Failed to resolve: com.google.android.gms:play-services in IntelliJ Idea with gradle

Question

I\'m trying to add google play services to my libGDX project in IntelliJ Idea. I\'ve followed the setup guide here: https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup

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Answer 1

I got this error too but for a different reason. It turns out I had made a typo when I tried to specify the version number as a variable:

dependencies {
    // ...
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:{$playServices}"
    // ...
}

I had defined the variable playServices in gradle.properties in my project's root directory:

playServices=15.0.1

The typo was {$playServices} which should have said ${playServices} like this:

dependencies {
    // ...
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:${playServices}"
    // ...
}

That fixed the problem for me.