getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo is returning null now

Question

A trivial but annoying issue has come up in the last few days. Previously my menu option which popped up a dialog to show the legal text for using Google Services was very full

Answer 1

This method has been deprecated and is no longer necessary: https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/common/GooglePlayServicesUtil.html#getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(android.content.Context)

This license information is displayed in Settings > Google > Open Source on any device running Google Play services. Applications do not need to display this license text, and this method will be removed in a future version of Google Play services.