Unknown calling package name 'com.google.android.gms'

Question

My android app fails to connect to 'com.google.android.gms'. I checked a lot and implemented all the dependencies I could find to be relevant but it still fails. Actually, the services work fine, both the authentication (with google play and firebase) and the upload/download to the googledrive, so Currently, I'm still releasing the app with this error message, but that can't be too good... Would someone have an idea of what's missing? Here are the key files:

// FILENAME: build.gradle.kts
plugins {
    id("com.android.application") version "8.6.0"
    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "1.9.25"
    id("com.google.gms.google-services") version "4.4.2"
}

android {
...
dependencies {
...
    implementation(platform("androidx.compose:compose-bom:2024.09.03"))

    // Firebase dependencies
    implementation(platform("com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:33.4.0"))
    implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-auth")
    implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore")
    implementation("io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.68.0")
    implementation("io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.68.0")
    implementation("io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.68.0")
    implementation("com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:23.4.0")

    // Google API Client and Drive API
    implementation("com.google.api-client:google-api-client-android:2.7.0")
    implementation("com.google.api-client:google-api-client-gson:2.7.0")
    implementation("com.google.apis:google-api-services-drive:v3-rev20240903-2.0.0")
    implementation("com.google.api-client:google-api-client:2.7.0")
    implementation("com.google.http-client:google-http-client-jackson2:1.45.0")
    implementation("com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http:1.28.0")
    implementation("com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:21.2.0")
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
...
    <!-- Internet permission -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
...
        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
            android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />

    </application>
</manifest>

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The file google-services.json is loaded

Any idea? Many thanks in advance!

I tried implementing all the advice I could find online..

The error message is the following:

Failed to get service from broker.  (Ask Gemini)
                 java.lang.SecurityException: Unknown calling package name 'com.google.android.gms'.
                    at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:3057)
                    at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:3041)
                    at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:3024)
                    at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2966)
                    at amok.a(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190800-675378931):36)
                    at ammr.z(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190800-675378931):143)
                    at altt.run(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190800-675378931):54)
                    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:958)
                    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
                    at bqoh.ml(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190800-675378931):1)
                    at bqoh.dispatchMessage(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190800-675378931):5)
                    at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:205)
                    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:294)
                    at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)

Note, after that I tried to use the Android Studio Project Structure Dialog to implement all suggestions but it doesn't seem to do any good, the version released for internal testing doesn't connect to any google service anymore...

Answer 1

I also encountered this problem in a similar case.

I saw a reference to a thread on IssueTracker about this problem, it seems to be something that has been flagged for handling by Google, you might want to follow updates there.