Android Emulator stuck on "Google Play Services are Updating"

Question

I recently began learning how to create Google Maps activities in Android app development, and have stumbled onto an issue with Google Play Services. Whenever I set my gradle build dependency to compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:11.0.4', which is the most recent version of play-services-maps, the emulator screen gets stuck on the following view upon running my maps app:

I have allowed the app to sit there for over an hour, and nothing has changed or updated. As I've read in other StackOverflow questions, I can get the app to properly function by setting my gradle build dependency to an older version, such as compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.0.0', but this limits my ability to use newer Android features and APIs in my apps, such as FusedLocationProviderClient.

I am running on Nougat 7.1.1, and have installed the following SDKs in an attempt to solve this Google Play Updating issue:

• Android SDK Build-Tools
• Android SDK Tools
• Google Play APK Expansion Library
• Google Play services
• Support Repository > Google Repository

I haven't found any StackOverflow threads specific to this "Google Play services are updating" message. What can I do to resolve this issue?

Answer 1

Use API 24 or API 26 Android Emulator system images and you should be good to go. API 25 does not have the latest Google Play Store app pre-installed yet. Note on the screen shot that only these images are "Google Play" versions.