map_XXXX Cannot access to the 'loadPlugin' method

Ionic Framework
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This error is shown in the chrome console when inspecting the app and the google maps is initialized. When trying to create a marker, the application crash and the following error is shown:

11-20 12:38:56.704 24584 24584 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method ‘com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker com.google.android.gms.maps.Google
Map.addMarker(com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions)’ on a null object reference
11-20 12:38:56.704 24584 24584 E AndroidRuntime: at plugin.google.maps.PluginMarker$4.run(PluginMarker.java:299)
11-20 12:38:56.704 24584 24584 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
11-20 12:38:56.704 24584 24584 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-20 12:38:56.704 24584 24584 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
11-20 12:38:56.704 24584 24584 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7656)
11-20 12:38:56.704 24584 24584 E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
11-20 12:38:56.704 24584 24584 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
11-20 12:38:56.704 24584 24584 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)

any hints?

3

Further investigation… this only works when I create the app using:
ionic cordova build android --prod --release

Every time I run the app using:
ionic cordova run android

The app crash with behaviour described above

4

For those who arrive here with the white screen problem or the markers problem, the solutions is to install this version: