Could Not Find Any Version That Matches Com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:12+ (

I'm trying to compile on ionic 3.20 with cordova 6.5.0 on Android. I'm executing cordova run android but everytime I'm getting: Error: ~/Develop/blastbot-ionic/platforms/android/gr

Solution 1:

I tried cordova platform add android@5 and afterwards cordova run android and it worked like a charm.

UPDATE

The line abov "solved" the issue partially, but my targeted API level was 23 instead of 25. The issue, after almost month and a half of trying different SDK tools/build-tools/Google repo combinations I found the solution.

Navigate to platforms/android/project.properties and look for a line like cordova.system.library.2=com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:12+

Notice that 12+ at the end. Simply change it to 11+, that will do the job. Hope nobody goes through this like I did.