GooglePlayServicesUtil

public final class GooglePlayServicesUtil extends Object

Utility class for verifying that the Google Play services APK is available and up-to-date on this device. The same checks are performed if one uses AdvertisingIdClient or GoogleAuthUtil to connect to the service.

Constant Summary

String GMS_ERROR_DIALOG
String GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_PACKAGE This constant is deprecated. Use GoogleApiAvailability.GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_PACKAGE instead.
String GOOGLE_PLAY_STORE_PACKAGE Package name for Google Play Store.

Field Summary

public static final int GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION_CODE This field is deprecated. Use GoogleApiAvailability.GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION_CODE instead.

Public Method Summary

static Dialog
getErrorDialog(int errorCode, Activity activity, int requestCode)
This method is deprecated. Use GoogleApiAvailability.getErrorDialog(Activity, int, int) instead.
static Dialog
getErrorDialog(int errorCode, Activity activity, int requestCode, DialogInterface.OnCancelListener cancelListener)
static PendingIntent
getErrorPendingIntent(int errorCode, Context context, int requestCode)
static String
getErrorString(int errorCode)
This method is deprecated. Use GoogleApiAvailability.getErrorString(int) instead.
static String
getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(Context context)
This method is deprecated. This license information is displayed in Settings > Google > Open Source on any device running Google Play services. Applications do not need to display this license text, and this method will be removed in a future version of Google Play services.
static Context
getRemoteContext(Context context)
This gets the Context object of the Buddy APK.
static Resources
getRemoteResource(Context context)
This gets the Resources object of the Buddy APK.
static int
static int
isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context context, int minApkVersion)
This method is deprecated. Use GoogleApiAvailability.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) instead.
static boolean
isUserRecoverableError(int errorCode)
This method is deprecated. Use GoogleApiAvailability.isUserResolvableError(int) instead.
static boolean
showErrorDialogFragment(int errorCode, Activity activity, int requestCode, DialogInterface.OnCancelListener cancelListener)
static boolean
showErrorDialogFragment(int errorCode, Activity activity, Fragment fragment, int requestCode, DialogInterface.OnCancelListener cancelListener)
static boolean
showErrorDialogFragment(int errorCode, Activity activity, int requestCode)
static void
showErrorNotification(int errorCode, Context context)
This method is deprecated. Use GoogleApiAvailability.showErrorNotification(Context, int) instead.

Inherited Method Summary

Constants

public static final String GMS_ERROR_DIALOG

Constant Value: "GooglePlayServicesErrorDialog"

public static final String GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_PACKAGE

This constant is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_PACKAGE instead.

Package name for Google Play services.

Constant Value: "com.google.android.gms"

public static final String GOOGLE_PLAY_STORE_PACKAGE

Package name for Google Play Store.

Constant Value: "com.android.vending"

Fields

public static final int GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION_CODE

This field is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.GOOGLE_PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION_CODE instead.

Google Play services client library version (declared in library's AndroidManifest.xml android:versionCode).

Public Methods

public static Dialog getErrorDialog (int errorCode, Activity activity, int requestCode)

This method is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.getErrorDialog(Activity, int, int) instead.

Returns a dialog to address the provided errorCode. The returned dialog displays a localized message about the error and upon user confirmation (by tapping on dialog) will direct them to the Play Store if Google Play services is out of date or missing, or to system settings if Google Play services is disabled on the device.

Parameters
errorCode error code returned by isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) call. If errorCode is ConnectionResult.SUCCESS then null is returned.
activity parent activity for creating the dialog, also used for identifying language to display dialog in.
requestCode The requestCode given when calling startActivityForResult.

public static Dialog getErrorDialog (int errorCode, Activity activity, int requestCode, DialogInterface.OnCancelListener cancelListener)

This method is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.getErrorDialog(Activity, int, int, OnCancelListener) instead.

Returns a dialog to address the provided errorCode. The returned dialog displays a localized message about the error and upon user confirmation (by tapping on dialog) will direct them to the Play Store if Google Play services is out of date or missing, or to system settings if Google Play services is disabled on the device.

Parameters
errorCode error code returned by isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) call. If errorCode is ConnectionResult.SUCCESS then null is returned.
activity parent activity for creating the dialog, also used for identifying language to display dialog in.
requestCode The requestCode given when calling startActivityForResult.
cancelListener The DialogInterface.OnCancelListener to invoke if the dialog is canceled.

public static PendingIntent getErrorPendingIntent (int errorCode, Context context, int requestCode)

This method is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.getErrorResolutionPendingIntent(Context, ConnectionResult) instead.

