we've been working with a 3rd party Android device that uses API 17. We want to make a native Google API app so that we can map data for our customers. What happens is the app crashes and it says "Google Play Services required". Is there a workaround to this? can we somehow embed or package a file that is good enough to use Maps? We've spoken with the hardware company and they made a decision to not allow google play services. We are partnering with them to release the device with a couple of apps we offer with the device. Any help is appreciated
Google Play services enables Maps to run on your Android devices, as per Google statement:
With Google Play services, your app can take advantage of the latest,
Google-powered features such as Maps, Google+, and more, with
automatic platform updates distributed as an APK through the Google
Play store. This makes it faster for your users to receive updates and
easier for you to integrate the newest that Google has to offer.
That means you need Google Play services to make Google Maps work.
Download it here.
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I have a desktop app for Windows. it's written in C++. We're promoting the software using Google Adwords.
We would like to count installations of the software as a conversion on Google Ads, so the algorithm can optimize for it. But all I can find is for Mobile Apps, hooking up with Firebase or Google Analytics, but in the set up it's asking for App ID's on Google Play or Apple's AppStore which doesn't fit my case.
Has anyone done this before? or could some point in the right direction?
I haven't tried the standard pixel approach, because cookies are in the browser that generates the download, but not in the installed software itself, so there is no way for attribution to work correctly
The easiest option here is to use Google Analytics if you can. You can use the measurement protocol with GA to send the conversion, then import your GA conversions into Google Ads.
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/ga4
The UA version is pretty stable, but the new one linked above is working well too.
I am trying to integrate firebase analytics on react native app, I have completed all the prerequisites and got a successful build running on Honeywell android Device, but when I open the app it gives above error. There are many such duplicate question but nothing works for me as I can't have play store as the target devices are Handheld android devices and not mobile devices. How to integrate firebase analytics without having to install google play service.
Thanks for Answer #JakeSteam
But I could get firebase integration working without google play service error.
Issue Details:
I was using react native firebase 5.x.x, which works fine but will give a pop up message mentioned in question if your device doesn't have google play service.
Workaround:
Upgrade react native firebase to version 6.x.x, the community has redeveloped this repo and I am not having issues with it now.
NOTE:
Without google play service on your device you can only use few firebase services like analytics, crashlytics etc.
As a Firebaser said:
Firebase as a platform requires Google Play Services, even though some Firebase products may be able to work without it.
If you cannot use Google Play Services, you may want to look into Google Analytics, which does not require it:
Note: Google Analytics can be used and will work on devices that do not have Google Play Services. In this case you still download and use the Google Play Services SDK and Google Analytics will automatically fall back to local dispatching.
I have an embedded phone application where the phone is running Android 7 without any GMS apps, including play services, since it is not a GMS certified device.
Can I use the Google barcode reading SDK on this device, or does it require Google Play Services to run?
There will be two options here:
Route 1 - Using Google Bar Code Reader
If you will be going to this route, one prerequisite will be: you have to use Google Play Services since you'll be using a service from Google (Google Mobile Vision SDK). Try checking their codelab, you'll see all the prerequisite libraries you have to use.
Route 2 - Not using Google Play Services (GPS)
As the route says, this will be using external or 3rd party libraries.
References:
Scan QR code without using google play services
How to install the barcode scanning library without a google account?
GCM features is added with the Google Services. While developing android application to use the GCM the device require to have Google APK installed.
And I heard that some of the devices not having the Play Store APK or there is no support for GCM. The devices like Amazon Fire phone, xiaomi and all.
I want to develop an app to support all the user. Is not like the user having installed Play Store APK can use our application.
I thought of using pubnub. I don't know whether this is an right alternative. Because I am not finding any other way to overcome this issue.
Please help me on this.
Thanks in advance.
Please explain what are features available in UCWA API (Lync)? I'm interested in the following:
Screen Sharing?
Video Chatting?
Voice Chatting?
Send a file?
I want to access UCWA API in android code, is it possible?
As per the About link of UCWA, API helps you to do the following things,
-Anonymous Web Chat.
-Support audio conferencing
-Light up IM & Presence in your Line-Of-Business app, including Windows 8, iPad, and others
-Inline Instant Messaging into your application (Contextual Communications)
-Search for Skype and/or business contacts
-Better together with UCMA Customer Care family of apps
Also you can refer this site UCWA Capabilities
A good wealth of information surrounding UCWA is available at http://ucwa.lync.com paying specific attention to the Documentation menu. A good rundown of features can be found at Core-Features which do not currently (CU3+) include screen sharing, video, voice, data collaboration (sending a file).
It is possible to place a audio call using a feature named Call-Via-Work which requires the user provide a callback number that Lync will use to connect you with the remote party, but it is not exactly the same as an audio call between two parties.
I want to access UCWA API in android code, is it possible?
There are sample libraries available (UCWA Helper Libraries) in JavaScript, but it is quite possible to use the libraries to construct code to run on an Android platform (Java, etc).