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Android : Is it necessary to include Google Play services to use GCM?

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I have a library android project with size 200kb. Now I want to use GCM in it. To use GCM I have to include Google Play Services, which increases my project size by 1 MB making it to 1.2 MB which is kind of bad. Any work around for this?

Thanks in advance!

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Vipul J Avatar asked Jan 11 '14 07:01

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From the Google Play services version 6.5, you can selectively compile Google Play service APIs into your app.

To include GCM part only, use:

com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:7.8.0
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Singed Avatar answered Oct 14 '22 22:10

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