Can't update to com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0

Question

At start google-services ver. is classpath \'com.google.gms:google-services:4.1.0\', but when I change it to 4.2.0 the error occurs during Sy

Answer 1

@NickUnuchek leave the dependencies block out of the gradle file of your root project, then it will work

In result top level gradle:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

apply plugin: 'kotlin'

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.20'
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
        //region realm
        maven { url 'http://oss.jfrog.org/artifactory/oss-snapshot-local' }
        //endregion
    }
    dependencies {
        //region google()
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0'
        //endregion
        //region jcenter()
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
        classpath 'com.orhanobut.tracklytics:tracklytics-plugin:2.0.0'
        //endregion
        //region maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
        //to check fabric gradle ver
        //https://s3.amazonaws.com/fabric-artifacts/public/io/fabric/tools/gradle/maven-metadata.xml
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.+'
        //endregion
        //region realm
        classpath "io.realm:realm-gradle-plugin:5.8.0"
        //endregion
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        google()
        jcenter()
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
        maven { url "https://dl.bintray.com/nickunuchek/maven" }
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
    }

    configurations.all {
        exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jre7'
    }
}

dependencies {
    //REMOVED FROM TOP-LEVEL implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
}

compileKotlin {
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = "1.8"
    }
}
compileTestKotlin {
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = "1.8"
    }
}

app/build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'

android {
   ...

    defaultConfig {
     ...
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        multiDexEnabled true
    }


    dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "8g"
        preDexLibraries = false
    }

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility 1.8
        targetCompatibility 1.8
    }

}

dependencies {
  ...
  implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"//MOVED HERE FROM TOP-LEVEL GRADLE
}

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

Answer 2

I resolved the ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException by adding the following after applying the google-services plugin at the end of my build script:

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin.config.disableVersionCheck = true

This disables the version check which is buggy in google-services 4.2.0

Answer 3

I have the same problem when I'm trying to update to com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0. Deleting the gradle cache also did not help.

The only thing which made the AIOOBE dissapear was completely commenting out the app's maven repo dependencies.

  android {
    ...
    dependencies {

      // commented out
      // implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'

      // this works
      implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs/dropbox', includes: ['dropbox*.jar', 'json*.jar'])**

    }
  }

As you can see in my example, local file dependencies work. However, this is not the solution, maybe only a step in the direction of finding the cause of the error.

After more digging:

It looks like a bug of the google services plugin, and more exactly a bug of the StrictVersionMatcherPlugin which is automatically added with the google play services plugin.

They are checking version of the firebase and play-services libraries and somehow the check runs into an exception. It's a string.indexOf which bugs around.

if (depFromString.startsWith("project ")) { // TODO(paulrashidi): Figure out if a third level dependency shows depFromString. // In a project with other project dependencies the dep // string will be "project :module1" String depName = depFromString.split(":")[1];

depName is project :, so split[1] will fail

Answer 4

the stack-trace hints for the Google Services Gradle plugin:

Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
    at com.google.android.gms.dependencies.DependencyInspector

and you add the plugin: classpath "com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0", but never apply it with: apply plugin: "com.google.gms.google-services" (this belongs to the bottom of the file).

having no associated Java dependencies might also cause that; for example:

implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.1.0"