cannot find symbol class "Builder"

Question

I have recently downloaded Android Studio, I thought it has more features than eclipse.

I created a new project, with a log in activity, but it seems there is an error with the activity :![enter image description here][1]

**Error:(78, 31) error: cannot find symbol class Builder
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJava'.
> Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.**

import com.google.android.gms.plus.PlusClient;


    // This is the helper object that connects to Google Play Services.
    private PlusClient mPlusClient;


@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        // Initialize the PlusClient connection.
        // Scopes indicate the information about the user your application will be able to access.
        mPlusClient =
                new PlusClient.Builder(this, this, this).setScopes(Scopes.PLUS_LOGIN,
                        Scopes.PLUS_ME).build();
    }

Answer 1

It is a duplicate of Unable to build PlusClient and can not find symbol class Builder

For Quick Reference: The issue is that the PlayClient is deprecated now but the template still uses the old way.

Thus, you can:

1. Change the play services version in the gradle dependencies (build.gradle) from com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.5.87 to com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.1.71.

OR

2. Use the new way as described here:http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2014/02/new-client-api-model-in-google-play.html i.e, instead of creating the instance of PlusClient.Builder create an instance of GoogleApiClient.Builder as shown:

   // Builds single client object that connects to Drive and Google+
   
    import com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiClient;
    mClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
           .addApi(Drive.API)
           .addScope(Drive.SCOPE_FILE)
           .addApi(Plus.API, plusOptions)
           .addScope(Plus.SCOPE_PLUS_LOGIN)
           .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
           .addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
           .build();