Error getting location in NativeScript 5

Hi,

After upgrade NativeScript to version 5, I have this error:

Cannot enable the location service. Error: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lcom/google/android/gms/internal/zzbck;

My app.gradle is:

{
  "nativescript": {
    "id": "com.autocorp.autocorpapp",
    "tns-android": {
      "version": "5.0.0"
    }
  },
  "description": "NativeScript Application",
  "license": "SEE LICENSE IN <your-license-filename>",
  "repository": "<fill-your-repository-here>",
  "dependencies": {
    "moment": "^2.22.2",
    "nativescript-crossplatform-aes": "^1.0.3",
    "nativescript-directions": "^1.3.0",
    "nativescript-dom": "^2.0.2",
    "nativescript-geolocation": "^4.3.1",
    "nativescript-google-maps-sdk": "^2.6.1",
    "nativescript-loading-screen": "^1.0.6",
    "nativescript-phone": "^1.4.0",
    "nativescript-sqlite": "^2.2.3",
    "nativescript-theme-core": "^1.0.4",
    "nativescript-xml2js": "^0.5.2",
    "tns-core-modules": "^5.0.2"
  },
  "readme": "NativeScript Application",
  "devDependencies": {
    "nativescript-dev-webpack": "^0.17.0"
  }
}

[DimitarTodorov]

Hi @neumartin , I’ve tested the plugin’s demo and found that there is no issue with it. The problem that you observe is related to dependency which both nativescript-geolocation and nativescript-google-maps-sdk plugins are using. The googlePlayServicesVersion dependency should be used with same version for both plugins. So the solution of the issue, when building an app is to specify which version of the dependency should be used by both plugins. As suggested by @annadante you should add before-plugins.gradle file where the googlePlayServicesVersion should be specified:

android {
    project.ext {
        googlePlayServicesVersion = "15.0.1" 
    }
}

[annadante]

I fixed the problem by adding this file to App_Resources/Android

file name: before-plugins.gradle content: android {
// other stuff here

project.ext { googlePlayServicesVersion = “15.0.1” } }