ANDROID ERROR- error: cannot access zzbfm class file for com.google.android.gms.internal.zzbfm not found

//   all previously added play-services has version 11.8.0

 implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:11.8.0'   

 implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:11.8.0' 

//   newly added gradle library to add the firebase to app 

 implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.0'

As I come accross below error after adding firebse to my app.

 Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details. 

error: cannot access zzbfmclass file for 
com.google.android.gms.internal.zzbfm not found 

As you can see above that version of firebase-core gradle is 16.0.0, is different

from the other gms:play services (version 11.8.0).

Latest Individual Google Play Services APIs and corresponding build.gradle descriptions:

https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup

Firebase Android Release Notes: Latest SDK versions Service - Gradle dependency:

https://firebase.google.com/support/release-notes/android

or you can also change the all library/dependency versions to same (or latest--not

tested by me ref issue:  mixing libraries from
 old and new Firebase release and 

other link: Class file for com.google.android.gms.internal.zzaja not found ).

So, I changed to firebase-core to version 11.8.0

 //   all previously added play-services has version 11.8.0
 implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:11.8.0'

 implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:11.8.0' 

//   newly added gradle to add the firebase to app

 implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.8.0'

with my latest project with targetSdkVersion 28, below gradles working fine:

// firebase dependencies
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-dynamic-links:16.1.5'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-appindexing:16.0.2'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.4'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:17.3.3'

//gms play services
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite:16.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:16.0.4'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:16.0.1'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:16.0.0'

Also using the following google play services plugin in the top (Project) level build.gradle file:
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'

Useful Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51381727/android-cannot-add-all-google-libraries-for-version-15-0-1/51381916#51381916 

Please share your latest project working gradle dependencies in Comment. Thanks..

Find Below App and Project level build.gradle file
(Module: app) level build.gradle file with com.google.firebase and android.gms:play-services dependencies :

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
    }
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 28
    buildToolsVersion '28.0.3'

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example_app"

//        API Level: 17 Android 4.2 (JELLY_BEAN_MR1)
        minSdkVersion 17
//Android 4.1 (JELLY_BEAN) 16
// minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 28
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1"
        multiDexEnabled true
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
        resConfigs "en"
    }

//    put below code to increase stack size of the thread,
//    aslo remove comment from build.properties  org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
    testOptions {
        unitTests.all {
            jvmArgs '-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m' //prevent OOM (PermGen space) while running tests
        }
    }

    dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
//        incremental true
    }

    aaptOptions {
        cruncherEnabled false
    }

    dataBinding {
        enabled = true
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            shrinkResources true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

            jniDebuggable false
            renderscriptDebuggable false
            pseudoLocalesEnabled false
            zipAlignEnabled true
            debuggable false
        }
     
        debug {
            debuggable true
            jniDebuggable true
            renderscriptDebuggable true
            minifyEnabled false
            zipAlignEnabled false
        }
    }

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')

// firebase dependencies
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-dynamic-links:16.1.5' //
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-appindexing:16.0.2' //
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.4'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:17.3.3'

//gms play services
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite:16.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:16.0.4'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:16.0.1'

// support libraries android
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.browser:browser:1.0.0'

    implementation 'androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable-animated:1.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'
    implementation 'androidx.mediarouter:mediarouter:1.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0'

    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0'

    implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'

    implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.1.0'
    implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.1.0'


//other library gradle
    implementation 'com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.5'
    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
    implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.1'
    implementation 'com.j256.ormlite:ormlite-android:4.46'
    implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-login:[4,5)'

    implementation 'com.github.castorflex.smoothprogressbar:library:1.1.0'

    //calligraphy
    implementation 'io.github.inflationx:calligraphy3:3.1.1'
    implementation 'io.github.inflationx:viewpump:2.0.3'

    //glide dependency
    implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.10.0'
    kapt 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.10.0'

    //butterknife dependency
    implementation 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:10.1.0'
    kapt 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:10.1.0'
}
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

(Module: Project) level build.gradle file using latest google services plugin 4.2.0 and
build:gradle version 3.5.2

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {

    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.40'

    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.2'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.26.1'
        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belongs
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
        }
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir

}