usingOAuth2 deprecated? - android

I've been working on an Android App that uses Google Drive API. It was originally build from the quickstart example here. The simplified sequence of API calls (with proper error handling not shown here) is:
GoogleAccountCredential cred = GoogleAccountCredential.usingOAuth2(this, DriveScopes.DRIVE_FILE);
cred.setSelectedAccountName("...");
Drive drvSvc = new Drive.Builder (AndroidHttp.newCompatibleTransport(), new GsonFactory(), cred).build();
FileList gooLst = drvSvc.files().list().setMaxResults(MAX_DOWN).setQ(_rqst).execute();
It has been working fine and I am just about to release my App. But suddenly, after Drive API update, I'm getting a warning
The method usingOAuth2(Context, String, String...) from the type
GoogleAccountCredential is deprecated
What's happening? Is there another way to obtain credentials? Is there an edited version of quickstart example available anywhere?
Thanks in advance for any clarification. sean

So, the simple answer to my own question is
replace:
GoogleAccountCredential crd =
GoogleAccountCredential.usingOAuth2(this, DriveScopes.DRIVE_FILE);
with
GoogleAccountCredential crd =
GoogleAccountCredential.usingOAuth2(this,
Arrays.asList(DriveScopes.DRIVE_FILE));

For completeness
I'm guessing you got to this exception by following the code example from Google Drive QuickStart. If so you'll might find the following things I had to modify interesting.
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java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/Pictures/IMG_20131211_110629.jpg: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
Next to the permissions listed within the example:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
Also add the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in your manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
More resources
If you get an com.google.api.client.googleapis.extensions.android.gms.auth.GoogleAuthIOException exception with in the root cause somewhere a description Unknown you should check the settings in the Google API console. I received this error on a package mismatch.
Another links of interest are the oauth2 documentation and the google api playground.

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