After upgrading to google play services 8.4.0 my app crashes on startup

Question

I\'ve been previously using google play services 8.3.0 without any issue. I\'m looking to upgrade to google play services 8.4.0. I\'m using the following play libraries:

Answer 1

When selectively compile Google Play service APIs on 8.4.0, I've also encountered problems (8.3.0 -> 8.4.0).

Error:

Could not find method com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzx.zzy

Before upgrade:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.3.0'

After upgrade (doesn't work):

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0'

After upgrade (works fine):

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.4.0'

Conclusion: it seems like some of the play services now have some certain dependencies that you have to explicitly specify, e.g.: maps -> gcm.