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Installing Google Play Services and Google Play Store on RiotBoard

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This short blog is for those android developers who which to install the Google Play Services and the Google Pay Store apps on the RiotBoard !!.

 

So the first we need is to download this applications:

 

GoogleLoginService.apk - www.dropbox.com/s/lfde3juixuy88rg/GoogleLoginService.apk

GoogleServicesFramework.apk - www.dropbox.com/s/9kurwyhbbuecaea/GoogleServicesFramework.apk

Phonesky.apk - www.dropbox.com/s/9x8924gtb52ksn6/Phonesky.apk

 

Then in order to install them, we will push them into /system/app, but first we must remount the file system and give the necessary permissions

to the /system/app directory. For this we will need the debug terminal through a cable from your pc to the J18 port on RiotBoard,

check this if you don´t know how (http://www.element14.com/community/thread/33742/l/how-do-i-access-the-terminal).

And then with PuTTY or HyperTerminal (check the manual on page 42) and type these commands:


- mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system

- chmod 777 /system/app


The push we will do it through adb tool, in windows cmd we type


- adb push Each_of_the_3_apk_files.apk /system/app/

 

Once we did that we can download the Google Play services app - www.dropbox.com/s/bh058hbrelccfsr/com.google.android.gms-2.apk

and install it by typing  "adb install C:\PathToTheApp\com.google.android.gms-2.apk"

 

Now you just need to run the play store app and register your existing account or create one and that´s it !!! you can start downloading as many

apps as you want !!.

 

You can check the original post here http://saleh360.blogspot.mx/2012/12/android-running-google-maps-api-v2_12.html.

  • Former Member
    Former Member in reply to toonamo

    Ok so yes the answer is to actually download the apps for your android version on Google Apps (Gapps) - Download Latest Gapps for Android, like you said but you need to

    have a rooted device (Rooting Android for the RIoTBoard) and then

     

    For android version below 4.4:

    From gapps-*******-signed/system/app push GmsCore.apk, GoogleLoginService.apk, GoogleServicesFramework.apk and Phonesky.apk to /system/app/ by

     

    adb shell mount -w -o remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system

    adb push GmsCore.apk /system/app/

    adb push GoogleLoginService.apk /system/app/

    adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk /system/app/

    adb push Phonesky.apk /system/app/


    For android version 4.4 and above:

    from gapps-*******-signed/system/priv-app push GmsCore.apk, GoogleLoginService.apk, GoogleServicesFramework.apk and Phonesky.apk to /system/priv-app/ by

     

    adb shell mount -w -o remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system

    adb push GmsCore.apk /system/priv-app/

    adb push GoogleLoginService.apk /system/priv-app/

    adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk /system/priv-app/

    adb push Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/

     

    then you reboot the system and there you go !!, now you can go to the google play store and singed in with your google account and start downloading all the apps you can image

  • The google play framework keeps crashing on me when ever i try to sign in, usually in-game. however i can log in and download apps from the app store fine. Any thoughts on what to check to make the framework happy again?

     

     

    -Update-

    I Downloaded a update gapps zip that is normally used to flash the android image to add google apps and services

    http://www.teamandroid.com/gapps/

     

    I then unziped the archive (becuase i couldn't figure out how to apply the zip towards the riotboard rom).

     

    I was going to manually install everything based on the install script. However because the system partition is so small i was not able to install everything. However i was able to get GoogleLoginService.apk in there which i believe was the piece that would make the google play service crash. now i am able to log in to google apps outside of the google play store.

     

    adb push GoogleLoginService.apk /system/app

     

    Hopefully that helps.