Google Play Services GCM 9.2.0 asks to “update” back to 9.0.0

Question

So this morning I started updating to the latest version of my project libraries.

I\'m trying to update GCM to the latest version 9.2.0, but I get this error:

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Answer 1

The same situation was with the previous versions. It's annoing that new versions com.google.android.gms libraries are always releasing before plugin, and it's impossible to use new version because is incompatible with old plugin. I don't know if plugin is now required (google docs sucks). I remember times when it wasn't. The only way is wait for new plugin version, or you can try to remove plugin dependencies, but as I said I'am not sure if gcm will work without it. What I know the main feature of 9.2.0 version is new Awareness API https://inthecheesefactory.com/blog/google-awareness-api-in-action/en, if you didn't need it, you can use 9.0.0 version without any trouble.