Questions tagged [google-play-games]

The Google Play Games app is a social hub for gaming on Android. You can browse your games, achievements and join multiplayer games from it.

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How to sign out of Google Play Games?

I'm developing an app with Google Play Games' achievement system, but I want to test the flow when a user is not signed into Google Play Games. How can I sign out of Google Play Games to test this ...
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Is it possible to see why my backup with adb is not working? [duplicate]

I play some games by a developer and there is no cloud save so most players would use adb to back up and move their save files. Lately though when trying to back up the game, it's just producing a 1kb ...
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Does clearing RAM actually help in performance before opening a game? [duplicate]

I have the samsung a32 5g. Is it a good idea to clear RAM often on your phone? I have 4GB total and notice it is always usually using 2GB, and 3GB when I have opened apps recently. To prevent app game ...
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Error OR-PMSA-03 when trying to make in-app purchase

My mother has been playing a game on her tablet (its called Hidden City), in which she sometimes buy in-game elements to help her progress. But since about 2 months, each time she tries to buy ...
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Game screen turns black

I have downloaded Dragon Quest 5 on my LG V60 UW. During the game there are transitions between a world/town/dungeon map and random combat encounters. Sometimes the combat encounters are a black ...
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how to improve performance for games?

When touch responsiveness is really important (other than urgent moments, actually that would be a more important context). I have a sm-j700, android 6.0.1, 1.34GB RAM (low RAM is the biggest problem)....
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My Newly Installled Games Keep Crashing [duplicate]

I have downloaded 3 new games: Idle Slayer, Shadow Hunter and Archero. They are all small games that don't require that much space or graphic processing. I was able to play them for 3 days with no ...
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Looking for a pseudo-random shuffled classic Android Klondike solitaire game

Hypothesis: Most classic Android Klondike solitaire apps are "rigged" to allow the player to win more often than they would if they were playing from a pseudo-random shuffled deck. Opinion: ...
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What determines the graphics of a device?

I do play a lot of games and most games settings have options to either set your graphics to low, average or high. So I'm really curious to find out what exactly determines the graphics of a phone so ...
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my phone cannot play stereo over 3.5mm headphone jack

recently I tried to run android games on my laptop in Gameloop emulator (shooter games in general). after playing a couple of minutes in PUBG Mobile with the same headphone on, I noticed that the ...
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Android Game stuck on downloading resources on OnePlus 6 / OxygenOS 10.3.6

Recently a game I have been following since day one got an update and my OnePlus seems to have a problem downloading the resources of the update. Here is a screenshot of the game: As an aspiring ...
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How to run my Play Games with its correct game progress after it runs another Play Games account of the same game app?

I have this problem as a game user. I have contacted the game developer and they told me that's an issue of google instead of their game. I have an old phone A with a Play Games account A that saved ...
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Parallel Space game progress file location

I've been using parallel space on my Android device for a while now but it's been having an issue with logging in to the Google Play services and thus backing up my game progress becomes hectic. I'd ...
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Disable back and recent keys while gaming

The title speaks of itself, I keep pressing them by mistake and lose my games progress , is there anything like Samsung game launcher to disable those keys? (I can't install game launcher for some ...
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I uninstalled an app,but did not clear space

So i am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 and i recently had this game called 'Bully:Scholarship Edition'(got tired a while of the GTAs) and i saw the app was having 5.30GB memory size I tapped uninstall ...
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minecraft and pvz backups transfer to new tablet

My son has been using a Samsung Tab A for the last year. I set him up (and his sisters) with a child google account which I monitor with Family Link. Unfortunately the tablet port charger broke (...
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Find Exact Install Date of A FREE App From The PlayStore On A Older Phone

I'm looking to find the instillation date of an app I had on my old phone. I've tried looking on the play store here however it only shows be previous paid purchases. I've also tried using a ...
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What will happen if I delete the Google Play Services?

What will happen if I delete and re-install the Google Play Services? Will all my game data be deleted too?
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Almost every game crashed on Lineage OS

I've one big problem on my phone. Almost every game crashes on start without any reason. Currently I have only one game which works - Farming simulator 18. Even my game exported from Unity3D isn't ...
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Same app paid for twice due to some error on Google Play Store, no receipt of failed transaction, but money deducted

I purchased a game yesterday, however due to some issue the purchase failed, yet the amount was deducted. I contacted the bank and they registered my complaint and informed me that either I'll receive ...
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Install google play games without internet connection

I have a tablet that can't connect to the internet (I don't know why) and I want to install some games from google play. Is there a way to download them in another device and then transfer to the ...
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How to find where progress in game is saved

I am trying to transfer progress in a game to a new phone by transferring the files. In the case of some games, I was able to do that by copying files from Android->data. However, in other cases I am ...
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Use Idle resources permission

Some apps ask us to use the idle resources in return for the services. Like Androdumper or Pro pack in mini militia. What exactly do they mean by this idle resources?
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Ingress Scanner Tracking problems

I just wanted to ask how to solve this small issue with Ingress. I have normal data connection which I use to play Ingress, however whenever I try to move to a portal, the location shown doesn't ...
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How to change email associated with Google Play Games profile?

