If you don’t care about granular control, simply starve Play Services of background data.
If you need to prevent Google Play Services from being automatically downloaded or linked during the build process, you must remove the dependencies from your configuration files. Remove Gradle Dependencies : Open your build.gradle (Module: app) file and locate the dependencies block. Remove any lines referencing com.google.android.gms:play-services Clean the Manifest AndroidManifest.xml and remove the disable play services xml download
Many third-party apps (like Uber or banking apps) rely on these background services and may crash or refuse to launch if the underlying XML configurations are outdated. Broken Notifications: If you don’t care about granular control, simply