capacitor-play-games-services

Capacitor Play Games Services is a native Google Play Games Services implementation for Android.

1. To be able to use this plugin it is necessary to download it to the project with npm:

> npm i capacitor-play-games-services

2. Once downloaded you have to update the project to recognize the plugin:

> npx cap update && npx cap sync

3. Open Android Studio and register the plugin in your Android project.
   • Go to android > app > src > main > java > domain name of your project > MainActivity.java
   • Add the plugin to your MainActivity, example:

package com.xx.xx;

...

import gammafp.playgames.PlayGamesPlugin;

public class MainActivity extends BridgeActivity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        registerPlugin(PlayGamesPlugin.class);

        // Important, super.onCreate(...) should go down
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }
}

4. Add games id to your project:

   • Go to your google play games services console (you should know this) and click on achievements or markers and below you will see the option to obtain resources:

   

   • When you get the resources get the id number and copy it.
   • In Android Studio go to plugin capacitor-play-games-services > res > values > string.xml and add the app_id.

Congratulations, you already have your plugin added to your android project

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TypeScript integration:

To integrate it into your javascript project, you must import the capacitor module and then get the plugin.

import { PlayGames } from 'capacitor-play-games-services';

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Methods

Login - signin

Listen for a change event: (this is interesting to listen the first login event)

PlayGames.addListener("onSignInStatus", (res) => {
    setLoginData(JSON.stringify(res, null, 4));
})

Login

playGames.login().then((response) => {
    /* response return: 
        id: string;
        display_name: string;
        icon: string; // URI Does not work yet.
        title: string;
        message: string; // A messate that say what happen with the plugin correct / error (usded for tests) 
        isLogin: boolean; TRUE if is online FALSE if is offline
    */
});

Get connection status

PlayGames.status().then((response) => {
    /* response return:
        message: string; // A messate that say what happen with the plugin correct / error (usded for tests)  
        isLogin: boolean; TRUE if is online FALSE if is offline
    */
});

Logout

this method has been removed by google.

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Leaderboard

Show all leaderboard

PlayGames.showAllLeaderboard();

Show one leaderboard by id

PlayGames.showLeaderboard({
    id: 'XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX' // id of your leaderboard
});

Add points to leaderboard

PlayGames.submitScore({
    id: 'XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX' // id of your leaderboard,
    score: 10 // int value only
});

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Medals

Show all medals

PlayGames.showAchievements();

Unlock one medal

PlayGames.unlockAchievement({
    id: 'XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX' // id of your achievement
});

IMPORTANT: For testings you need sign your app.