com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment: Cannot resolve symbol "maps"

Question

I've followed all of the directions here with no issues:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#getting_the_google_maps_android_api_v2

Finally, I follow the last instruction to test if the map is working, updating my activity_map.xml file with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:id="@+id/map"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="match_parent"
          android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment"/>

However, in the last line, everything after com.google is red, and on mouse over I get the message that "Cannot resolve symbol 'MapFragment'.

Any ideas would be a big help right now.

Answer 1

Do the following to solve the issue:

Finally: click on "+" button

After that, clean and rebuild the project!

Answer 2

Add google play services to your project

To make the Google Play services APIs available to your app:

1. Open the build.gradle file inside your application module directory.

2. add a new build rule under dependencies for the latest version of play-services

example

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
...

dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.5.87'
}

3. Save the changes and click Sync Project with Gradle Files in the toolbar.

4. Open your app's manifest file and add the following tag as a child of the <application> element:

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

This steps will remove the above mentioned error.This particular solution is for android studio only.

for more info visit : http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html

Answer 3

implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:15.0.1"
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:15.0.1"