"App Engine Connected Android Project" not available

Question

According to this guide by Google the "App Engine Connected Android Project" should be available after installing/configuring ADT plugin for Eclipse, Android SDK and Google Plugin for Eclipse. I have installed everything in the most recent version in both Eclipse 3.7.2 (Indigo) and Eclipse 4.2 (Juno). However, I can't create such a project in any of the two Eclipse releases. Here are my installation details in Juno:

And here is a part of my Android SDK details:

My OS is Mac OS X 10.7.4

I know that I could see the menu point on 23/6/2012 before I updated the SDK tools to the most recent version.

Is anyone experiencing a similar issue or does anyone know what I configured the wrong way?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I just found a (I would say semi-official) statement from a Google employee here. It says, that the "App Engine Connected Android Project" has been removed in GPE v3.0.0. It would be possible to downgrade to the last version containing this menu item (2.6.1), which can be downloaded here.

The reason for the whole migration is, that "C2DM [is now] deprecated and [we] should be using GCM instead". Furthermore

The official docs [for using GCM] are on the way. In the meanwhile do sign up for the endpoints trusted testers program at http://endpoints-trusted-tester.appspot.com.

They also "plan to add [the menu item] again in the next version of GPE with GCM integrations" and they "plan to release the next version end of July".

Also, I got a similar answer form the Google employee Sparky R.:

I believe there is a known issue that the template for making GAE-connected Android apps isn't working right now.

Answer 2

I don't know if it will be helpful, but i have managed to restore the Android SDK tools to rev 19 and Android SDK Platform-tools to rev 11, and installed the Google Plugin from scratch since i don't have the older version of it. It seems i still don't have the option in the menu, so i think it is about the Google Plugin.

In addition, Android Cloud to Device Messaging Framework - C2DM is deprecated since as of June 26, 2012 (https://developers.google.com/android/c2dm/). It may be about this deprecation, but it should be more clear in the near future.

Answer 3

I've been wasting a lot of time on this. I had the option in Eclipse 3.7, but now I've upgraded to 4.2 Juno and all the latest other stuff I can no longer see the 'App Engine Connected Android Project' option. I've had multiple attempts at installing, trying to make sure I get the order right. I've had major problems with trying to update from within Eclipse, and have had to resort to the various offline options. Not happy. How am I supposed to teach this technology when I can't even install it!

Tim