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Priyeshj
Priyeshj

Reputation: 1345

How to resolve Google Play Services library dependency with minimum required version

I am trying to include a SMS feature from Google play services support libraries to improve the authentication process. The documentation around it recommends using atleast minimum of 10.2 play services in order to use it.

Prerequisites: The SMS Retriever API is available only on Android devices with Play services version 10.2 and newer.

However, when I go to build my project specifying the 10.2.0 version of in gradle, Android studio tells me it is unable to resolve this dependency from either jcenter or google's repos. 

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth-api-phone:10.2.0'

Error:org.gradle.internal.resolve.ModuleVersionNotFoundException: Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth-api-phone:10.2.0.

I tried searching for the package, but couldn't find that version: google's maven repos only show 11.0 and above.

It would be really helpful if someone could point me to the minimum available version of play services libraries over 10.2 that can be used to make this work.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 974

Answers (1)

ianhanniballake
ianhanniballake

Reputation: 199880

Versions of Google Play services prior to 11.0.0 are only available through the SDK Manager. Make sure you have installed the Google Play services item in the SDK Tools tab of the SDK Manager.

However, in the case of the SmsReceiverClient API, that class was only added in Google Play services 11.0.0 SDK. It may be that the underlying implementation did exist back to 10.2, but was not public.

In any case, Google Play services releases an SDK only after it is made available to all users and will automatically update the vast majority (99.5%+) of users within the first week or two of availability. Given that 11.0.0 has been available for over 6 months, it should not be any issue in relying on the 11.0.0 library.

Upvotes: 2

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