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The APIs for using Google Maps are not included in the standard Android SDK. Instead, they must be downloaded separately before maps can be integrated into an application. To install the Google APIs, start the Android SDK Manager (Window -> Android SDK Manager within Eclipse) and locate the section for the latest SDK from the list of packages (at time of writing this is Android 4.2.2 4 API 1719). From within this category, make sure that the Status entry for Google APIs is set to Installed as illustrated in Figure 42-1: