

My app requires Google play services 8.1 , It compiles fine and when it runs on emulator it shows message that 'You need to update your Google play services ' ,

When I click on update nothing happens,

How can I update the Google Play services without downloading any latest API version ?

the answers on this page eluded me until i found the show package details option

Use emulator that has Play Store installed. Updating play services would be as easy as in real device.

Since Google introduced Google Play Store images in Android SDK Tools 26.0.0 now emulators comes with installed Google Play Store.

From 26.0.3

• Adds a new tab in the extended window for Google Play Store images that displays the Play Services version and a button to check for updates to Play Services.

2020 , the error Google Play services out of date. Requires 12451000 but found 11743470

just update Google Play services from the Google Play after you sing-in with a valid account.

PS: I've tried different Emulator versions, but all required to update google play services.

I faced the same issue. I updated my Android studio and used API 25 target as Android 7.1.1 and X86 and everything worked fine. I use Google play services and firebase for my project

I know it's late answer but I had same problem for last two days, and none of the above solutions worked for me. My app supports min sdk 16, Jelly Bean 4.1.x, so I wanted to test my app on emulator with 16 android api version and I needed Google Play Services.

In short, solution that worked for me is:

• make new emulator Nexus 5X (with Play Store support) - Jelly Bean 4.1.x, 16 API level (WITHOUT Google APIs)
• manually download apks of Google Play Store and Google Play Services (it is necessary that both apks have similar version, they need to start with same number, for example 17.x)
• drag and drop those apks into new emulator
• congratulations you have updated Google Play Services on your 4.1.x emulator

Here are the steps and errors I have encountered during the problem.

So I have made new emulator in my AVD. I picked Nexus 5X (with Play Store support). After that I picked Jelly Bean 16 api level (with Google APIs). When I opened my app dialog pop up with message You need to update your Google play services. When I clicked on Update button, nothing happened. I did update everything necessary in SDK manager, but nothing worked. I didn't have installed Google Play Store on my emulator, even tho I picked Nexus 5X which comes with preinstalled Play Store. So I couldn't find Google Play Store tab in Extended Controls (tree dots next to my emulator).

Because nothings worked, I decided to try to install Google Play Services manually, by downloading APK and dragging it into emulator. When I tried this, I encountered problem The APK failed to install. Error: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES. I figured that this was the problem because I picked Jelly Bean 16 api level (with Google APIs). So I made new emulator

Nexus 5X (with Play Store support) - Jelly Bean 16 api level (WITHOUT Google APIs)

This allowed me to install my Google Play Service manually. But when I run my app, it still didn't want to open it. Problem was that my emulator was missing Google Play Store. So I installed it manually like Google Play Service. But when it was successfully installed, dialog started popping out every second with message Unfortunately Google Play Services has stopped. Problem was that version of my Google Play Store was 17.x and Google Play Service was 19.x. So at the end I installed Google Play Service with version 17.x, and everything worked.

You need install Google play image, Android SDK -> SDK platforms --> check show Package details --> install Google play.

Running the app on a virtual device with system image, 'Google Play API' instead of 'Google API' will solve your issue smoothly..

• Virtual devices Nexus 5x and Nexus 5 supports 'Google Play API' image.

• Google Play API comes with Nougat 7.1.1 and O 8.0.

Just follow the below simple steps and make sure your pc is connected to internet.

1. Create a new virtual device by selecting Create Virtual Device(left-bottom corner) from Android Virtual Devices Manager.

2. Select the Hardware 'Nexus 5x' or 'Nexus 5'.

3. Download the system image 'Nougat' with Google Play or 'O' with Google Play. 'O' is the latest Android 8.0 version.

4. Click on Next and Finish.

5. Run your app again on the new virtual device and click on the 'Upgrade now ' option that shows along with the warning message.

6. You will be directed to the Play Store and you can update your Google Play services easily.

See your app runs smoothly!

• Note: If you plan to use APIs from Google Play services, you must use the Google APIs System Image.

I was having the same issue. Just avoid using an emulator with SDK 27. SDK 26 works fine!

Update your google play services or just create the new emulator. When you install the new emulator this problem will automatically be solved. Happy coding :)

My answer is not to update the Google play service but work around. Get the play service version of the emulator by using the following code

getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.google.android.gms", 0 ).versionName);

For example if the value is "9.8.79" then use the nearest lesser version available com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.8.0'

This will resolve your problem. Get the release history from https://developers.google.com/android/guides/releases#november_2016_-_v100

Based from Google documentation,

If you want to test your app on the emulator, expand the directory for Android 4.2.2 (API 17) or a higher version, select Google APIs, and install it. Then create a new AVD with Google APIs as the platform target.

Try to navigate to settings--> apps in your emulator and then find Google Play Services. Check the version number and use it in you build.gradle. To update it with the latest version, you can see it in these documentation and SO question.