I've got games linked to my Google Play Games Gamer ID, which is associated with a Gmail email. Is it possible to change the email the Gamer ID is linked to?
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Is it possible to retrieve app's local data after uninstalling it?

Background I was playing a multiplayer version of a game, in which character progress is "automatically saved on the cloud" (as the app states). However, I never had a Play Games profile, so when ...
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How to disable "achievement" pop-ups?

When I'm playing a game, sometimes Google Play Games gives a pop-up at the top of the screen notifying me of a an "achievement". How do I disable this? The settings have checkboxes for notifications ...
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Google Play Games

For me and my friends the Google Play Games App always laggs whenever you're trying to view achievements. Since we all have a Nexus 5X, I can't get any feedback whether it is a common problem. I am ...
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There was a temporary error when trying to login to game account through facebook

As the title says, whenever I try to login to any game through the facebook option it throws out the there was a temporary error error code:FFFFFF and it's been like this for days now. I have no idea ...
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Can't login to game through google option

I can't login into Crusaders Quest through the google option, says network problem occured errorCode 4001. All other games login through this option just fine and I have a stable connection. What ...
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How can I remove the "Install Google Play Games" prompt in apps?

I uninstalled the Google Play Games app on my phone to get rid of the other annoying prompt, but now I'm left with this one. Is it possible to remove the prompt shown above?
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How to see ip addresses of game servers

I want to see the ip address which the specific game connected to specific servers that i played. My Goal is to add a QOS on my router for specific game. iv tried doing a packet capture on my android ...
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How to get cheap In app purchases

Does anyone know where it is cheapest in the work to buy in app purchases from? I've seen people try Brazil, Russia, etc.. Well on android, if you change your local settings to a different country ...
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Apps install data in phone storage instead of sd card

This is really annoying me. I had deleted a 1GB game to free up space and install a game but I set all download and install locations to sd card but the app store downloads the game to the phone ...
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Convert a game asset to image

I have a game on my phone that I really like. I was astonished by the portraits of the characters. I found the portrait within the game files but it has no extension, but I know myself it's counted as ...
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Error on running Shadow Fight 2

I downloaded a game called Shadow Fight 2 from uptodown.com, and after installing the game, when it is run, it gives me an error: Download failed because the resources could not be found. Even ...
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How can I use existing account on Google Play?

I changed the phone and try to use my existing Google Play account. However when I open Google Play app it shows account creation form and when I enter my old Gamer ID it claims it's taken. However I ...
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Android/Google Play store: How to find app available in different languages?

I have a German friend who doesn't speak English. How can he find apps made in Germany using the German language? Right now for example if he searches "rennen" which means "racing" in english he is ...
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How to find truly NEW apps on the Play store?

How can I find new apps on the Play store? It seems that everything that is returned is just the popular stuff all the time. I'm interested in locating and trying out new apps (mostly games) outside ...
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How to find downloaded .apk files on my Android phone

I usually download apps and games from Google Play but I wonder if i could reuse these files and find them again if my application has been removed? Please help. Thank you in advance.
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how to pass google play games data to another user

My son is playing games on a tablet configured with my gmail. He is now old enough to get an account of his own. The only problem is that he plays a lot of games via google play games and I wouldn't ...
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Pokémon Go without Google at all

I bought an android phone recently and tried to use it without any Google account and so far that was alright. But I wanted to try Pokémon Go today and I cannot play without signing up with a Google ...
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Migrate Clash of Clans data from Android to iOS

I have a CoC account on my iPad. I got an Android phone and set up a second account there. Now I got a new iPhone and I want to use my Android CoC account on that, but when I log in my iPhone, it ...
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How can I change my name on Google Play Games?

I opened up Google Play Games and clicked my way through it and it has changed my name to 'HighLemon4719'. Previously it was 'crazymaster' with my icon for Google+. Every time I start a game on my ...
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Why does Google Play Games keep auto-updating, even though I have disabled auto-updates?

Ever since the Lollipop update for my Moto E, storage space on the phone has been very tight. To make the phone more usable for the things I use it for, I've uninstalled the updates for all of the ...
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Google Play Games doesn't restore highscores?

Maybe this question is totally dumb, but I was always under the assumption that if I connect a game with my Google Play account (if that's offered), my highscores, progress in games, etc. will be ...
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Google Play Games still seems to require a Google+ account?

I try to login to Google Play Games (version 3.6.27), but it still asks me for a Google Plus account. According to this answer: Google Play Games without Google Plus, no Google+ account should be ...
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Google Play Games profile fails to change my game profile to public

I've been experiencing a problem with the 'Play Games' app from Google on my tablet. When I go to my profile, I see a message showing me Your Game Profile is hidden Touch to change this setting ...
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Google Play Leaderboards Hack

As you may have noticed, on plenty of Android games with top scores, they are linked to the Google Play Games Leaderboards. Of course these will contain plenty of hacked scores. I was wondering How do ...
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wrong currency in my playstore account

When I tried to make a purchase from HOF I found out that the reason the prices were incorrect was because they were in the wrong currency. When I checked my account it said canadian which is correct....
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