Error: “Unresolved function or method present()” when using LoadingController - ionic-framework

Question

ISSUE:
When I use the LoadingController in my project, I see the following error: "Unresolved function or method present()"
Here is the screenshot code that I have in my file:
As we can see from the screenshot, there are 2 pieces of code that show the same error. The code from lines: 51-61 are a direct copy of the code from the ionic documentation that can be seen under Usage
The code from lines: 63-69 are the trimmed down and basic version of the code and for testing purposes await is removed in front of the loading.present();. Yet it throws the same error as the original code above.
GOAL:
What can we do to fix the issue so that Intellij Idea (IDE) stops complaining about the same?
Following is the info from my package.json:
{
"name": "gf",
"version": "0.0.1",
"author": "Ionic Framework",
"homepage": "https://ionicframework.com/",
"scripts": {
"ng": "ng",
"start": "ng serve",
"build": "ng build",
"test": "ng test",
"lint": "ng lint",
"e2e": "ng e2e"
},
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"#angular/common": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/compiler": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/core": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/forms": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/platform-browser": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/router": "~8.1.2",
"#ionic-native/core": "^5.0.0",
"#ionic-native/splash-screen": "^5.0.0",
"#ionic-native/status-bar": "^5.0.0",
"#ionic/angular": "^4.7.1",
"#ionic/storage": "^2.2.0",
"cordova-sqlite-storage": "^3.2.1",
"core-js": "^2.5.4",
"rxjs": "~6.5.1",
"tslib": "^1.9.0",
"zone.js": "~0.9.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#angular-devkit/architect": "~0.801.2",
"#angular-devkit/build-angular": "~0.801.2",
"#angular-devkit/core": "~8.1.2",
"#angular-devkit/schematics": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/cli": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/compiler": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/compiler-cli": "~8.1.2",
"#angular/language-service": "~8.1.2",
"#ionic/angular-toolkit": "~2.0.0",
"#types/jasmine": "~3.3.8",
"#types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
"#types/node": "~8.9.4",
"codelyzer": "^5.0.0",
"jasmine-core": "~3.4.0",
"jasmine-spec-reporter": "~4.2.1",
"karma": "~4.1.0",
"karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.2.0",
"karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~2.0.1",
"karma-jasmine": "~2.0.1",
"karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.4.0",
"protractor": "~5.4.0",
"ts-node": "~7.0.0",
"tslint": "~5.15.0",
"typescript": "~3.4.3"
},
"description": "An Ionic project",
"cordova": {
"plugins": {
"cordova-sqlite-storage": {}
}
}
}

Answer 1

No sure it is the right way to do it but i managed to Intellij to stop whining
return (<any>loading).present();