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    copied!<p>I have been trying to app a Google Map in my Android app using the v2 API for the past two days, with no success. All I get every time is a </p> <p><code>Google Maps Android API(16603): Failed to load map. Error contacting Google servers. This is probably an authentication issue (but could be due to network errors).</code></p> <p>I have followed Google's setup tutorial (<a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start" rel="noreferrer">https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start</a>), tried multiple times with different projects in different workspaces, tried different Google accounts, gone through various answers and suggestions here in StackOverflow, but to no avail.</p> <p>I am using Eclipse 4.2.2 with Android SDK Tools 22.01 and I have installed Google Play services (rev. 7), also I have imported <code>google-play-services_lib</code> into my workspace and added a reference to that to my android project.</p> <p>Here is my code:</p> <p><code>AndroidManifest.xml:</code></p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt; &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.googlemapdemo" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" &gt; &lt;uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="17" /&gt; &lt;permission android:name="com.example.googlemapdemo.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" android:protectionLevel="signature" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="com.example.googlemapdemo.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /&gt; &lt;uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true"/&gt; &lt;application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" &gt; &lt;activity android:name="com.example.googlemapdemo.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" &gt; &lt;intent-filter&gt; &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt; &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt; &lt;/intent-filter&gt; &lt;/activity&gt; &lt;meta-data android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY" android:value="my_api_key" /&gt; &lt;/application&gt; &lt;/manifest&gt; </code></pre> <p><code>activity_main.xml:</code></p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt; &lt;fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:id="@+id/the_map" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment" /&gt; </code></pre> <p><code>MainActivity.java</code></p> <pre><code>package com.example.googlemapdemo; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity; import android.view.Menu; public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); return true; } } </code></pre> <p>Also I created an API Project on <a href="https://code.google.com/apis/console/" rel="noreferrer">https://code.google.com/apis/console/</a> where I have enabled the <code>Google Maps Android API v2</code> service. Then I obtained my SHA1 debug certificate fingerprint using </p> <pre><code>keytool -list -v -keystore "C:\Users\my_user_name\.android\debug.keystore" -alias androiddebugkey -storepass android -keypass android </code></pre> <p>and entered that and the package name in the API console, got the API key and put it in the manifest (where <code>my_api_key</code> is). This procedure I repeated a number of times, regenerating the key but with the same result.</p> <p>Could anyone help with this or suggest anything else I could try? Any help will be greatly appreciated!</p>
 

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