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Peter Chappy
Peter Chappy

Reputation: 1179

Google Maps API v2 does not work with release key

I've tried for about a week to solve this problem. I have google maps working perfectly fine in debug, but no matter what I do when I package the apk I get this error below 

05-21 21:00:21.338  31534-31613/? E/Google Maps Android API﹕ Failed to load map. Error contacting Google servers. This is probably an authentication issue (but could be due to network errors).

I've run the following command 

keytool -list -v -keystore ~/Documents/keys/phillybikeshare.jks -alias "pbs"

on two different keystores, took the SHA1 fingerprint that looks like

F9:DB:33:A2:05:02:80:5A:21:9A:19:E6:8A:E4:C4:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

and made api keys for the SHA1 in the google developer console. I even double checked to make sure I have a variable in both main/res/values/google_maps_api.xml and debug/res/values/google_maps_api.xml yet still nothing.

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.peterchappy.phillybikeshare" >

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<permission
    android:name="com.peterchappy.phillybikeshare.MAPS_RECEIVE"
    android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.peterchappy.phillybikeshare.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>

<uses-feature
    android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
    android:required="true" >
</uses-feature>

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
        android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
    <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
        android:value="@string/google_maps_key" />

    <activity
        android:name=".activities.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_main" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    <service
        android:name=".services.AlarmService"
        android:exported="false" >
    </service>
</application>

build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.peterchappy.phillybikeshare"
        minSdkVersion 17
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.0.0'
    compile 'com.mcxiaoke.volley:library:1.+'
    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:21.0.+'
}

I have no idea what could be wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2401

Answers (1)

Christian Abella
Christian Abella

Reputation: 5797

I had the same issue before with my debug and release versions of my app. I created two entries in Google's developer console. One for the debug version using the SHA1 value from the debug.keystore that you can find from your home directory in Windows. e.g.

   C:\Users\<UserName\.android\debug.keystore.

And the other one, release version, is the SHA1 value from the .jks file that you used when you build the signed APK.

They need to match or else you will keep on getting that error.

And lastly, don't forget to clear data and cache when you uninstall the application as that could cause issue sometimes.

Upvotes: 3

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