With help on this forum, I was finally able to run "bms-samples-hellotodo-advanced", which used MCA with Facebook authentication.
I'm still having no joy with "bms-samples-helloauthentication", which uses MCA with Google authentication.
I'm building and debugging with Android Studio, using Genymotion emulators. I'm following these instructions:
Everything builds with no warnings or errors. I'm able to start the app successfully.
But when I click "Ping Bluemix", the app displays: Bummer: something went wrong
I do not get a Google login dialog
I do not see any errors or warnings in Logcat
The debugger shows that I get past pingBluemix() > new Request(BMSClient.getInstance().getBluemixAppRoute() + "/protected", Request.GET).send(this, this);
But I do not ever hit onActivityResult(), so I never get a chance to call GoogleAuthenticationManager.getInstance().onActivityResultCalled()
cf logs helloAuthentication2 shows:
2016-04-06T23:28:51.97-0700 [App/0] OUT [2016-04-07 06:28:51.971] [ERROR] [default] - Missing authorization
How can I troubleshoot and resolve this problem?
Is there any way I can troubleshoot MCA/Google authentication independent of running the Android app?
Many thanks to James Young above:
No, my Genymotion emulators did not have Google Play Services installed. That was the problem.
To install Google Play Services:
a) Click on the browser
b) Search for Google Play Services apk
c) Install from Google Play (ideal) or
d) Select a version on apkmirror.com and install manually
Once Google Play Services were installed, "everything worked". When I clicked "Ping Bluemix", I got a dialog for a Google logon, and was successfully able to authenticate through Bluemix.
Thank you again, James!