Build error: google-services.json is missing

[ruimaciel]

When I tried to open the project with Android Studio Giraffe (2022.3.1) I got the following error:

Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugGoogleServices'.
> File google-services.json is missing. The Google Services Plugin cannot function without it. 
   Searched Location: 
  /home/rui/develop/android/byheart/byheart-android/app/google-services.json
  /home/rui/develop/android/byheart/byheart-android/app/src/nullnull/google-services.json
  /home/rui/develop/android/byheart/byheart-android/app/src/debug/google-services.json
  /home/rui/develop/android/byheart/byheart-android/app/src/nullnullDebug/google-services.json
  /home/rui/develop/android/byheart/byheart-android/app/src/nullnull/debug/google-services.json
  /home/rui/develop/android/byheart/byheart-android/app/src/debug/nullnull/google-services.json

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Steps to reproduce the issue:

• Download Android Studio Giraffe,
• open byheart project,
• build byheart project without upgrading Gradle.

Taken from the Google Services Troubleshooting section:

Q: When building I get the following error message: "File google-services.json is missing from module root folder. The Google Services Plugin cannot function without it".

A: The Firebase console will help you download the google-services.json. In addition, the Quickstart guides for most APIs have instructions for generating this file. Once you have downloaded the google-services.json file, copy it into the app/ folder of your Android Studio project, or into the app/src/{build_type} folder if you are using multiple build types.