Hello,
It seems I have managed to solve the problem. I downloaded the file
google_play_services_8487000_r29.zip from a link I found in an old post on this forum.
I extracted the content of this file to: <android sdk>\extras\google.
On examining the extracted content I observed that the folder (google-play-services) extracted in above sdk path had dashes in the folder name.
I convert all dashes to underscores the it started working!!!
Of course as instructed elsewhere I also placed the file
google-play-services.jar in a folder
AdditionalLibraries under B4A folder.
So currently it is working but it is using a very old version. The latest version (as per my SDK manager) is 49. But B4A is not able to compile with this version.
Thanks,