Firebase backend not switching when changing environment

[dixonl90]

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Current Behavior

When I switch between the production and development environment, the firebase backend being used by the app does not change

Expected Behavior

When switching environments, the firebase backend used by the app should also update.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Configure 2 Flutterflow environments
2. Set a different Firebase backend for each environment
3. Set the environment to the default production environment
4. Run the app, create an account and log in
5. Verify the account is created in the production backend
6. Switch to the development environment
7. Run the app and attempt to create an account and log in
8. An error is returned: the account already exists. It exists on the production backend but not development.

Reproducible from Blank

• [ ] The steps to reproduce above start from a blank project.

Bug Report Code (Required)

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Visual documentation

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Environment

- FlutterFlow version: 5.0.5
- Platform: MacOS Desktop
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- Operating system and version affected: Mac 14.5

Additional Information

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[Alezanello]

Hello!

I’m sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue. Before we run some tests, could you let me know where you're trying the app after changing environments? Are you using Run Mode or Test Mode?

Thanks for your help!

[dixonl90]

Hello!

I’m sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue. Before we run some tests, could you let me know where you're trying the app after changing environments? Are you using Run Mode or Test Mode?

Thanks for your help!

Hi @Alezanello, thanks for looking into this. I'm switching the environment and then using local run to test on my Android device.

After switching to the Development environment, I can see google-services.json is correctly updated if I open the code in VSCode. However, I added a breakpoint to FirebaseAuth.instance.createUserWithEmailAndPassword in lib/auth/firebase_auth/email_auth.dart and found the Production Firebase options had been passed.

[dixonl90]

From VSCode, I ran flutter clean and then launch the app in release mode and it seems to have picked up the development Firebase backend. I assume it was the clean command that helped, but this means I expect a deployment will use the correct backend.