Android Question third-party advertising (no Admob), B4A V6/New G.play Services

[DavideV]

Hi guys,
due to changes in google play services and with B4A V6.00 i don't know how to correctly integrate ADS from others than Admob.
I added the new google play services base strings in manifest following this thread:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/integrating-firebase-services.67692/#content

but wich is the correct google play JAR file to include in
#AdditionalJar: com.google.android.gms: ???

In the (updated) SDK i see:
play-services-ads
play-services-ads-lite

Thanks in advance
Davide

 

[Erel]

Which SDK are you integrating? Do you see any error message?

 

[DavideV]

Which SDK are you integrating? Do you see any error message?

Hi Erel,
Google play services is 9.0.2 ( version 30 in the android SDK)

i tried this:
#AdditionalJar: com.google.android.gms: play-services-ads-lite

the app compiles without errors and run just fine as before,but i'm not sure if it is correct. i'm using Leadbolt Ads:

Google Advertising ID
As of August 1st 2014, if your App is publishing onto the Google Play Store, our SDK will need to use the new Google Advertising ID. Please refer to the following official documentation from Google on how to add the Google Play Services library to your Android Project.

 

[Erel]

Message deleted.

 

[DavideV]

The base is:

#AdditionalJar: com.google.android.gms:play-services

And also add the base manifest snippet: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/integrating-firebase-services.67692/#content

Unfortunately using 'play-services' the compile fails:

B4A version: 6.00
Parsing code. (0.16s)
Compiling code. (5.75s)
Compiling layouts code. (0.33s)
Organizing libraries. (58.64s)
Generating R file. Error
E:\B4A projects\Tag App Launcher\Objects\bin\extra\res8\res\values-v23\values-v23.xml:4: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Material.Widget.Button.Inverse'.
E:\B4A projects\Tag App Launcher\Objects\bin\extra\res8\res\values-v23\values-v23.xml:34: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Material.Button.Colored'.

 

[Erel]

You need to use a more recent android.jar (Tools - Configure Paths).

 

[DavideV]

You need to use a more recent android.jar (Tools - Configure Paths).

with android.jar from platform V23 i get a different error now:

B4A version: 6.00
Parsing code. (0.22s)
Compiling code. (7.04s)
Compiling layouts code. (0.43s)
Organizing libraries. (69.38s)
Generating R file. (28.12s)
Compiling generated Java code. (18.24s)
Convert byte code - optimized dex. Error
trouble writing output: Too many method references: 71848; max is 65536.
You may try using --multi-dex option.
References by package:
6 android.accessibilityservice
5 android.accounts
32 android.animation
392 android.app
2 android.appwidget
4 android.bluetooth
228 android.content
36 android.content.pm
105 android.content.res
63 android.database
26 android.database.sqlite
215 android.graphics
111 android.graphics.drawable
2 android.graphics.drawable.shapes
3 android.graphics.pdf
37 android.hardware
6 android.hardware.display
11 android.hardware.fingerprint
9 android.location
170 android.media
18 android.media.browse
91 android.media.session
63 android.net
3 android.net.http
.....

the list was too long , i removed some items but i think the relevant error is:

trouble writing output: Too many method references: 71848; max is 65536.

 

[Erel]

Please post the full list.

 

[DavideV]

This is what i'm doing:

#if Playstore
    #AdditionalJar: com.google.android.gms:play-services
#end if

Here is the full error list

B4A version: 6.00
Parsing code. (0.15s)
Compiling code. (6.20s)
Compiling layouts code. (0.53s)
Organizing libraries. (71.94s)
Generating R file. (27.39s)
Compiling generated Java code. (18.74s)
Convert byte code - optimized dex. Error
trouble writing output: Too many method references: 71848; max is 65536.
You may try using --multi-dex option.
References by package:
6 android.accessibilityservice
5 android.accounts
32 android.animation
392 android.app
2 android.appwidget
4 android.bluetooth
228 android.content
36 android.content.pm
105 android.content.res
63 android.database
26 android.database.sqlite
215 android.graphics
111 android.graphics.drawable
2 android.graphics.drawable.shapes
3 android.graphics.pdf
37 android.hardware
6 android.hardware.display
11 android.hardware.fingerprint
9 android.location
170 android.media
18 android.media.browse
91 android.media.session
63 android.net
3 android.net.http
4 android.net.wifi
11 android.nfc
3 android.nfc.tech
28 android.opengl
266 android.os
20 android.preference
27 android.print
5 android.print.pdf
15 android.provider
8 android.renderscript
2 android.security
10 android.service.media
6 android.speech.tts
23 android.support.annotation
7 android.support.customtabs
302 android.support.graphics.drawable
1 android.support.graphics.drawable.animated
1 android.support.v4
41 android.support.v4.accessibilityservice
62 android.support.v4.animation
1741 android.support.v4.app
282 android.support.v4.content
1 android.support.v4.content.pm
56 android.support.v4.content.res
3 android.support.v4.database
55 android.support.v4.graphics
261 android.support.v4.graphics.drawable
19 android.support.v4.hardware.display
66 android.support.v4.hardware.fingerprint
74 android.support.v4.internal.view
661 android.support.v4.media
886 android.support.v4.media.session
96 android.support.v4.net
76 android.support.v4.os
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96 android.support.v4.provider
14 android.support.v4.speech.tts
103 android.support.v4.text
284 android.support.v4.util
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29 android.support.v4.view.animation
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147 android.support.v7.graphics
69 android.support.v7.graphics.drawable
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152 com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal
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232 com.google.android.gms.gcm
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[Erel]

My mistake. Remove the #AdditionalJar and compile your app. Do you get any error message?

 

[DavideV]

My mistake. Remove the #AdditionalJar and compile your app. Do you get any error message?

Yes i get this error now:

B4A version: 6.00
Parsing code. (0.53s)
Compiling code. (2.84s)
Compiling layouts code. (0.66s)
Organizing libraries. (0.11s)
Generating R file. Error
AndroidManifest.xml:42: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'value' with value '@Integer/google_play_services_version').

 

[Erel]

The best way to find it is in the third party SDK instructions. Otherwise we need to guess which features they need.

You can try it with:

 #AdditionalJar: com.google.android.gms:play-services-base

 

[DavideV]

The best way to find it is in the third party SDK instructions. Otherwise we need to guess which features they need.

You can try it with:

#AdditionalJar: com.google.android.gms:play-services-base

Thanks Erel,
after further searches i see that, with your string, my decompiled app contains the required class for retrieving advertising ID and limits using play services (as requested from Google).
Looking into the Leadbolt SDK using JDGUI i can't find anything related to calls to these Play services methods/class import (such as retrieving the advertising ID and limits) so it should work with or without play services.
i'll ask them clarifications