Is it possible to have google leaderboard working without having the play-services app on the phone?

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I have an andengine game project where I am using Google leaderboard. Previously I was using Eclipse and older version Google-play-services. Now I have migrated to Android studio and using the latest version of play-services. But whenever i run the app on different different devices these are the results I get...

Case 1) If the device doesn't have the game-play-services app

App won't run unless you have play-services installed (get play-services option)

Case 2) If the device have older version of play-services

App won't run unless you update the play-services (update play-services option)

So my app totally become dependent on play-sevices app which I definitely don't like and many of my users hate it. Is there a way to basically integrate Google leaderboard without having these strings attached?

Thanks.

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Marcin Orlowski On

No. Google Play Services allows your app to connect to given Google APIs (incl. leaderboard). Officially, there's no other access on Android than thru Google Play Services.