Version.xml

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I am using the Android Native plugin asset for IAP/AdMob/Leaderboards. I was having problems with these not working on older devices.

On advice from the developer of Android Native, I changed the version.xml file and set google_play_services_version to 4033534. However this breaks AdMob/Leaderboards on newer Android devices.

If I set google_play_services_version to 4033534 in version.xml, in app purchases work on all my test systems, but leaderboards/admob breaks on all my systems.

If I set google_play_services_version to 4452000 in version.xml, in app purchases/leaderboards/admob work on my Nexus (Android 4.3) but they are all broken on my Samsung S3 (Android 4.04) or Acer Iconia (Android 3.4).

I want in app purchases/leaderboards/admob to work across all these versions of Android.

I have spent more time getting IAP/AdMob/Leaderboards working than developing my game. I thought buying a plugin would save me time. But all I have is black box that keeps failing. Perhaps I am using the wrong plugin?

Is Prime31’s plugin more reliable?

I am at the end of my rope and really hope someone can offer up some suggestions to help get me back on track.

My Questions are:

  1. What should the configuration of version.xml be? The older devices throw errors if this is 4452000, because they don’t have this version of play services installed. But if I set it back to 4033534 so it compatable with play services on older devices, it breaks Admob and Leaderboards working in the Android Native plugin.

  2. Would a different Play Services plugin such as Prime31s be easier to integrate. Or are these type of issues just par for the course when developing for Android?

Thanks in advance.

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I have an answer for my 2nd question. I bit the bullet and purchased Prime31’s assets. They are awesome!!! very simple interface, very simple to integrate, rock solid.

If you can afford it, I highly recommend you use Prime31 for play services, admob & IAP.

If I had made this choice earlier, it would have saved me over 100 hours of development time and troubleshooting.