Google plugin services not found, already exists when I add

Question

I'm trying to add firebase push notifications into my mobile application, but i'm stuck in a vicious cycle when trying to build with android studios.

Firebase tells me to add the dependency into my root build.gradle file, which as i'm using cordova is platforms/android/build.gradle, so once i've added it my buildscript dependencies look like this

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0'
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.1.0' // google-services dependency from cordova-plugin-firebase
    classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.25.4' // fabric dependency from cordova-plugin-firebase
}

and I add this line at the bottom of the build.gradle file also

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

Then when I try to build I get the following error in android studios

Cannot add task ':processDebugGoogleServices' as a task with that name already exists.

When I google the error, I land on this stack overflow question, which says apparently to remove the google-services line from the dependencies. So when I do that and try to rebuild, I get the following error

Plugin with id 'com.google.gms.google-services' not found.

Then when I google that error I land on this stack overflow question that tells me to remove the line i've added, and the cycle starts again!

I'm very new to cordova/app development and i'm not 100% sure if i'm doing something completely wrong.

Incase it helps, heres my plugin list when i run cordova plugin list

cordova-open 1.0.12 "Open"
cordova-plugin-add-swift-support 1.7.2 "AddSwiftSupport"
cordova-plugin-badge 0.8.8 "Badge"
cordova-plugin-camera 4.0.3 "Camera"
cordova-plugin-compat 1.2.0 "Compat"
cordova-plugin-console 1.1.0 "Console"
cordova-plugin-contacts 2.3.1 "Contacts"
cordova-plugin-datepicker 0.9.3 "DatePicker"
cordova-plugin-device 2.0.2 "Device"
cordova-plugin-dialogs 2.0.1 "Notification"
cordova-plugin-fcm 2.1.2 "FCMPlugin"
cordova-plugin-file 6.0.1 "File"
cordova-plugin-file-transfer 1.7.1 "File Transfer"
cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio 1.6.0 "FingerprintAllInOne"
cordova-plugin-firebase 2.0.5 "Google Firebase Plugin"
cordova-plugin-geolocation 4.0.1 "Geolocation"
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser 1.7.2 "InAppBrowser"
cordova-plugin-ios-camera-permissions 1.2.0 "iOS Permissions"
cordova-plugin-keyboard 1.2.0 "Keyboard"
cordova-plugin-listpicker 2.2.2 "ListPicker"
cordova-plugin-local-notification 0.9.0-beta.2 "LocalNotification"
cordova-plugin-mauron85-background-geolocation 2.3.6 "CDVBackgroundGeolocation"
cordova-plugin-pin-dialog 0.1.3 "PinDialog"
cordova-plugin-spinner 1.1.0 "Spinner Plugin"
cordova-plugin-spinnerdialog 1.3.2 "SpinnerDialog"
cordova-plugin-statusbar 2.4.2 "StatusBar"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.3 "Whitelist"
cordova-sqlite-storage 2.6.0 "Cordova sqlite storage plugin"
cordova-support-google-services 1.3.1 "cordova-support-google-services"
phonegap-plugin-multidex 1.0.0 "Multidex"
phonegap-plugin-push 1.11.1 "PushPlugin"

I'm thinking maybe I have clashing plugins? Can someone please let me know what i'm doing wrong, its all quite confusing to me at the moment!

If anything i've specified above like the root build.gradle location is wrong, please let me know! As i said i'm quite new to this and i'm not 100% sure if everything i've said is correct!

@PeterHaddad Yup, application is added on firebase and `google-service.json` file is present inside the project root directory — S_R, Apr 03 '19 at 13:34
in the docs though it doesnt say to add `apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'` — Peter Haddad, Apr 03 '19 at 13:58
I'm currently in the process of removing all firebase plugins and seeing if that fixes my issue — S_R, Apr 03 '19 at 13:59
remove fcmplugin and try and run it with only friebase plugin — Peter Haddad, Apr 03 '19 at 14:00
trying that now but for some weird reason it keeps re-installing the google-services plugin because it claims it exists in the `config.xml`, even though it doesnt! — S_R, Apr 03 '19 at 14:11
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/191168/discussion-between-peter-haddad-and-s-r). — Peter Haddad, Apr 03 '19 at 14:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 04 '19 at 09:32

For anyone having the same sort of issue, after a private discussion it was discovered that I had conflicting plugins.

From the list of plugins above, I ended up removing

cordova-support-google-services cordova-plugin-fcm

and kept only

cordova-plugin-firebase

Google plugin services not found, already exists when I add

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