GooglePlayServicesUtil vs GoogleApiAvailability

Question

I am trying to use Google Play Service in my Android app. As Google document says, we need to check if the Google API is available before using it. I have searched some way

Answer 1

I have added this as fun in BaseActivity class to be used in all places

    fun checkGooglePlayServices(okAction : ()-> Unit , errorAction: (msg:String, isResolved:Boolean)-> Unit){
    val apiAvailability = GoogleApiAvailability.getInstance()
    val resultCode = apiAvailability.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(this)
    if (resultCode != ConnectionResult.SUCCESS) {
        if (apiAvailability.isUserResolvableError(resultCode)) {
            apiAvailability.getErrorDialog(
                this,
                resultCode,
                PLAY_SERVICES_RESOLUTION_REQUEST
            ).show()
             // dialoe when click on ok should let user go to install/update play serices


            errorAction("dialog is shown" , true)

        } else {
          "checkGooglePlayServices  This device is not supported.".log(mTag)
            errorAction("This device is not supported",false)
        }
    }else{
        okAction()
    }
}

companion object {
    const val PLAY_SERVICES_RESOLUTION_REQUEST = 1425
}

use it like this

    (activity as? BaseActivity)?.checkGooglePlayServices({
        // ok so start map
        initializeMap()
    },
        { msg, isResolved ->
            if (!isResolved)
                context?.show(msg)

        }
    )

Or you can customize it as you want.