NoSuchFieldError: No static field MapAttrs of type when Using MapFragment with Play Services 6.5

Question

Maybe I am missing something here, but I am not able to use the new Maps only dependency in Play Services 6.5

I get the following exception:

java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: No static field MapAttrs of type 
    [I in class Lcom/google/android/gms/R$styleable; or its superclasses 
    (declaration of 'com.google.android.gms.R$styleable' appears in 
    /data/app/com.kaching.merchant.dev1-1/base.apk)
        at com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMapOptions
            .createFromAttributes(Unknown Source)
        at com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment
            .onInflate(Unknown Source)

Manifest:

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

<meta-data
  android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
  android:value="my-awesome-key"/>


<uses-permission 
  android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>

Gradle file:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:6.5.+'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.2'

Layout:

<fragment
   android:id="@+id/map"
   android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

Is this broken or am I doing something wrong?

The full bundle pushes me over the dex limit and I would prefer not to use multidex

Answer 1

Updating your Google Repository to version 15 via the SDK Manager should resolve the issues and eliminate the needs for the workarounds. A project clean is required.

This is also mentioned in issue 7432.

Answer 2

Interim solution

replace the xml map fragment with a FrameLayout container

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/map_container"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
/>
<!--<fragment android:id="@+id/map"-->
<!--android:layout_weight="2"-->
<!--android:layout_width="match_parent"-->
<!--android:layout_height="0dp"-->
<!--android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"/>-->

Create the fragment in code and replace the container

SupportMapFragment supportMapFragment = SupportMapFragment.newInstance();
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.map_container,supportMapFragment).commit();

//this you should do anyway
supportMapFragment.getMapAsync(new OnMapReadyCallback() {
    @Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
        //setup map - optional
        UiSettings settings = googleMap.getUiSettings();
        settings.setCompassEnabled(false);
        settings.setZoomControlsEnabled(false);
        settings.setAllGesturesEnabled(true);
        settings.setMyLocationButtonEnabled(true);
    }
});

Please note that the above was done in 'onCreate' in an activity without any other fragments, so make sure you adapt the transaction to your lifecycle and logic.