How to configure android map sdk v2 to use different keys for production and development?

Question

I want to automatically set different android map api V2 keys for development and production.

Answer 1

One of the easiest solution.You can achieve it with two simple steps.

Add custom value to manifestplaceholders build.gradle file. See below

buildTypes {
    debug {
        manifestPlaceholders = [ mapApiKeyValue:"GHjaSyAjlyp3O831lgaonHMXsd-_DpQ3002x3S4"]
    }

    release {
        manifestPlaceholders = [ mapApiKeyValue:"AIzaSyAuMGDLr2HeuRed4JA0CrdYYdZRjeC3EA"]
    }
}

Edit manifest file like below. part of my manifest file

This solution works for the latest Android 5.0 and Android 6.0 (API 20, 21,22,23)