title: Android Studio Google Maps Key
body: <p>SOS,</p>
  
  <p>I am working on an Android project that entails using the Google Maps API.  I have generated a key with the proper restrictions but I cannot get my program to run.  The error I am getting is: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error:(53, 28) No resource found that matches the given name (at 'value' with value '@string/google_maps_key').</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I did some research and found that I needed to change <code>@string/google_maps_key</code> to my actual key.  See the example below.  Take note of the fact the tags are emitted. </p>
  
  <p>Before:</p>
  
  <pre><code>meta-data
          android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
          android:value="@string/google_maps_key" /
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>After:</p>
  
  <pre><code>meta-data
          android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
          android:value="AIzaSyBY3c7RFvwzs06juEg0nzIU7PVERTIV3U8" /
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I attempted to make the changes shown but when I run my program is automatically changes it back to <code>@string/google_maps_key</code>.</p>
  
  <p>What must I do to get my mapping application up and running?  Thank you in advance to anybody with helpful input.</p>