title: RuntimeException: API key not found. Check that geo.API_KEY is in the AndroidManifest.xml
body: <p>I am attempting to compile a simple map display on my my phone, but the app keeps closing.  It seems that all my ducks are in a row, but I'm just stumped.  This is my first time working with an API in Android Studio</p>
  
  <p>Here is the manifest:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="com.morticia.android.firstmap"&gt;
  
  &lt;uses-feature
      android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
      android:required="true" /&gt;
  &lt;application
      android:allowBackup="true"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:supportsRtl="true"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme"&gt;
      &lt;meta-data
          android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
          android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /&gt;
      &lt;meta-data
          android:name="com.morticia.android.maptest_app"
          android:value="AIzaSyBf3tEmdR18S-2v0E1i1x0oqcXJ9imntT4" /&gt;
  
      &lt;activity
          android:name=".MainActivity"
          android:label="@string/app_name"&gt;
          &lt;intent-filter&gt;
              &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
  
              &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
          &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
      &lt;/activity&gt;
  &lt;/application&gt;
  
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"&gt;&lt;/uses-permission&gt;
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"&gt;&lt;/uses-permission&gt;
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"&gt;&lt;/uses-permission&gt;
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And this is my MainActivity XML:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
  xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
  android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
  android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
  android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
  tools:context=".MainActivity"&gt;
  
  &lt;fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:id="@+id/map"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment"
      map:cameraBearing="112.5"
      map:cameraTargetLat="40.7484"
      map:cameraTargetLng="-73.9857"
      map:cameraTilt="65"
      map:cameraZoom="17" /&gt;
  
  &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and finally MainActivity Java code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.morticia.android.firstmap;
  
  import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment;
  
  public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
  
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>here are the logs as requested:</p>
  
  <pre><code>02-02 20:29:13.420 26932-26932/com.morticia.android.firstmap E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                             Process: com.morticia.android.firstmap, PID: 26932
                                                                             java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.morticia.android.firstmap/com.morticia.android.firstmap.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #12: Binary XML file line #12: Error inflating class fragment
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3253)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3349)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:221)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1794)
                                                                                 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                                 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:158)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7224)
                                                                                 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230)
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120)
                                                                              Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #12: Binary XML file line #12: Error inflating class fragment
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:551)
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:429)
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:380)
                                                                                 at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:288)
                                                                                 at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:143)
                                                                                 at com.morticia.android.firstmap.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:13)
                                                                                 at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6876)
                                                                                 at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1135)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3206)
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3349) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:221) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1794) 
                                                                                 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                                                                                 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:158) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7224) 
                                                                                 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230) 
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120) 
                                                                              Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #12: Error inflating class fragment
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:794)
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:716)
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:847)
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:810)
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:527)
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:429) 
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:380) 
                                                                                 at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:288) 
                                                                                 at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:143) 
                                                                                 at com.morticia.android.firstmap.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:13) 
                                                                                 at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6876) 
                                                                                 at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1135) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3206) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3349) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:221) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1794) 
                                                                                 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                                                                                 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:158) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7224) 
                                                                                 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230) 
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120) 
                                                                              Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: API key not found.  Check that &lt;meta-data android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY" android:value="your API key"/&gt; is in the &lt;application&gt; element of AndroidManifest.xml
                                                                                 at maps.y.k.b(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at maps.v.c.a(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at com.google.android.gms.maps.internal.CreatorImpl.b(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at com.google.android.gms.maps.internal.CreatorImpl.newMapFragmentDelegate(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at xg.onTransact(:com.google.android.gms.DynamiteModulesB:62)
                                                                                 at android.os.Binder.transact(Binder.java:387)
                                                                                 at trn.newMapFragmentDelegate(:com.google.android.gms:179)
                                                                                 at com.google.android.gms.maps.internal.CreatorImpl.newMapFragmentDelegate(:com.google.android.gms:99)
                                                                                 at trm.onTransact(:com.google.android.gms:62)
                                                                                 at android.os.Binder.transact(Binder.java:387)
                                                                                 at com.google.android.gms.maps.internal.zzc$zza$zza.zzt(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment$zzb.zzwP(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment$zzb.zza(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at com.google.android.gms.dynamic.zza.zza(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at com.google.android.gms.dynamic.zza.onInflate(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment.onInflate(Unknown Source)
                                                                                 at android.app.Fragment.onInflate(Fragment.java:1373)
                                                                                 at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.onCreateView(FragmentManager.java:2217)
                                                                                 at android.app.FragmentController.onCreateView(FragmentController.java:98)
                                                                                 at android.app.Activity.onCreateView(Activity.java:6070)
                                                                                 at android.support.v4.app.BaseFragmentActivityHoneycomb.onCreateView(BaseFragmentActivityHoneycomb.java:36)
                                                                                 at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:79)
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:766)
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:716) 
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:847) 
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:810) 
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:527) 
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:429) 
                                                                                 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:380) 
                                                                                 at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:288) 
                                                                                 at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:143) 
                                                                                 at com.morticia.android.firstmap.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:13) 
                                                                                 at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6876) 
                                                                                 at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1135) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3206) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3349) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:221) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1794) 
                                                                                 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                                                                                 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:158) 
                                                                                 at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7224) 
                                                                                 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230) 
                                                                                 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120) 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any professional insights would be greatly appreciated</p>
  
  <p>Thank you!</p>