Unable to add Xamarin Google Play Services

Question

I'm unable to add GCM to my Xamarin app. This is the output from the package console:

Adding Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Gcm...
Attempting to resolve dependency 'Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Base (= 29.0.0.1)'.
Attempting to resolve dependency 'Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Basement (= 29.0.0.1)'.
Attempting to resolve dependency 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 (≥ 23.1.1.1)'.
Attempting to resolve dependency 'Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Measurement (= 29.0.0.1)'.
Updating 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 23.0.1.3' to 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 23.3.0' failed. Unable to find a version of 'Xamarin.Forms' that is compatible with 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 23.3.0'.

Answer 1

For this version you must install an earlier version of Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Gcm. I had no problems with 27.0.0.

If you need the newest version, you could do this:

• uninstall xamarin.forms nuget package
• update all android packages to 23.3.0
• install Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Gcm
• search for xamarin.forms and set in options ignore dependencies
• install newest version

Of course you must be aware of problems, since this is not recommended with good reasons.