Start integrating Google+ into your Android app Before you can start integrating Google+ features in your own app, you must create a Google Developers Console project and initialize the GoogleApiClient within your app. The steps on this page do just that. The next stepsthen describe how to integrate Google+ features into your app. You can […]
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Google Analytics for Android
This guide shows how to add Analytics to your Android app to measure user activity to named screens. If you don’t have an application yet and just want to see how Analytics works, take a look at our sample application. Required: Latest versions of Android Studio and Google Play Services Note: Google Analytics can be […]
Making Your App Location-Aware
One of the unique features of mobile applications is location awareness. Mobile users take their devices with them everywhere, and adding location awareness to your app offers users a more contextual experience. The location APIs available in Google Play services facilitate adding location awareness to your app with automated location tracking, geofencing, and activity recognition. […]
Set up a GCM Client App on Android
A Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Android client is a client app that runs on an Android device. To write your client code, we recommend that you use the GoogleCloudMessaging API and Android Studio with Gradle. Here are the requirements for running a GCM Android client: GCM requires devices running Android 2.2 or higher that also […]
Google APIs for Android
Setting Up Google Play Services To develop an app using the Google Play services APIs, you need to set up your project with the Google Play services SDK. If you haven’t installed the Google Play services SDK yet, go get it now by following the guide toAdding SDK Packages. To test your app when using […]