Android Studio and google play services error

Question

I want to add admob to my project and have followed the instructions from the documentation but I'm getting an error:

Cannot find symbol '@integer/google_play_services_version

inside the AndroidManifest.xml. I've looked inside the sdk directory and google_play_services version 4.0.30 is installed. Here's my build.gradle

buildscript {
  repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    }
  dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.7.+'
  }
}
apply plugin: 'android'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion '19.0.0'

defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 15
    targetSdkVersion 19
}

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        runProguard true
        proguardFile getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt')
    }
}
productFlavors {
    defaultFlavor {
        proguardFile 'proguard-rules.txt'
    }
  }
}

dependencies {
    compile files('libs/libGoogleAnalyticsServices.jar')
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.0.30'
}

After adding it, I've synced the project with gradle. I also have the required entry in AndroidManifest.xml which gives me the error

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
        android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />

The official docs say that for android studio we don't need to include the library but I don't understand why it doesn't find it.

---

Edit: I finally solved it. The problem was that I was using the wrong sdk. Android studio ships with its own SDK and that was set as default in the IDE.

To fix

• Change your project's SDK from android-studio\\sdk to android-sdk. If you don't know how, here's how.
• If you get an error about build tools not found make sure the version in your build.gradle corresponds to your new sdk's version.

Answer 1

You must have Google Repository installed in order to use Google Play Services in Android Studio.

If not Installed it from SDK Manager > Extras.

After Installation your library should be located on path

 $SDK_DIR\extras\google\m2repository\com\google\android\gms\play-services