Google Play Services version 5.2.08 too recent for my device

Question

I use this method to check the availability of play services:

private boolean checkPlayServices() {
    int status = GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServi         


        

Answer 1

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I specified the previous version I remember seeing in app/build.gradle and my app runs fine now:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:5.0.89'