Error creating Google Maps Activity

Question

When I create in my project a new -> Google -> Google Maps Activity he creates everything correctly.

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Then add the key to google_maps_api.xml.

<string name="google_maps_key" templateMergeStrategy="preserve" translatable="false">
    chave . . .
</string>

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However, when I compile the project presents the following error:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:dexDebug'. com.android.ide.common.process.Processexception: org.gradle.process.internal.Execexception: Process 'command 'C: Program Files (x86) Java jdk1.8.0_65 bin java.exe'' finished with non-zero Exit value 2 Information:BUILD FAILED Information:Total time: 37.338 secs Information:1 error Information:0 warnings Information:See complete output in console

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It automatically puts it in the dependencies (Compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.4.0')

If I switch to version 8.4.0 (Compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0') it stops giving the error but when I enter the map’s Activity, it does not appear. only the google logo appears at the bottom left corner of the screen.

Answer 1

Cristian,

Take a look at your Androidmanifest.xml

You’ll notice there at the end that’s like this:

<meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
    android:value="@string/google_maps_key" />

You need to register this KEY there in the Dashboard in Google, you will need the SHA-1 of your development machine.

Give a search on how to generate KEY HASH for Google Maps.

I hope I helped, Hugs.