Google Play Services plugin is broken, fix it please!!!!!!!

Problem Description

____ The Google Play Services Manual includes much false and outdated information such as adding the Google Client Secret which doesn't exist and does not work. It has not worked for about 2 years now. What's the hold up on fixing this essential Construct 2 advertised feature? ____

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Steps to Reproduce Bug

• Go look at your tutorial here: https://www.scirra.com/manual/175/google-play
• Also you can read this thread here: how-do-i-proceed-without-client-secret_t129855?&hilit=client+secret
• Step 3 etc.

Observed Result

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Expected Result

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Affected Browsers

• Chrome: (YES/NO)
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• Internet Explorer: (YES/NO)

Operating System and Service Pack

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Construct 2 Version ID

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Fix your Google Play Services plugin please. How can something this important be broken for this long???????

Should be fixed I can't get Google Play Plugin working even though I have followed all the steps

It may be time to switch to a better game maker engine, my friend.....

Yes, this needs to be fixed. I don't understand how Scirra doesn't maintain such an essential Plugin...

> Should be fixed I can't get Google Play Plugin working even though I have followed all the steps

>

It may be time to switch to a better game maker engine, my friend.....

Which one do you recommend?

I am also having similar issues with the Google Play service using Cordova & Cocoon.io.

I am working on Google Play Service / Admob / IAP

When i success I will definitely make tutorial on this

till than you can watch my other tutorials

The google secret do exist, just go into the API-console.

I just created a test game just now with like 10 events.

Log into GooglePlay.

Fetch player data.

Fetch leaderboard

display ledaerboard data.

display player data.

submit score.

worked fine. (tested on C3 online though... but I think it is the same plugin)

The google secret do exist, just go into the API-console.

I just created a test game just now with like 10 events.

Log into GooglePlay.

Fetch player data.

Fetch leaderboard

display ledaerboard data.

display player data.

submit score.

worked fine. (tested on C3 online though... but I think it is the same plugin)

Does this works on Mobile ?

Can you throw a capx file ?

i didn't test it on mobile... I just tested the game using play button in construct.. So I cannot say how it works on mobile. (I used the Flappy bird game in Construct3 to test googleplay.)

but as I said before, the client secret DO exist in google play services, and it is required to add it in construct, otherwise they will not communicate.

API Console - > Credentials -> Client secret ( OAuth 2.0 client IDs)

EDIT!

Sorry, I just read this part from google API:

Client secret (for web-based games only)

If you are building a web-based application, you might also need your client secret to authorize your server-based API client. You can find your client secret by clicking on the linked application entry for your web application.

At the bottom of the screen, you will see a link that redirects you to the Google API Console, where you will be able to find the Client Secret for this linked application.

It says under Android, that you only need to specify App_ID (no secret)

But maybe you can try your mobile app to connect to Web or Other.. since both of them has secrets generated. otherwise it "should" work for android with only APP ID according to the API help, you need to sign it with SHA1 when setting up

So Google Play features doesn't work too? :/ idiotic.

My findings..

The regular GooglePlayGames plugin works , but only for web-applications. You CAN use it even for cordova (mobile) apps. But it will NOT use the googlePlay native app to login, it will send you to the web browser-> login Google account thingy.

It looks unproffesional and really really UGLY. (If you use this plugin for mobile apps, you set it up as an web app in google play console, NOT android app, since this plugin just uses the web interface)

You do not need to add any plugin in the compiler.

If you use the cocoon GooglePlay plugin, it works with the native android GooglePlayGames-sign in, which is smooth and really good. But this plugin really do not have any behaviours for requesting scores and show different players etc. It is just a "link" to open the Leaderboard in the native GooglePlay-app. This is ugly as hell, and is not a fine solution. Since you of course want to have the leaderbord within the game! (who designed this plugin? many features are missing)

The cranbery plug I have not tested, does it work with native GooglePlay sign in (like cocoon) AND does it have actions for requesting scores/data etc (like the regular Scirra GooglePlay plugin) ?

I know you have deep knowledge regarding this, am I correct on the above? AndreasR , Artpunk .

yes cranberry plugin works well

i use this on my game and it works fine

but i don't know how to use it without intel xdk

luckyrawatlucky Can you request scores from different timespans, different players, and see specific rankings in Cranberrys plugin? (in cocoon plugin this is not possible)

Calling rexrainbow to the rescue! Any idea to make the plugin work with build.phonegap.com/apps phonegap?

I did not make any mobile specific plugin before.

But I had a plugin to call javascript api, it could be used call phonegap plugin.