Google Map is not loading due to inflate exception

Question

I am using Google Maps v2 in my application. The key is correctly generated, all the permissions exist in manifest. I followed the tutorial of Google Maps v2. I followed eac

Answer 1

Your logcat clearly said

 03-04 01:25:23.293: E/AndroidRuntime(19467): Caused by:
 java.lang.IllegalStateException: The meta-data tag in your app's
 AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value.  Expected 4242000
 but found 0.  You must have the following declaration within the
  element:      03-04
 01:25:23.293: E/AndroidRuntime(19467):

Add the Google Play services version to your app's manifest

Edit your application's AndroidManifest.xml file, and add the following declaration within the element. This embeds the version of Google Play services that the app was compiled with.

You need to add under tag into your AndroidManifest.xml

....
 
 

This is because latest google play services requires a version name, which is to be mentioned using inside AndroidManifest.xml

and also change MainActivity extends Activity

For more information go to :https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android