Google Maps API V2 'Failed to Load Map. Could Not Contact Google Servers'

Google Maps API V2 'Failed to Load Map. Could not contact Google Servers'

For setting up Google Maps API v2 on Android, make sure that you have completed all of the following steps.

App Key For API Access

When Google asks for the SHA1 fingerprint of your app certificate, you will want most likely want to run this twice, once for your debuging certificate, and once for your publishing certificate.

keytool -list -v -keystore publishcert.keystore

keytool -list -v -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore

The fingerprint of the app on the market is different then the fingerprint of an app that you are just testing!

Enable the service on the Google API Console

Login to the Google API Console.

On the services page, find Google Maps Android API v2.

Note - Google Maps API v2 is DIFFERENT then Google Maps Android API v2

In the API Access tab, click Create new Android Key

Add your certificate signatures for access to the APIs.

yourrelease-fingerprint;com.example.project.package

yourdebug-fingerprint;com.example.project.package

You will be provided with a generated API Access Key.

You may need to first create an API Project in the API Console

Amend the App Manifest

Add your API Key, inside of the <application> element.

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

Add the following permissions:

<permission
        android:name="com.example.project.package.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
        android:protectionLevel="signature"/>

<uses-permission android:name="com.example.project.package.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>

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

Add the following feature request:

<uses-feature
    android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
    android:required="true" />

Google Maps API V2 'Failed to Load Map. Could not contact Google Servers', Even I check permission and keystore

did you added all the other need permissions?

<permission android:name="com.eadesign.skygiraffefinalv2.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" android:protectionLevel="signature"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.eadesign.skygiraffefinalv2.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

UPDATE:

1.
The meta-data part should be at the most lower part of the application tag, like so:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.where.common"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="8"
    android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
<permission
    android:name="com.where.common.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
    android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.where.common.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-feature
    android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
    android:required="true" />
<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name="com.where.common.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

<meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
        android:value="AIzaSyDawEkMP7gdiB4nOOkXcdUcxSAvm0kfCmI" />
</application>

2. another problem I see is that you develop your application for API V8, so you have to use the SupportMapFragment and FragmentActivity for your Activity.

3. and last thing for your Map to work you have to add an License activity for Google Licensing info.

Google Maps Android API v2: Failed to Load Map. Could not contact Google Servers

Here's another thing to watch out for: I registered the same SHA1 hash with two different API projects. (Yes, I know this is silly, but I was experimenting with different ways to fix a problem.)

I mention this here, because you may have everything properly configured but you have MORE THAN ONE key for your project on Google's API console. (Here's hoping this silly mistake doesn't happen to you.)

Failed to load map. Error contacting Google servers issue with android google maps api v2

Found it after all, after turning off WiFi on the device I was using. It seems that when debugging over WiFi you also need the

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

in the manifest. Don't know if it was just my case or it's a general thing, but I guess it should be in the documentation somewhere (it's not).

So if you are reading this and having similar problems try either disabling WiFi or adding the above permission alongside the others.

Google maps api v2. Failed to Load Map. Could not connect to google servers

Your manifest implies you have entered your signed api key as the google api key, so I assume you're testing this by installing a signed apk on to the device and not running the app signed with the debug key via eclipse. Is this correct?

Problems like this with API access often come down to an input error with the api key, or an error during the hashing process.

I would make sure that the key in your manifest is correct.

GoogleMap V2 Failed to load map.Error contacting Google servers

I solved these problem by doing the following steps:

• In Emulator:

  You have to use the latest API Google APIs(Google Inc.)-API Level
19.

  Do the rest of the things placed in the screenshot itself.

  

• API Key:

  Create New API Key and Check carefully about Google Map API key and SHA Key.

• Google Play Services:

  You have to download the latest Google Play Services
  com.android.vending-4.8.20.apk.In that site if google play
  services wasn't working means you can find a lot of sites in
  internet named com.android.vending 4.8.20.apk.

  you can run the Google play Services by using the Command Prompt
  adb install com.android.vending 4.8.20.apk.

  Note: You have to download the latest Google play services because year by year latest version will be updated in internet.

• output:

  

Error in Google Maps android android Failed to load map. Could not contact Google servers.

Are you sure you have enabled "Google Maps Android API v2" and not "Google Maps API v2"?
After changing that, delete and recreate the API key. This worked for me...

Android Maps: Failed to load map. Could not contact Google servers

1. The first problem I see is here:

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

remove this line:
class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"

and set android:name as:

 android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"

2. Remove this line from the manifest file:

<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />

This is Google Maps API V1 permission and shouldn't be use in API V2.

Take a look at this blog post and make sure are doing everything correctly:

Google Maps API V2

3. The problem you describing usually derives from a problem in generating or registering the API key using the API Console, If you are positive that you have made all the steps correctly then I suggest you to delete the debug.keystore folder, compile some project in Eclipse (this will result in a new SHA1 key) and register the key again using the console. Take a look at this blog post I wrote and make sure I are doing all the steps right:

Google Map API V2 Key

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