java.lang.SecurityException: attempting to read gservices without permission

Question

I have recently changed from adMob 6.4.1 to Google Play Services rev 15 and have just received notice of a new crash report that I do not understan

Answer 1

This issue was introduced with the latest release of the Google Play Services (v4.3) on the android devices. Google is aware about it and it will be fixed in a future version (not the next one...)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-admob-ads-sdk/sePctoDJbRg%5B101-125-false%5D

Answer 2

I'm not going to claim this is the answer, because I also stopped (completely) and re-started Android Studio after I installed it, and THAT might be the real solution, but Ads were running fine on the emulator and a USB-attached 7" tablet, then I started getting this error. Checking my SDK packages, I noted the Google Web Driver was not installed (this had not been an issue previously) - all other components were (except the USB driver, which is not needed on a Mac). I installed this component, stopped (completely) and re-started Android Studio and the ads started running without error again. It's something to try, anyway.