java.lang.noclassdeffounderror: com.google.android.gms.R$styleable

Question

I am creating an android application using google maps. here is the code:

MapFragActivity.java

 import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
    import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
    import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;

    public class MapFragActivity extends FragmentActivity {

    private GoogleMap map;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_map_frag);

        map = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map))
                .getMap();
     }
    }

AndroidManifest.xml:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        package="com.him.mapfrag_rnd"
        android:versionCode="1"
        android:versionName="1.0" >

        <uses-sdk
            android:minSdkVersion="11"
            android:targetSdkVersion="15" />


        <permission
            android:name="com.him.mapfrag_rnd.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
            android:protectionLevel="signature" />

        <uses-permission android:name="com.him.mapfrag_rnd.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
        <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />

          <uses-feature
            android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
            android:required="true" />


        <application
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
            <activity
                android:name=".MapFragActivity"
                android:label="@string/title_activity_map_frag" >
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
                </intent-filter>
            </activity>

            <meta-data
                android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
                android:value="my_api_key" />

        </application>

    </manifest>

activity_map_frag.xml:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <fragment
      android:id="@+id/map"
      android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="match_parent" />

    </RelativeLayout>

when I try this code I get an error, here is the log:

01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923): java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.android.gms.R$styleable
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMapOptions.createFromAttributes(Unknown Source)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment.onInflate(Unknown Source)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:279)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:669)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:739)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:272)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1835)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at com.him.mapfrag_rnd.MapFragActivity.onCreate(MapFragActivity.java:16)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4470)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1052)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1931)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1992)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:127)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1158)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4511)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:986)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:753)
    01-17 10:01:17.685: E/AndroidRuntime(8923):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

when I make some changes in MapFragActivity.java, then map is displayed. here are the changes:

package com.him.mapfrag_rnd;

    import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;

    import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;

    public class MapFragActivity extends FragmentActivity {

        @Override
        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            //setContentView(R.layout.activity_map_frag);
          SupportMapFragment fragment = new SupportMapFragment();
          getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(android.R.id.content, fragment).commit();
        }
    }

The change I have done is commented the setContentView. I have followed all the required steps and still I am getting and error. if uncomment the setContentView() then again I get the error.

Please HELP!!!

Answer 1

If you are using Intellij Idea,

1. Select your project from project panel
2. Hit F4 in order to open the project structure window
3. Select Modules from left panel, then hit + button then select "import module" and navigate to "ANDROID-SDK"/extras/google/google_play_services/libproject/google-play-services_lib. By doing this this project will be added to Modules alongside with your project
4. Select your project, then select "Dependencies" (it's a Tab) from right panel. Click + button then "3 Module dependencies..." and select "google-play-services_lib".
5. Click + button again then "1 jars or directories..." and navigate to "/libs" folder in the above path and select "google-play-services.jar".
6. Click ok and close project structure window.

Note: Make sure you have not added "google-play-services_lib" project as library in "Libraries" (left panel under Modules). If you have, you can go to "Libraries and simply remove it. Google Play Library Should Not Appear In Libraries.

Note 2: You can copy the whole google-play-services_lib directory to your own project if you wish to have it in version control or similar.