Nearby connections not working after Google Play Services 23.36 update

[Jaykishan1313]

Nearby WalkieTalkie sample suddenly stopped working after recent play services update.

Failed to start discovery.
com.google.android.gms.common.api.ApiException: 17: API: Nearby.CONNECTIONS_API is not available on this device. Connection failed with: ConnectionResult{statusCode=INTERNAL_ERROR, resolution=null, message=null}

startDiscovering() failed.
com.google.android.gms.common.api.ApiException: 17: API: Nearby.CONNECTIONS_API is not available on this device. Connection failed with: ConnectionResult{statusCode=INTERNAL_ERROR, resolution=null, message=null}

startAdvertising() failed.
com.google.android.gms.common.api.ApiException: 17: API: Nearby.CONNECTIONS_API is not available on this device. Connection failed with: ConnectionResult{statusCode=INTERNAL_ERROR, resolution=null, message=null}

IGmsServiceBroker.getService failed
java.lang.IllegalStateException

[xiangjun-z]

Sorry for the issue. We started rolling out a fix for this issue. For developers, would you please join our play service beta program to get the updated play service, which contains the fix?

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.google.android.gms

[yazdanilyas-appinators]

I am facing the same issue, My app is in production and suddenly stopped working due to this issue,
When you are going to release the fix for the public version?

[xiangjun-z]

The fix will be rolled out next week. On the mean time, if you can let us know your package name and fingerprint, we can allowlist your app.
Please follow the instruction in this issue:
google/nearby#2124

[yazdanilyas-appinators]

Here is the package
com.ezeshare.smartswitch.filesharing.phoneclone
finger print
AD:89:2B:C3:B6:95:E5:AC:F6:D1:02:BD:AC:BB:37:79:F1:22:29:1D