irob.culley, if you have other already published GPGS apps, can you please try connecting to them?
Will do, might be a few days though. My wife says its the weekend and Im not supposed to work…
Okay, thanks for the suggestions. I have a couple of already-working apps so I will try to connect them to the new gpgs.
This was also my conclusion that the legacy plugin is probably more permissive in certain respects. I’ll also verify if I have the achievements in place and report.
EDIT:
I didn’t have the 5 achievements in place, but the status of the app said “Ready for testing”. After adding the achievements the error is still there. Will try connecting an existing app.
I connected an existing app that I have online with working achievements etc. (the existing game that uses it uses the legacy plugin). Still nothing: Error 8.
I’m running out of things on the checklist:
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the app is linked with the correct package name and SHA1 codes (both release and debug) [OK]
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the Console app is published and online [OK]
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the same parameters work with the legacy plugin [OK]
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5 achievements are in place [OK]
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the app ID is set correctly in build.settings [OK]
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the license is set correctly in config.lua [OK]
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Google Drive API enabled in the Console [NO??]
Here’s my build.settings file, maybe I have something misconfigured there?
settings = { plugins = { ["plugin.utf8"] = { publisherId = "com.coronalabs" }, ["plugin.gpgs"] = { publisherId = "com.coronalabs", supportedPlatforms = { iphone=true, android=true } }, }, orientation = { -- Supported values for orientation: -- portrait, portraitUpsideDown, landscapeLeft, landscapeRight default = "portrait", supported = { "portrait", }, }, excludeFiles = { -- Include only the necessary icon files on each platform iphone = { "Icon-\*dpi.png", }, android = { "Icon.png", "Icon-Small-\*.png", "Icon\*@2x.png", }, }, -- -- iOS Section -- iphone = { plist = { UIStatusBarHidden = false, UIPrerenderedIcon = true, -- set to false for "shine" overlay --UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend = true, -- uncomment to quit app on suspend CFBundleIconFiles = { [the standard icons entries, removed here to shorten code] }, }, }, -- -- Android Section -- android = { usesPermissions = { "android.permission.INTERNET", "com.android.vending.BILLING", "android.permission.ACCESS\_NETWORK\_STATE", "android.permission.GET\_ACCOUNTS" }, googlePlayGamesAppId = "14XXXXXXXXXX", \<-- the Id of my app }, }pirx, when you mention SHA1, do you mean google license key in config.lua? It should be not a SHA1 key, but a value that you get on " Services & APIs" page of your app on Google Play Developer Console.
@Lerg No, I meant when you link the app in the Developer Console it asks for the package name and the SHA1 code generated from the release/debug.keystore file.
I think I have the license in config.lua set correctly but I will go and check that carefully.
I have the same problem as well. legacy gamenetwork works as expected but new gpgs gives internal error 8 on login
I fixed the problem at last. After enabled Drive API and Google Play Developer API for the project in developer console, it worked all of sudden.
weshwf, glad to hear it!
Can you please elaborate on why you had to use console.developers.google.com? It doesn’t seem to be required.
Thanks!
@weshw - You’re a genius, I did that and now it works. In my case I also enabled the “Google Play Game Services” API.
@Lerg No idea why. As can be seen in the above thread though, it was not going to work until an API was enabled in console.developers.google.com. Everything else was set correctly. I’m not sure which one of the APIs was required but when I have some free time (perhaps later today) I’ll try disabling them one by one and seeing what happens.
Thanks mate. In my case Google Play service API was enabled at the very beginning, I was thinking it is all I need from all documents I ever read.
Since adb logcat with coronalabs filter did not produce useful hint, I decided to go through the whole log. I spotted error messages about Drive API. I don’t know why Drive API is required. To give it a chance I enabled it in console, console logs shows multiple errors with times before I enabled the API, kinda dodgy.
I’m not sure is Google play game service depends on Drive or coronalabs’s implementation making Drive API calls.
The errors gone, but gpgs was still not working. I realized I was using a developer account to test, the google play developer API “hints” like it is required if using developer account for google play , and bingo it works after I enabled it
I’m not dare to disable Drive API to test is it really needed. Don’t wanna take chance to break a working situation 
weshwf, Drive API is what Snapshots use internally.
How you end up on that console site? If you create a new Google Play Games Services app, it won’t be listed there.
I thought it is pretty obvious, after I created my google play game service , at the bottom of the page is showing :
The following APIs need to be turned on in the API console project for Games services to work:
APIs required for basic Games Services to work
Google Play Game Services and Google Play Game Management
That’s it. that’s why I wonder, why if Drive API is required by the snapshot feature of google play game services, the google developer console page does not say so or at least suggest that.
I just follow the link, go to API console, create a new project there, and link my google play game services to it.
weshwf, do you use the main developer account for setting up Google Play Games Services or a secondary (that can be invited into the Developer Console)?
I’m using my main account
Thanks guys, for my case, Google Play Game Service and Google Play Game Management were enabled when I enable Google Play Game Service. So I have to enable Drive API manually. Thanks!
Thanks guys, I’ve tried one whole day in order to solve this error 8 problem, before I found this link.
@Lerg you have to specify this for your updated doc.
enable Drive API manually
Hello There,
It was working before and login was successful but all of a sudden after Google changed UI, It stops working and i cannot open Leaderboard again in my new game that i have launched a few days back.
Please help on this.
Thanks,
sahil19.sindh, iOS or Android?
Sorry to bump an old topic but many many thanks for @weshwf for his solution. I was at wits end trying to get the Android leaderboard and achievements to work under the new GPGS plugin. After I enabled Drive API and Google Play Developers API, they both finally worked.
I second the motion of having this added into the GPGS documentations, at the very least some kind of a note to let devs know that this is a possible fix.
Cheers