The [[DEFAULT]] firebase app has not been initialized! RN 0.60.3 react-native-firebase 5.5.7

[dariakoko]

The [[DEFAULT]] firebase app has not been initialized! RN 0.60.3 react-native-firebase 5.5.7

Hello! I know that there are already a lot of issues like this on GitHub, but still, non of them helped me to solve my issue...

I updated react-native from 0.59.9 to 0.60.3. Soooo it means that I have to upgrade and react-native-firebace too to the version that support AndroidX. So, I updated it from 5.2.2 to 5.5.7 and now facing this issue on Android.

If you notice that something else, not connected to firebase, is wrong, let me know, pleaseeeeee

Thank you in advance!

react-native 0.60.3 react-native-firebase 5.5.7

app/build.gradle

apply from: project(':react-native-config').projectDir.getPath() + "/dotenv.gradle"
project.ext.vectoricons = [
    iconFontNames: [] // Name of the font files you want to copy, empty means nothing
]
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/fonts.gradle"

import com.android.build.OutputFile

/**
 * The react.gradle file registers a task for each build variant (e.g. bundleDebugJsAndAssets
 * and bundleReleaseJsAndAssets).
 * These basically call `react-native bundle` with the correct arguments during the Android build
 * cycle. By default, bundleDebugJsAndAssets is skipped, as in debug/dev mode we prefer to load the
 * bundle directly from the development server. Below you can see all the possible configurations
 * and their defaults. If you decide to add a configuration block, make sure to add it before the
 * `apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"` line.
 *
 * project.ext.react = [
 *   // the name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
 *   bundleAssetName: "index.android.bundle",
 *
 *   // the entry file for bundle generation
 *   // entryFile: "index.android.js",
 *
 *   // https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/performance#enable-the-ram-format
 *   bundleCommand: "ram-bundle",
 *
 *
 *   // whether to bundle JS and assets in debug mode
 *   bundleInDebug: false,
 *
 *   // whether to bundle JS and assets in release mode
 *   bundleInRelease: true,
 *
 *   // whether to bundle JS and assets in another build variant (if configured).
 *   // See http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Build-Variants
 *   // The configuration property can be in the following formats
 *   //         'bundleIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
 *   //         'bundleIn${buildType}'
 *   // bundleInFreeDebug: true,
 *   // bundleInPaidRelease: true,
 *   // bundleInBeta: true,
 *
 *   // whether to disable dev mode in custom build variants (by default only disabled in release)
 *   // for example: to disable dev mode in the staging build type (if configured)
 *   devDisabledInStaging: true,
 *   // The configuration property can be in the following formats
 *   //         'devDisabledIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
 *   //         'devDisabledIn${buildType}'
 *
 *   // the root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives
 *   root: "../../",
 *
 *   // where to put the JS bundle asset in debug mode
 *   jsBundleDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/debug",
 *
 *   // where to put the JS bundle asset in release mode
 *   jsBundleDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/release",
 *
 *   // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
 *   // require('./image.png')), in debug mode
 *   resourcesDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/debug",
 *
 *   // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
 *   // require('./image.png')), in release mode
 *   resourcesDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/release",
 *
 *   // by default the gradle tasks are skipped if none of the JS files or assets change; this means
 *   // that we don't look at files in android/ or ios/ to determine whether the tasks are up to
 *   // date; if you have any other folders that you want to ignore for performance reasons (gradle
 *   // indexes the entire tree), add them here. Alternatively, if you have JS files in android/
 *   // for example, you might want to remove it from here.
 *   inputExcludes: ["android/**", "ios/**"],implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services
 *
 *   // override which node gets called and with what additional arguments
 *   nodeExecutableAndArgs: ["node"],
 *
 *   // supply additional arguments to the packager
 *   extraPackagerArgs: []
 * ]
 */

project.ext.react = [
    entryFile: "index.js",
    enableHermes: false,  // clean and rebuild if changing
]

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native-sentry/sentry.gradle"

/**
 * Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one:
 *   - An APK that only works on ARM devices
 *   - An APK that only works on x86 devices
 * The advantage is the size of the APK is reduced by about 4MB.
 * Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download
 * the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device.
 */
def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false

/**
 * Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
 */
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false

/**
 * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore.
 *
 * For example, to use the international variant, you can use:
 * `def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'`
 *
 * The international variant includes ICU i18n library and necessary data
 * allowing to use e.g. `Date.toLocaleString` and `String.localeCompare` that
 * give correct results when using with locales other than en-US.  Note that
 * this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
 */

 def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'

/**
 * Whether to enable the Hermes VM.
 *
 * This should be set on project.ext.react and mirrored here.  If it is not set
 * on project.ext.react, JavaScript will not be compiled to Hermes Bytecode
 * and the benefits of using Hermes will therefore be sharply reduced.
 */
def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", false);

android {
    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "xxxxxxx"
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        manifestPlaceholders = [hostName:"xxxx"]
        missingDimensionStrategy 'react-native-camera', 'general'
        multiDexEnabled true
    }

