1 page.title=Google+ Platform for Android 2 page.tags="authentication","signin","social" 3 header.hide=1 4 5 @jd:body 6 7 8 <div class="landing-banner"> 9 10 <div class="col-6"> 11 <img src="{@docRoot}images/google/gps-googleplus.png" alt=""> 12 </div> 13 <div class="col-6"> 14 15 <h1 itemprop="name" style="margin-bottom:0;">Google+ Platform for Android</h1> 16 <p itemprop="description">The Google+ platform for Android lets you authenticate a user 17 with the same credentials they use on Google every day. Once a user signs in with Google, 18 you can create more engaging experiences and drive usage of your app.</p> 19 20 <p>Check out the <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/plus/package-summary.html" 21 >Google+ Android API reference</a> and visit <a class="external-link" 22 href="https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/">developers.google.com/+</a> for more 23 information about integrating Google+ into your app.</p> 24 </div> 25 </div> 26 27 <div class="landing-docs"> 28 <div class="col-6 normal-links"> 29 <h3 style="clear:left">Key Developer Features</h3> 30 31 <h4>Trusted authentication</h4> 32 <p>Google+ Sign-In is a simple, trusted, and secure way to let people sign in 33 to your app with their Google credentials and bring along their Google+ info. 34 <br /> 35 <a href="https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/sign-in" 36 class="external-link">Add sign-in</a>.</p> 37 38 <h4>Access the profile and social graph</h4> 39 <p>Once users have signed in with Google, your app can welcome them by name, 40 display their picture, connect them with friends, and lots more. 41 <br /> 42 <a href="https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/people" 43 class="external-link">Access the social graph</a>.</p> 44 45 <h4>Stand out in the stream</h4> 46 <p>Interactive posts is a rich way of sharing to Google+. It lets users prompt friends 47 to take specific actions in your app from a Google+ post, like "listen," "RSVP," "check-in," 48 and over 100 more actions. <br /> 49 <a class="external-link" 50 href="https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/share">Post interactive content</a>.</p> 51 52 <h4>Recommend content</h4> 53 <p>Add a native +1 button so users can recommend content from your app. These endorsements 54 can give your app more credibility and help it grow faster. <br /> 55 <a class="external-link" 56 href="https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/recommend">Add the +1 button</a>.</p> 57 </div> 58 59 60 <div class="col-6 normal-links"> 61 <h3 style="clear:left">Getting Started</h3> 62 <h4>1. Get the Google Play services SDK</h4> 63 <p>The Google+ Android APIs are part of the Google Play services platform.</p> 64 <p>To get started, <a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">set up</a> 65 the Google Play services SDK. 66 </p> 67 68 <h4>2. Run the sample</h4> 69 <p>Once you've installed the Google Play services package, you can run the Google+ sample located in 70 <code><android-sdk>/extras/google-play-services/samples/plus</code>. However, before 71 you can run the sample, you need to register your app in the Google APIs Console.</p> 72 <p>See <a class="external-link" 73 href="https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/getting-started">Getting Started with 74 the Google+ Platform for Android</a> for more information about how to get the sample up and 75 running. 76 </p> 77 78 <h4>3. Read the documentation</h4> 79 <p>Read the <a href="https://developers.google.com/+/terms">Google+ Platform 80 Terms of Service</a>.</p> 81 82 <p>For quick access while developing your Android apps, the 83 <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/plus/package-summary.html">Google+ 84 API reference</a> is available here on developer.android.com.</p> 85 86 <p>Detailed documentation for the Google+ Android APIs is available with the rest of the 87 Google+ developer documents at <a class="external-link" 88 href="https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/">developers.google.com/+</a>.</p> 89 </div> 90 </div>
