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getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo not found in Google Play services

See original GitHub issue

I’m submitting a … [ ] question [x] any problem or bug report [ ] feature request

plugin version: (check one with “x”) [ ] 1.4.x [x] 2.0.0-beta2

Git rev: 785086e8139f8d8f6935912c5c87ad650c4d7f8d

cordova information: (run $> cordova plugin list)

cordova-fabric-plugin 1.1.9 "cordova-fabric-plugin"
cordova-plugin-app-version 0.1.9 "AppVersion"
cordova-plugin-camera 2.4.1 "Camera"
cordova-plugin-camera-preview 0.9.0 "cordova-plugin-camera-preview"
cordova-plugin-compat 1.1.0 "Compat"
cordova-plugin-console 1.0.7 "Console"
cordova-plugin-device 1.1.6 "Device"
cordova-plugin-file 4.3.3 "File"
cordova-plugin-file-opener2 2.0.19 "File Opener2"
cordova-plugin-filechooser 1.0.1 "File Chooser"
cordova-plugin-geolocation 2.4.3 "Geolocation"
cordova-plugin-google-analytics 1.8.3 "Google Universal Analytics Plugin"
cordova-plugin-googlemaps 2.0.0-beta2-20170727-1500 "cordova-plugin-googlemaps"
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser 1.7.1 "InAppBrowser"
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 4.0.3 "Splashscreen"
cordova-plugin-statusbar 2.2.3 "StatusBar"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.2 "Whitelist"
cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine 1.1.4-dev "Cordova WKWebView Engine"
ionic-plugin-keyboard 2.2.1 "Keyboard"
urbanairship-cordova 6.8.0 "Urban Airship"

Current behavior: Ionic 3 Mobile App doesn’t builds because getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo was not found in Google Play services.

Expected behavior: App builds successfully.

Related code, data or error log (please format your code or data):

BUILD FAILED
        
        Total time: 1 mins 28.368 secs
        Error: /Users/pjorquera/work/mms/myGarage/platforms/android/gradlew: Command failed with exit code 1 Error 
        output:
        Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
        Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
        /Users/pjorquera/work/mms/myGarage/platforms/android/src/plugin/google/maps/AsyncLicenseInfo.java:22: error: 
        cannot find symbol
             String licenseInfo = GooglePlayServicesUtil.getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(mActivity);
                                                        ^
           symbol:   method getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(Activity)
           location: class GooglePlayServicesUtil
        /Users/pjorquera/work/mms/myGarage/platforms/android/src/plugin/google/maps/Environment.java:124: error: cannot 
        find symbol
             String msg = GoogleApiAvailability.getInstance().getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(cordova.getActivity());
                                                             ^
           symbol:   method getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(Activity)
           location: class GoogleApiAvailability
        Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
        Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
        2 errors
        
        FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

Google has deprecated (and removed) the symbol getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(Context context) from Google Play services as can be seen here: https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/common/GooglePlayServicesUtil.html#getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(android.content.Context)