title: google maps api v2
body: <p>I am trying to run a basic example of Google maps API v2 from <a href="http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidGoogleMaps/article.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidGoogleMaps/article.html</a> but it keeps crashing with an error: </p>
  
  <pre><code>02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898): java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.google.android.gms.R$styleable
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMapOptions.createFromAttributes(Unknown Source)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment.onInflate(Unknown Source)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.app.Activity.onCreateView(Activity.java:4716)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:680)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:270)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1881)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at com.vogella.android.locationapi.maps.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:23)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5104)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1080)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2144)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2230)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1234)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5039)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
  02-10 14:51:38.292: E/AndroidRuntime(898):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my code...</p>
  
  <p>manifest:</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.vogella.android.locationapi.maps"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0" &gt;
  
      &lt;uses-sdk
          android:minSdkVersion="17"
          android:targetSdkVersion="17" /&gt;
  
      &lt;permission
          android:name="com.example.mapdemo.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
          android:protectionLevel="signature" /&gt;
  
      &lt;uses-feature
          android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
          android:required="true" /&gt;
  
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="com.example.mapdemo.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" /&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /&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;application
          android:allowBackup="true"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:theme="@style/AppTheme" &gt;
          &lt;activity
              android:name="com.vogella.android.locationapi.maps.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="{tried both browser api key and android api keys here}" /&gt;
      &lt;/application&gt;
  
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>layout:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      tools:context=".MainActivity" &gt;
  
      &lt;fragment
          android:id="@+id/map"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="match_parent"
          class="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment" /&gt;
  
  &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Activity:</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.vogella.android.locationapi.maps;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.view.Menu;
  
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment;
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.BitmapDescriptorFactory;
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker;
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;
  
  public class MainActivity extends Activity {
      static final LatLng HAMBURG = new LatLng(53.558, 9.927);
      static final LatLng KIEL = new LatLng(53.551, 9.993);
      private GoogleMap map;
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
      map = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap();
      Marker hamburg = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(HAMBURG).title("Hamburg"));
      Marker kiel =
          map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
              .position(KIEL)
              .title("Kiel")
              .snippet("Kiel is cool")
              .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.ic_launcher)));
  
      // Move the camera instantly to hamburg with a zoom of 15.
      map.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(HAMBURG, 15));
  
      // Zoom in, animating the camera.
      map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(10), 2000, null);
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
      getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
      return true;
      }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>of ran it on an AVD with target Google API 17, it crashes immediately.</p>