Returns a PendingIntent to address the provided errorCode. It will direct them to one of the following places to either the Play Store if Google Play services is out of date or missing, or system settings if Google Play services is disabled on the device.

Parameters
errorCode error code returned by isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) call. If errorCode is ConnectionResult.SUCCESS then null is returned.
context parent context for creating the PendingIntent.
requestCode The requestCode given when calling startActivityForResult.

public static String getErrorString (int errorCode)

This method is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.getErrorString(int) instead.

Returns a human-readable string of the error code returned from isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context).

public static String getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo (Context context)

This method is deprecated.
This license information is displayed in Settings > Google > Open Source on any device running Google Play services. Applications do not need to display this license text, and this method will be removed in a future version of Google Play services.

public static Context getRemoteContext (Context context)

This gets the Context object of the Buddy APK. This loads the Buddy APK code from the Buddy APK into memory. This returned context can be used to create classes and obtain resources defined in the Buddy APK.

Returns
  • The Context object of the Buddy APK or null if the Buddy APK is not installed on the device.

public static Resources getRemoteResource (Context context)

This gets the Resources object of the Buddy APK.

Returns
  • The Resources object of the Buddy APK or null if the Buddy APK is not installed on the device.

public static int isGooglePlayServicesAvailable (Context context)

This method is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) instead.

Verifies that Google Play services is installed and enabled on this device, and that the version installed on this device is no older than the one required by this client.

Returns
  • status code indicating whether there was an error. Can be one of following in ConnectionResult: SUCCESS, SERVICE_MISSING, SERVICE_VERSION_UPDATE_REQUIRED, SERVICE_DISABLED, SERVICE_INVALID

public static int isGooglePlayServicesAvailable (Context context, int minApkVersion)

public static boolean isUserRecoverableError (int errorCode)

This method is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.isUserResolvableError(int) instead.

Determines whether an error is user-recoverable. If true, proceed by calling getErrorDialog(int, Activity, int) and showing the dialog.

Parameters
errorCode error code returned by isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context), or returned to your application via GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener#onConnectionFailed
Returns

public static boolean showErrorDialogFragment (int errorCode, Activity activity, int requestCode, DialogInterface.OnCancelListener cancelListener)

This method is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.showErrorDialogFragment(Activity, int, int, OnCancelListener) instead.

Display a DialogFragment for an error code returned by isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context).

Parameters
errorCode error code returned by isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) call. If errorCode is ConnectionResult.SUCCESS then this does nothing
activity parent activity for creating the dialog, also used for identifying language to display dialog in.
requestCode The requestCode given when calling startActivityForResult.
cancelListener The DialogInterface.OnCancelListener to invoke if the dialog is canceled.
Returns
  • true if the dialog is shown, false otherwise.
Throws
RuntimeException if API level is below 11 and activity is not a FragmentActivity.

public static boolean showErrorDialogFragment (int errorCode, Activity activity, Fragment fragment, int requestCode, DialogInterface.OnCancelListener cancelListener)

public static boolean showErrorDialogFragment (int errorCode, Activity activity, int requestCode)

This method is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.showErrorDialogFragment(Activity, int, int) instead.

Display a DialogFragment for an error code returned by isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context).

Parameters
errorCode error code returned by isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) call. If errorCode is ConnectionResult.SUCCESS then this does nothing.
activity parent activity for creating the dialog, also used for identifying language to display dialog in.
requestCode The requestCode given when calling startActivityForResult.
Returns
  • true if the dialog is shown, false otherwise
Throws
RuntimeException if API level is below 11 and activity is not a FragmentActivity.

public static void showErrorNotification (int errorCode, Context context)

This method is deprecated.
Use GoogleApiAvailability.showErrorNotification(Context, int) instead.

Displays a notification relevant to the provided error code. This method is similar to getErrorDialog(int, android.app.Activity, int), but is provided for background tasks that cannot or shouldn't display dialogs.

Parameters
errorCode error code returned by isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context) call. If errorCode is ConnectionResult.SUCCESS then null is returned.
context used for identifying language to display dialog in as well as accessing the NotificationManager.