After Google Play Service update to version 13 I got an error

Question

How can I resolve this error?

Caused by: java.lang.illegalargumentexception 11-01 11:08:12.845: E/AndroidRuntime(28885): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value. Expected 4030500 but found 0. You must have the following declaration within the element:

google-play-services_lib Manifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     package="com.google.android.gms"     android:versionCode="4030530"     android:versionName="4.0.30 (889083-30)" >      <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8"/>  </manifest> 

public void loginGooglePlus() {     aHelper.setup(this, GameHelper.CLIENT_APPSTATE | GameHelper.CLIENT_GAMES);     mHelper = aHelper.getAppStateClient();     //crash is here     mHelper.connect(); } 

Full error log:

11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.company.application.android.aja/com.company.application.android.aja.BeetleBattleAndroidActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value.  Expected 4030500 but found 0.  You must have the following declaration within the <application> element:     <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /> 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2077) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2104) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:134) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1247) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4624) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:965) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:732) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value.  Expected 4030500 but found 0.  You must have the following declaration within the <application> element:     <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /> 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.n(Unknown Source) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Unknown Source) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at com.google.android.gms.internal.de.connect(Unknown Source) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at com.google.android.gms.appstate.AppStateClient.connect(Unknown Source) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at com.company.application.android.aja.BeetleBattleAndroidActivity.loginGooglePlus(BeetleBattleAndroidActivity.java:153) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at com.company.application.android.aja.BeetleBattleAndroidActivity.onCreate(BeetleBattleAndroidActivity.java:143) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4509) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1050) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2041) 11-01 11:38:13.507: E/AndroidRuntime(31297):    ... 11 more 

Answer 1

You need to add the following in your manifest:

<application>     <meta-data         android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"         android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />     ... </application> 

EDIT:

This information can be found in the logcat error msg as well as on Setting Up Google Play Services (Thanks Brais Gabin)

Answer 2

@Benoit'a answer has exact solution i am answering with additional knowledge:

1. one way as Benoit answered is add following inside application tag of AndroidManifest.xml

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /> 

2. we can directly add the version code like

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="4030500" /> 

4030500 is version code which is stored inside

google-play-services_lib>res>values>version.xml

Like

<integer name="google_play_services_version">4030500</integer> 

Conclusion: Latest google play services requires a version name, which is to be mentioned using <meta-data .. /> inside AndroidManifest.xml

Note: I would strongly recommend to use 1st way