phonegap-plugin-push error 65 upon building: GoogleCloudMessaging.h is deprecated. Can we remove this from the project? Quickfix?

Question

I have an iOS cordova project that we recently updated to platform [email protected]

Upon compiling the project, we encountered error 65 on phonegap-plugin-push/PlushPlugin.m Tried doing a pod install on the ios folder as according to the first solution here it would help resolve the problem.. however the problem still persist

Upon reading further here, it says

On April 10, 2018, Google deprecated GCM. The GCM server and client APIs were removed on May 29, 2019. Migrate GCM apps to Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), which inherits the reliable and scalable GCM infrastructure, plus many new features. See the migration guide to learn more

Since I am building the app for iOS, can I just remove this plugin? Is there a quick fix that we can do to immediately resolve the problem?

Answer 1

Removed the component, as it was not necessary to build the app

sudo cordova plugin rm phonegap-plugin-push

was able to build the app without error.

The plugin has also been discontinued