How to use Google Play Services 6.5 granular dependency management

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Original question:

In a blogpost from 17 november, Google guys introduced long awaited granular dependency management (to cope with dex method limit). We have december 8th and I still cannot download the sdk (6.1 is the latest available), nor get the documentation on how to introduce granular dependency. Any news on this one? Or an idea how to get it before it's officialy released?

Answer 1

Note!

I will no longer be maintaining this answer, because Google is doing a very good job at doing the releases now. With a post on their Android Developers Blog, official release notes and often also a video on their YouTube channel with a short overview of what's new.

I'll leave the last two (as of writing) updates and the original answer. Please find the previous updates here

Update October 2016, Play Services 9.8.0

Google Play Services Release Notes, Google Maps APIs Release Notes

support-v4 dependency

com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:9.8.0 -> com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:9.8.0   -> com.android.support:support-v4:24.0.0 -> 24.2.1 

• latest support-v4 version: 24.2.1

Update May 2016, Play Services 9.0.1

Blog Post, Google Play Services Release Notes, Google Maps APIs Release Notes

# Google+ compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-plus:9.0.1 # Google Account Login compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:9.0.1 # Google Actions, Base Client Library compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:9.0.1 # Google Address API compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:9.0.1 # Google App Indexing compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-appindexing:9.0.1 # Google App Invites compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-appinvite:9.0.1 # Google Analytics compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:9.0.1 # Google Cast compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:9.0.1 # Google Cloud Messaging compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:9.0.1 # Google Drive compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-drive:9.0.1 # Google Fit compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-fitness:9.0.1 # Google Location, Activity Recognition, and Places compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:9.0.1 # Google Maps compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.0.1 # Google Mobile Ads compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:9.0.1 # Mobile Vision compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:9.0.1 # Google Nearby compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-nearby:9.0.1 # Google Panorama Viewer compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-panorama:9.0.1 # Google Play Game services compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-games:9.0.1 # SafetyNet compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-safetynet:9.0.1 # Android Pay compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:9.0.1 # Android Wear compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:9.0.1 

Update December 2015, Play Services 8.4.0

Blog Post, Video, Google Play Services Release Notes, Google Maps APIs Release Notes

dependencies {     # Google+        compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-plus:8.4.0     # Google Account Login       compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:8.4.0     # Google Actions, Base Client Library        compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:8.4.0     # Google Address API         compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:8.4.0     # Google App Indexing        compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-appindexing:8.4.0     # Google App Invites         compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-appinvite:8.4.0     # Google Analytics       compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:8.4.0     # Google Cast        compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:8.4.0     # Google Cloud Messaging         compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:8.4.0     # Google Drive       compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-drive:8.4.0     # Google Fit         compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-fitness:8.4.0     # Google Location, Activity Recognition, and Places      compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:8.4.0     # Google Maps        compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:8.4.0     # Google Mobile Ads      compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:8.4.0     # Mobile Vision      compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:8.4.0     # Google Nearby      compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-nearby:8.4.0     # Google Panorama Viewer         compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-panorama:8.4.0     # Google Play # Game services        compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-games:8.4.0     # SafetyNet      compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-safetynet:8.4.0     # Google Wallet      compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:8.4.0     # Android Wear       compile com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:8.4.0 } 

support-v4 dependency

com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:8.4.0 -> com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:8.4.0   -> com.android.support:support-v4:23.0.0 -> 23.4.0 

• latest support-v4 version: 23.4.0

Update August 2015, Play Services 7.8.0

Google Play Services Release Notes, Google Maps APIs Release Notes

support-v4 dependency

com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:7.8.0 -> com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.0 -> 22.2.1 

• latest support-v4 version: 22.2.1

Original answer

They have just been released (see the highlights). You can find more information on how to use the granular dependencies here.

You will need to update your local Google Play Services repository using the SDK Manager provided by the SDK or use a plugin like Jake Whartons sdk-manager-plugin for Gradle which will automatically update it for you. It would look like this when building with Gradle:

Google Play Services repository outdated. Downloading update...

Edit 1

As of writing, the second link seem to be corrupt, as in, even though Using Android Studio is selected in the drop down menu, it doesn't show the information, at least for me. In order to see the information for Android Studio, select Using something else, then select Using Android Studio again.

Edit 2

Google Maps APIs Release Notes

dependencies {     # Google+'     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-plus:6.5.+'     # Google Account Login     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:6.5.+'     # Google Activity Recognition     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:6.5.+'     # Google App Indexing     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-appindexing:6.5.+'     # Google Cast     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:6.5.+'     # Google Drive     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-drive:6.5.+'     # Google Fit     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-fitness:6.5.+'     # Google Maps     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:6.5.+'     # Google Mobile Ads     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:6.5.+'     # Google Panorama Viewer     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-panorama:6.5.+'     # Google Play Game services     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-games:6.5.+'     # Google Wallet     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:6.5.+'     # Android Wear     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:6.5.+'     # Google Actions     # Google Analytics     # Google Cloud Messaging     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:6.5.+' } 

support-v4 dependency

com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:6.5.87 -> com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.0 -> 21.0.3 

• latest support-v4 version: 21.0.3

Edit 3

Google just made a blog post about Google Play Services 6.5 and the 65k method limit. It contains the information of my post and more. I'll just quote one paragraph for anyone who comes across this information via SO instead of the blog post:

Note: At the time of writing, the correct version to use is 6.5.87. As this is a very granular number, it will get updated quite quickly, so be sure the check the latest version when you are coding. Often people will use a ‘+’ to denote versions, such as 6.5.+ to use the latest 6.5 build. However, it’s typically discouraged to use a ‘+’ as it can lead to inconsistencies.

Answer 2

There is a lack of documentation in Android site.

appstate is not included, and if you're using Game Helpers you're fuc***

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-all-wear:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-appindexing:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-appstate:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-drive:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-fitness:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-games:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-panorama:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-plus:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:6.5.87' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:6.5.87' 

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