WARNING: API 'variant.getMergeResources()' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'variant.getMergeResourcesProvider()'

Question

I\'ve been getting this error every time I build my app. I think that I have all the libraries updates, someone can tell me where is the problem? Apparently, I think that co

Answer 1

Looks like it is caused by gms services 4.3.0. This seems to be just a warning and not causing any problems. However, if you want you can use an earlier version of gms services in your project level gradle file to get rid of it:

com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0

Answer 2

I had exactly same warning and i removed this line from my app's build.gradle.

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

Turned out i didn't need the plugin and the warning disappeared.

Answer 3

Technically it's a 'WARNING' and not an error. To eliminate the need for the warning, downgrade your gms to a lower version such as 4.2.0.