Failed to resolve: com.google.android.gms:play-services in IntelliJ Idea with gradle

Question

I\'m trying to add google play services to my libGDX project in IntelliJ Idea. I\'ve followed the setup guide here: https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup

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Answer 1

A more up to date answer:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google() // add this
    }
}

And don't forget to update gradle to 4.1+ (in gradle-wrapper.properties):

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip

source: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/dependencies.html#google-maven