Issue with device registration.

[fafzal]

Hi,

I am having an issue while registering a device on GCM. I follow the steps from GCM but the device keep displaying a busy icon with a message (Generating InstanceID toke ) and never register it.

[kroikie]

Hi @fafzal it looks like you are using a simulator if you are what version of android is running on it? Should be 4.2.2 or higher to include Google Play Services.

Also any logcat errors during the failed registration?

[fafzal]

Hi kroikie,

Thanks for the reply, yes I am using a simulator. I don't see any error message on logcat console, I am using Android 5.1 (lollipop).

[kroikie]

Can the simulator access the internet otherwise?

[fafzal]

Yes it's do access the internet. I only see this error message on logcat console.

07-23 22:05:11.601 2041-2041/gcm.play.android.samples.com.gcmquickstart E/SettingsRedirect﹕ Can't redirect to app settings for Google Play services

[kroikie]

HI @fafzal, there is an issue with the latest version of Google Play Services not being available on the emulator. I have flagged this issue with the emulator team and I will update here when I have more information.

If you can, use a real device till the correct version of Play Services can be made available to the emulator.

[kroikie]

@fafzal an appropriate version of Google Play Services is available on emulators running API version 21 or 19. If you make a Google API AVD with API version 21 or 19 the sample should work as expected. In the emulator check in Settings > Apps > Google Play Services that the version is 7.5.*