FCMPlugin build fail due to version conflict with google gms services

Question

I'm using this with ionic 2 on Windows for Android. When I add cordova-plugin-fcm plugin, I cannot build the project anymore. Here is the error that I'm getting:

BUILD FAILED                                                                                     

Total time: 4.697 secs                                                                           

Error: cmd: Command failed with exit code 1 Error output:                                        
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.                                                         

* What went wrong:                                                                               
Execution failed for task ':processDebugGoogleServices'.                                         
> Please fix the version conflict either by updating the version of the google-services plugin (i
nformation about the latest version is available at https://bintray.com/android/android-tools/com
.google.gms.google-services/) or updating the version of com.google.android.gms to 9.2.0.        

* Try:                                                                                           
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get mor
e log output.                                                                                    

Below is a snippet of my config.xml:

 <plugin name="cordova-plugin-console" spec="~1.0.3"/>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-facebook4" spec="~1.7.3">
    <variable name="APP_ID" value="XXX"/>
    <variable name="APP_NAME" value="XXX"/>
  </plugin>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="~1.2.2"/>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-statusbar" spec="~2.1.3"/>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="~3.2.2"/>
  <plugin name="ionic-plugin-keyboard" spec="~2.2.1"/>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-camera"/>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-geolocation" spec="https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-geolocation"/>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-googlemaps" spec="https://github.com/phonegap-googlemaps-plugin/cordova-plugin-googlemaps">
    <variable name="API_KEY_FOR_ANDROID" value="XXXX"/>
    <variable name="API_KEY_FOR_IOS" value="XXXX"/>
  </plugin>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-transfer" spec="~1.5.1"/>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file" spec="~4.2.0"/>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="~1.1.2"/>

I have read this and this related posts which suggest adding this line to build.gradle (which is created automatically by ionic):

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

I have tried adding it to build-extras.gradle with no luck.

In my build.graddle, I see this line:

// PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS START
apply from: "cordova-plugin-fcm/upfront-FCMPlugin.gradle"
// PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS END

And also these lines:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
    // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES START
    debugCompile project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "debug")
    releaseCompile project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "release")
    compile "com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.14.+"
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:+"
    compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:+"
    // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES END
}

What am I missing and how can I fix this issue?

Answer 1

I solved it.

plugings:

https://github.com/mauron85/cordova-plugin-background-geolocation

https://github.com/fechanique/cordova-plugin-fcm

1). remove platform: cordova platform rm android.

2). modify: plugins/cordova-plugin-fcm/src/android/FCMPlugin.gradle

replace:

apply plugin: com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin

with:

ext.postBuildExtras = {
    apply plugin: com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin
}

3) add platform: cordova platform add android.

4) modify: platforms/android/project.properties

change the "+" for "11.4.2":

com.google.firebase:firebase-core:+
com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:+
com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:+

should look like this:

com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.4.2
com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:11.4.2
com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:11.4.2

that's all :).