After upgrading to google play services 8.4.0 my app crashes on startup

Question

I\'ve been previously using google play services 8.3.0 without any issue. I\'m looking to upgrade to google play services 8.4.0. I\'m using the following play libraries:

Answer 1

Removing and reinstalling Google Services from the SDK manager and deleting the contents of your-project/.gradle/ solved it for me

Answer 2

I ran into this issue just now. I upgraded from 7.8.0 to 8.4.0 and received the same error that you did. Rebuilding and/or cleaning the project worked for me.

Answer 3

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+' compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:+'

What works for me

Answer 4

When selectively compile Google Play service APIs on 8.4.0, I've also encountered problems (8.3.0 -> 8.4.0).

Error:

Could not find method com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzx.zzy

Before upgrade:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.3.0'

After upgrade (doesn't work):

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0'

After upgrade (works fine):

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.4.0'

Conclusion: it seems like some of the play services now have some certain dependencies that you have to explicitly specify, e.g.: maps -> gcm.

Answer 5

I have face same problem and resolve this issue by configuring proguard rules properly.

What I did here under as below:

First I have excluded google classes from obfuscating like this in proguard-rules.pro:

-keep public class com.google.** {*;}

Second I have enabled this minifyEnabled in build.gradle like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.3"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.e2e.quiz"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.1.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.1'
    compile 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:3.6.1'
    compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.4.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:9.2.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:9.2.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:9.2.1'
    compile project(':ast-dst')
}

Answer 6

I was able you solve this. My coworker was able to upgrade without issues. I went to my sdk/extras folders saw mine was pretty different. So I moved my folder copied my coworkers and it worked.

I think that folder and maybe something else in the sdk folder had just gotten into an odd state, clearing the folder and redownloading may work too.