gradle - Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services:3.1.59 3.2.25 4.0.30 4.1.32 4.2.40 4.2.42 4.3.23 4.4.52 5.0.77 5.0.89 5.2.08 6.1.11 6.1.71 6.5.87

Question

referencing the play-services via gradle stopped working for me - boiled it down - even the sample I used as a reference in the first place stopped working: https://plus.google.com/+AndroidDevelopers/posts/4Yhpn6p9icf

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring project ':auth'.
> Failed to notify project evaluation listener.
   > Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':auth:compile'.
      > Could not find com.google.android.gms:play-services:3.1.36.
        Required by:
            gpsdemos:auth:unspecified

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 3.577 secs

I fear that just the version increased but that raises 2 questions: #1) what is the new one? #2) why is the old version gone?

Answer 1

Check if you also installed the "Google Repository". If not, you also have to install the "Google Repository" in your SDK Manager.

Also be aware that there might be 2 SDK installations - one coming from AndroidStudio and one you might have installed. Better consolidate this to one installation - this is a common pitfall - that you have it installed in one installation but it fails when you build with the other installation.