java.lang.SecurityException: invalid package name: com.google.android.gms

Question

I\'ve got this weird stack trace while testing the app on Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-i9100), Android version 4.3. If it helps, Bugsense reports also \"log data\" = {u\'ms_from_s

Answer 1

These 2 questions are very similar:

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Perhaps the issue is with the custom ROM and you need to attach the Play Services Android library project to your project.

Answer 2

try to use

<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.gms" />

under application tag. Example

<application
    android:icon="@drawable/icon"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >
    <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.gms" />

Answer 3

It seems to me that this device simply does not have GoogleApps application installed. The custom ROM actually may be a hint for this. For instance, an owner of this device might have installed Cyanogenmod but he has forgotten (or deliberately has not installed) Google Apps, which are supplied separately.

Answer 4

Some devices that i use for testing doesn´t have capabilities to support gps and get the location, that was the reason for what i got the exception

"invalid package name: com.google.android.gms"

We must add permissions required

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/> 
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>  

and very important add android:required=false" for GPS.

  <uses-feature
         android:name="android.hardware.location.gps"
         android:required="false" />

More info: <uses-feature>