Quarter million on board and no one has an idea on how to use Google Play Services in Appery io? It's super amusing ".)
I am only getting a little familiar with the workings of Maven and I managed to get android v4 support to work by adding in the jar file and the pom.xml (I just copied the pom.xml from the mvnrepository - I am not sure if any editing should be involved)
If I can build an app in 2 weeks, but I need to spend 2 weeks to learn how to include a service that is as important as google play service - it defeats the whole purpose - will it still be called rapid application development? 
Take it easy folks, I am just venting my frustration! I wish I had some exposure to Maven, I would have done some documentation on that - it would help so many people.