Could not find com.google.firebase:firebase-app-unity

I’ve got the following error, preventing me from building in android in unity for over a week now. There are several threads discussing similar issues but not single solution

THE ISSUE:

When I build I get the following error:

Could not resolve all files for configuration ':launcher:releaseRuntimeClasspath'.

Execution failed for task ':launcher:mapReleaseSourceSetPaths'.

> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':launcher:releaseRuntimeClasspath'.

   > Could not find com.google.firebase:firebase-app-unity:12.3.0.

MY SETUP

I installed 

- firebase 12.4.0 using tars 

- for unity 2022.3.52f1 on Mac M1 silicon

- Building for android 34+

WHAT I'VE TRIED

• - Editing the gradle files as suggested here https://ksml4.com/2024/07/10/fixed-could-not-resolve-all-files-for-configuration-launcherreleaseruntimeclasspath/
• Doing a force resolve
•  Made sure “enable Resolution On Build” in Android Resolver Settings. was checked
• Cleaning the build
• Restarting unity
• ungraded to 12.4
• ungraded to 12.41
• Edited maintemplate.gradle to use. Bom.T

• • the google docs here https://firebase.google.com/docs/android/learn-more#bom
  • suggest I put the BOM in build.gradle inside the app folder. However there is no app folder and there are several build.gradle, which seem to be auto generated. I tried edit maintemplate.gradle but got the same error.
• Use Full Custom Local Maven Repo Path" in EDM
• Installed  firebase uning unity packages.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Ian