Black screen after updating Google Play Services:7.5.0 - android

I updated my Google Play Service to be able to use Android 5.0 Material Design Support Library.
Since I did it, it happens quite often that my app end in ANR with a black screen , and Nothing in logs.
So basically, it becomes very hard to debug, when I don't have logs to help me!
I've checked /data/anr/traces.txt but there is not much and process to extract it is not so fast...
Is there a solution to that or should I revert Google Play Service to his old version and wait more stable release???
PS: I upgraded Google Play Service through SDK Manager.
Is there a way to revert Google Play Service to the old version???
EDIT: It might be a solution to manage Android SDK in a Git Rep.
So revert changes would be no problem
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double tap the home button.. that voice command will open.. press and say settings, and from the settings uninstall the updates of google play services..

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How can see any error if I can't install app from google play

I have a problem in an app updated in play store.
Around 800 user could updated it without problem, but we have 3 users who get this message:
I've try install it with apk instead play store, with a similar result:
The min SDK is 16 and the SDK target is 28, and this devices have SDK 27 and 28.
One of these users had a device in which she couldn't install it. But last week buy new device, and she can't install it too. This new device has never had the application installed before.
How can I see any information about the problem?
I had such a problem, when tried to install a new version of my app. I found the reason for the problem when installing the new release version of my app using Android Studio. The error message has explained in detail what the problem is.
So if someone has such a problem I would suggest getting a device on which the error can be reproduced, then trying to install it using Android Studio and check the message.
The full story in my case was as the following: I had two different applicationId for "release" and "debug" configurations. In the new version of the app, I added a "provider" to the manifest. During my development I installed the debug version and then I deployed the new version to the Play Store. When I tried to install the deployed app on this device I got the message that it cannot be installed. The reason was that the release version had the same provider as the debug version, so they cannot be installed both. The solution is to change the authorities of the provider according to the applicationId.
This looks like a problem on the device, rather than a problem downloading from Google Play store. Logs from this should be in the users device logs, like you get for your app. You can ask your user for the logs, by asking them to send you a bug report. There are instructions here on taking bug reports.
When you look at the bug report, error messages from the Play store are tagged with "Finsky". You may also see errors from the device package manager.
When errors like this occured, it is recommended to read the link (see common ways to fix the problem). Most of the time cleaning Google Play Services cache and data will do the trick:
Clear the Google Play Store cache
1.Open the Settings menu on your device.
2.Go to Apps or Application Manager. (This option might differ depending on your device.)
3.Scroll to All apps and then scroll down to the Google Play Store app.
4.Open the app details and tap the Force stop button.
5.Tap the Clear cache button.
Repeat the steps above, but replace Google Play Store in step 3 with Google Play services.
Try to download the app again.
Clear the Google Play Store data
If cleaning the cache of the Google Play Store and Google Play Services doesn't resolve the issue, try clearing the Google Play Store data:
1.Open the Settings menu on your device.
2.Go to Apps or Application Manager. (This option might differ depending on your device.)
3.Scroll to All apps and then scroll down to the Google Play Store app.
4.Open the app details and tap the Force stop button.
5.Tap the Clear data button.
6.Clear data button

The app won't run unless you update google play servicesse

I had a expo project, and due to some limitations i have detached
I added firebase to the project using react-native-firebase package and it needs some native code modifications
After many head shake, finally i ran it on the emulator successfully, But it ask to update google play unless the app won't run
In our region user doesn't update it regularly so it leads to bad UX.
I know its due to using google play service newest version , But is there's a way to use google play service low version with same functionality firebase provide for the top version? if not what kind of feature i will lose ?

"Google Play services are updating" error on release, not emulator (Google Play Services 12.6.73, Huawei devices)

