GooglePlayServicesUtil vs GoogleApiAvailability

Question

I am trying to use Google Play Service in my Android app. As Google document says, we need to check if the Google API is available before using it. I have searched some way to check it. Here is what I got:

private boolean checkPlayServices() { int resultCode = GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(this); if (resultCode != ConnectionResult.SUCCESS) {     if (GooglePlayServicesUtil.isUserRecoverableError(resultCode)) {         GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog(resultCode, this,                 PLAY_SERVICES_RESOLUTION_REQUEST).show();     } else {         Log.i(TAG, "This device is not supported.");         finish();     }     return false; } return true; } 

But when I go to Google Api GooglePlayServicesUtil page, https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/common/GooglePlayServicesUtil

I find all functions are deprecated. For example, the method

GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable (deprecated)

And Google recommends to use:

GoogleApiAvailability.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable.

However, when I try to use GoogleApiAvailability.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable, I get the error message:

Answer 1

I have found the solution. In the GoogleApiAvailability, all methods are public method, while in GooglePlayServicesUtil all methods are static public function.

So to use GoogleApiAvailability, the right way is:

private boolean checkPlayServices() {     GoogleApiAvailability googleAPI = GoogleApiAvailability.getInstance();     int result = googleAPI.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(this);     if(result != ConnectionResult.SUCCESS) {         if(googleAPI.isUserResolvableError(result)) {             googleAPI.getErrorDialog(this, result,                     PLAY_SERVICES_RESOLUTION_REQUEST).show();         }          return false;     }      return true; }