1.8.2 throws the following error :
Fatal Exception: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method getNoBackupFilesDir(Landroid/content/Context;)Ljava/io/File; in class Lcom/google/android/gms/common/util/zzx; or its super classes (declaration of 'com.google.android.gms.common.util.zzx' appears in /data/app/xyz/base.apk)
at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.zzeC(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.iid.InstanceID.zza(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.iid.InstanceID.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at com.adobe.phonegap.push.PushPlugin$1.run(PushPlugin.java:75)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
1.8.2 throws the following error : Fatal Exception: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method getNoBackupFilesDir(Landroid/content/Context;)Ljava/io/File; in class Lcom/google/android/gms/common/util/zzx; or its super classes (declaration of 'com.google.android.gms.common.util.zzx' appears in /data/app/xyz/base.apk) at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.zzeC(Unknown Source) at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.iid.zzd.(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.iid.InstanceID.zza(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.iid.InstanceID.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at com.adobe.phonegap.push.PushPlugin$1.run(PushPlugin.java:75)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
More info here: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugin-push/issues/1319#issuecomment-257462713