Google Maps API V2 ‘Failed to Load Map. Could not contact Google Servers’

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For setting up Google Maps API v2 on Android, make sure that you have completed all of the following steps.

App Key For API Access

When Google asks for the SHA1 fingerprint of your app certificate, you will want most likely want to run this twice, once for your debuging certificate, and once for your publishing certificate.

keytool -list -v -keystore publishcert.keystore
keytool -list -v -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore

The fingerprint of the app on the market is different then the fingerprint of an app that you are just testing!

Enable the service on the Google API Console

Login to the Google API Console.
On the services page, find Google Maps Android API v2.

Note – Google Maps API v2 is DIFFERENT then Google Maps Android API v2

In the API Access tab, click Create new Android Key

Add your certificate signatures for access to the APIs.

yourrelease-fingerprint;com.example.project.package
yourdebug-fingerprint;com.example.project.package

You will be provided with a generated API Access Key.

You may need to first create an API Project in the API Console

Amend the App Manifest

Add your API Key, inside of the <application> element.

<meta-data
    android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
    android:value="yourapikey"/>

Add the following permissions:

<permission
        android:name="com.example.project.package.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
        android:protectionLevel="signature"/>

<uses-permission android:name="com.example.project.package.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>

Add the following feature request:

<uses-feature
    android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
    android:required="true" />

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