M123 update: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lcom/google/android/gms/common/GoogleApiAvailability

[zakharvoit]

The crash happens on wolvic-chromium startup after updating to M123. The following workaround can be applied to mitigate the crash: bdf4585

The proper solution would be to add a correct Google Play Services dependency

 Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lcom/google/android/gms/common/GoogleApiAvailability;
                                                                                                    	at org.chromium.gms.ChromiumPlayServicesAvailability.getGooglePlayServicesConnectionResult(ChromiumPlayServicesAvailability.java:53)
                                                                                                    	at org.chromium.components.externalauth.ExternalAuthUtils.checkGooglePlayServicesAvailable(ExternalAuthUtils.java:262)
                                                                                                    	at org.chromium.components.externalauth.ExternalAuthUtils.canUseGooglePlayServices(ExternalAuthUtils.java:189)
                                                                                                    	at org.chromium.components.externalauth.ExternalAuthUtils.canUseGooglePlayServices(ExternalAuthUtils.java:212)
                                                                                                    	at org.chromium.components.signin.SystemAccountManagerDelegate.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(SystemAccountManagerDelegate.java:251)
                                                                                                    	at org.chromium.components.signin.SystemAccountManagerDelegate.getAccountsSynchronous(SystemAccountManagerDelegate.java:91)
                                                                                                    	at org.chromium.components.signin.AccountManagerFacadeImpl$4.doInBackground(AccountManagerFacadeImpl.java:335)
                                                                                                    	at org.chromium.components.signin.AccountManagerFacadeImpl$4.doInBackground(AccountManagerFacadeImpl.java:330)