Thank you.

 Is there a workaround for this issue? 

 Is there a possible time frame when it might get resolved? 

Currently my app is live and this functions locks the app up. I can remove the feature but if its going to be fixed soon. Ill wait.

Thank you

This has been attempted so many times and nobody is able to get the googly play service added to appery. You can try to use the codova plugin. Unless something changed within the last update.