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Moving some functionality into the Play Services package is a direction that Google have clearly been going in for at least a year: last year both Google+ integ
by estel 13y ago
Moving some functionality into the Play Services package is a direction that Google have clearly been going in for at least a year: last year both Google+ integrations (understandably) and an updated Google Maps SDK being released.
Android Community's original description of Play Services as "In a nutshell, Google Play services allows app developers to integrate other Google services, like Google Plus, into their apps" is still accurate today.
- r00fus 13y agoAgain, I'm not going to argue the point, but it does seem like Play has gained a lot more significance after Andy's sidestep. I found the Google memos from the Java trial absolutely fascinating… I imagine the story (going back a couple of years) on this would make great literature.