I'm facing the same issue as in Stack Overflow question "Google Play services are updating" in Google Maps API.
Unfortunately, out of nowhere, some of my users are suffering this issue, as well as my own phone. On the other hand, for other users it seems to work perfectly fine.
This issue appears only on maps in my app.
I've tried to clean Google Services's cache on my own phone - still nothing.
On my emulator it works fine.
I've searched all over the Internet and haven't managed to find a working solution for this.
The most important part is this: Most of the solutions that I've found were ones that needed to be done on a specific device, like cleaning a cache and then restarting the phone. But, when we are talking about an issue that occurs and harm a large portion of my users - there has to be a solution on which I can use in order to help them all at once, by myself, without them needing to do some actions on their own phones.
Otherwise, it would be very frustrating for them, and it would make some of them uninstall my app, and because of what? A bug that I have nothing to do with? Everything worked just perfectly fine until about two days ago, and I didn't make any changes to my app since then at all... so... why?
This bug is reported by many people in the Google issue tracker. It looks like a wide range of Huawei devices is severely impacted by the latest Play Services update to version 12.6.73. Apparently something changed on the Google side and they are currently investigating what is happening.
The issue is tracked in the following bug:
Authorization Failure in Google Maps Android API v2 (Google Play Services 12.6.73, Huawei devices)
Star the bug and follow messages from Google engineers.
UPDATE 2018-05-15
Some messages from the bug
Have just got off the phone to Google and Huawei. Huawei seem to be
admitting responsibility. They told me there is an EMUI update due in 1 to
2 weeks that should fix "all google maps issues".
Also ah...#google.com states
Google has been able to reproduce the problem on a physical device and is now focusing on addressing the root cause through either a fix or other mitigation.
It looks like Google and Huawei have to look into this issue together in order to provide a permanent solution.
UPDATE 2018-05-16
Google posted the following message in the bug
In collaboration with Huawei, Google engineers have identified the root cause of this issue as an unexpected change to the filesystem permissions. The issue can impact any Android app on a Huawei device which renders a Google map.
Our engineers are preparing a new version of Google Play Services which should resolve the problem. It will be targeted to devices running Android 7.0 Nougat, or higher. We will post another update with the status of the rollout.
Thanks for your patience.
UPDATE 2018-05-17
Finally good news from Google
We are pleased to report that a beta version of Google Play Services is ready. We believe this version mitigates the issue on Huawei devices running Android 7.0 Nougat, or higher. An important caveat is that each time the device is rebooted, you will need to wait about one minute before launching the affected applications.
Starting today at midnight (Pacific Time), the beta will be rolled-out to a segment of the community that has signed-up for the Google Play Services Public Beta Program. It will ramp to increasing segments of the beta audience over the next few days. We invite you to join the beta program at https://developers.google.com/android/guides/beta-program to obtain an early release of this and future versions of Google Play Services. Once beta testing is complete it will be rolled out in stages to all users.
UPDATE 2018-05-18
As a follow-up to our last update (comment#342), we believe this issue is fixed in Google Play Services version 12.6.85. If you are still encountering the problem, please ensure your device has this version installed.
As previously noted, there can be a delay (usually less than one minute) between the time the OS is finished booting and Google Play Services starts. If you launch one of the affected apps during this window, it may not render a map. If this happens, re-launch the app after a minute or so. Subsequent launches of the app should succeed every time.
FINAL UPDATE 2018-05-22
As of 10:00 AM (PDT) on May 21, 2018, Google Play Services version 12.6.85 was pushed to 100%, following the initial beta rollout. We believe this resolves the Google Play Services issue on all impacted Huawei devices.
Huawei is working on a longer term solution which is beneficial to its users and developers.
We apologize for this incident and the impact it may have caused. We are conducting an internal investigation of this issue and will make appropriate improvements to our systems to help prevent future recurrence. Stay tuned for an Incident Report.
AFAICT there is nothing an app developer can do to fix it. As #xomena mentions in her answer Google is working on it.
Just to add the complete solution for an end-user here:
go to Settings > Apps & Notifications > App > Google Play Services > Storage
click Clear Cache
go to Manage Space and click Clear all data
Be aware that the issue reappears if you reboot your device
Someone created a video you can refer your users to at https://youtu.be/VgMtZnyem5Y
It's is going to be fixed soon, guys:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/79405933
Go to Settings → App → Google Play Services, and disable it to go back to the factory version.
Restart the phone and go to Google Play Store to do the update on Google Play Services.
It works for me. I can see the Google map again in a third-party app. If it says uninstall/disable, do that.
There is nothing you can do at this time, except clear Google Play Service data (without rebooting the phone). At the next reboot, maps services get updated, and the issue will be there again.
We just can wait for Google to fix it with a mitigation update, and Huawei give users new firmware via OTA that better comply with the last Google API without what seems like an "authorization" issue.
Today Google released version 12.6.85 on the beta channel which fixes the map bug.
You can suggest your user to subscribe as a beta tester:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.google.android.gms
Or direct download on APK mirror:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-12-6-85-release/google-play-services-12-6-85-040408-197041431-android-apk-download/
I tried disabling to restore to the factory version - unfortunately this means most of my apps required Play Services will not run, and I can't seem to reinstall the latest version.
I am using Honor 7x.

How would i know my latest version of Android app has been updated to all installed users?

I have recently updated my Android app from Google Developer Console. I have updated my app from 1.1 version to 1.2 version. But how i would know that an update notification has gone to all active install user of my app.
Whether i need to write some code or is there any option available in Google Developer Console...
Please help me out , i need this essentially.
At the moment, the only way to tell is by day to day statistics from the google console to know how many have updated to your new version.
Go to statistics windows, then underneath the first graph there should be an option to display Active Installs by App Version.
Even if all your users update the app, there may be backup copies. Normally, such copies are never used, but on really rare occasions something happens and... it will be really very frustrating if the backup copies get broken in the course of time.

Default app update

I have a lower version app installed as default app. I have a higher version of app in Google Play.
They have the same certificate. I would update the app in device automatically from Google Play. I saw the similar post below: Prompt Android App User to Update App if current version <> market version Is there a way to automatically update application on Android? but Neither of those posts answer this question. They mush have some solution. just like Goole Maps, Gmail,Pluse news and Adobe Flash player 11 do. I don't know how Google Play App can display it and how they get updated automatically? Can you help me?
Thank you in advance.
You cannot upgrade applications automatically...
There is an option in google play "Allow automatic updating". If user select this settings for your app, then it will updated automatically.
I believe for Google Maps, this settings might be turned on by default.

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