Google Play Services update

Question

Yesterday API 19 came out so I upgraded SDK and other (including Google Play Services) now this method:

private boolean isGooglePlayInstalled(){
    int stat         


        

Answer 1

Package contents comparison

The "google_play_services_froyo" lib project contains these com.google.android.gms packages:

• appstate
• auth
• common
• dynamic
• games
• gcm
• internal
• location
• maps
• panorama
• plus

On the other hand, the new (rev. 13) "google_play_services" lib project has some additional packages within com.google.android.gms:

• ads
• appstate
• auth
• common
• dynamic
• games
• gcm
• internal
• location
• maps
• panorama
• plus
• wallet

Plus, this package is found in the new (rev. 13) "google_play_services": com.google.ads!

AndroidManifext.xml comparison

The old (rev. 12) "google_play_services" had:

The newly introduced "google_play_services_froyo" lib project has:

Conclusion

The "google_play_services_froyo" is functionally the same as the old (rev. 12) "google_play_services" lib project, so if you just want to keep your app compatible and don't care about the new APIs, just import the "google_play_services_froyo" in your project and you're good to go.

On the other hand, if you wanted to use the new (rev. 13) "google_play_services" lib project, once you import it, you have to add this to your apps manifest:

Hope this helped :)