how to add google play services library to nativescript

Question

i am trying to add google maps api for android to a nativescript app i am working on, i am following the steps in this post NativeScript plugin for Google Maps SDK , i have installed the nativescript plugin but i have having problems with the next step which is to add the google play services library to the project. i have installed google play services from android sdk manager and i am to run this command next tns library add android "path to the GooglePlayServices SDK" . example

tns library add android "C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\google_play_services\libproject\google-play-services_lib"

but when i opened the google_play_services directory i didnt find a libproject folder.

i have searched for help and this post Missing “/extras/google/google_play_services/libproject” folder after update to revision 30 seems the most related . the best answer says:

Looks like Google just broke down Google Play Services into multiple libraries. You'll find them in /extras/google/m2repository/com/google/android/gms, if you also updated Google Repository through the SDK Manager.

The individual libraries are in aar format, so you'll have to extract the jar yourself, if that's what you're after.