    // signingConfigs {
    //     release {
    //         storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)
    //         storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD
    //         keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS
    //         keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD
    //     }
    // }

    lintOptions {
        // checkReleaseBuilds false
        // Or, if you prefer, you can continue to check for errors in release builds,
        // but continue the build even when errors are found:
        abortOnError false
    }
    splits {
        abi {
            reset()
            enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
            universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
            include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
        }
    }

    signingConfigs {
            debug {
                storeFile file('debug.keystore')
                storePassword 'android'
                keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
               keyPassword 'android'
            }
        }

    buildTypes {
        debug { // should not be commented
           signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
        }
        release {
        signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
            // signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }
    }
    // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.each { output ->
            // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
            // https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
            def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
            def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
            if (abi != null) {  // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
                output.versionCodeOverride =
                        versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode
            }

        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

    packagingOptions {
            pickFirst '**/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so'
            pickFirst '**/x86/libc++_shared.so'
            pickFirst '**/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so'
            pickFirst '**/x86_64/libc++_shared.so'
            pickFirst '**/x86/libjsc.so'
            pickFirst '**/armeabi-v7a/libjsc.so'
        }
}

dependencies {
    implementation project(':react-native-firebase')
    implementation project(':react-native-geolocation-service')
    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.1.0"

    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:16.0.0'
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules

    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:17.0.1"
     implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:19.0.1"

      if (enableHermes) {
          def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermesvm/android/";
          debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
          releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
          } else {
              implementation jscFlavor
          }
}

// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.compile
    into 'libs'
}

apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)

android/build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
        minSdkVersion = 16
        compileSdkVersion = 28
        targetSdkVersion = 28
        supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.0.1'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        maven {
            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android")
        }
        maven {
            // Android JSC is installed from npm
            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
        }
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
}

settings.gradle

rootProject.name = 'reactNativeStarter'
include ':react-native-firebase'
project(':react-native-firebase').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-firebase/android')
include ':react-native-geolocation-service'
project(':react-native-geolocation-service').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-geolocation-service/android')
include ':@react-native-community_netinfo'
project(':@react-native-community_netinfo').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/@react-native-community/netinfo/android')
include ':react-native-gesture-handler'
project(':react-native-gesture-handler').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/android')
include ':react-native-version-number'
project(':react-native-version-number').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-version-number/android')
include ':@react-native-community_geolocation'
project(':@react-native-community_geolocation').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/@react-native-community/geolocation/android')
include ':react-native-maps'
project(':react-native-maps').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-maps/lib/android')
include ':react-native-webview'
project(':react-native-webview').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-webview/android')
include ':@react-native-community_async-storage'
project(':@react-native-community_async-storage').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/@react-native-community/async-storage/android')
include ':react-native-fs'
project(':react-native-fs').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-fs/android')
include ':react-native-video'
project(':react-native-video').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-video/android-exoplayer')
include ':react-native-camera'
project(':react-native-camera').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-camera/android')
include ':react-native-firebase'
project(':react-native-firebase').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-firebase/android')
include ':react-native-config'
project(':react-native-config').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-config/android')
include ':react-native-vector-icons'
project(':react-native-vector-icons').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-vector-icons/android')
include ':react-native-languages'
project(':react-native-languages').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-languages/android')
include ':react-native-linear-gradient'
project(':react-native-linear-gradient').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-linear-gradient/android')
include ':react-native-svg'
project(':react-native-svg').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir,  '../node_modules/react-native-svg/android')
include ':react-native-sentry'
project(':react-native-sentry').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-sentry/android')
include ':react-native-android-open-settings'
project(':react-native-android-open-settings').projectDir = new File(settingsDir, '../node_modules/react-native-android-open-settings/android')

include ':app'

MainApplication.java

package xxxx;

import android.app.Application;
import android.util.Log;

import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
import com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory;
import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptExecutorFactory;
import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
import io.invertase.firebase.RNFirebasePackage;
import com.agontuk.RNFusedLocation.RNFusedLocationPackage;
import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
import com.reactnativecommunity.netinfo.NetInfoPackage;
import com.reactnativecommunity.geolocation.GeolocationPackage;
import com.lugg.ReactNativeConfig.ReactNativeConfigPackage;
import io.sentry.RNSentryPackage;
import com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react.RNGestureHandlerPackage;
import com.reactnativecommunity.asyncstorage.AsyncStoragePackage;
import com.rnfs.RNFSPackage;
import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;

import java.util.List;

public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {

  private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost = new ReactNativeHost(this) {
    @Override
    public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
      return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
    }

    @Override
    protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
    @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
          List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
          // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
          // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
          return packages;
    }

    @Override
    protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
      return "index";
    }
  };

  @Override
  public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
    return mReactNativeHost;
  }

  @Override
  public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false);
  }
}
`
**AndroidManifest.xml**
`
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="xxxxxx">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

    <application
      android:name=".MainApplication"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:allowBackup="false"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

      <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
        android:value="xxxxxxx"/>

      <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"
        android:theme="@style/Splash"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
            <data android:scheme="xxxxxxx" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

            <data
                android:scheme="https"
                android:host="${hostName}"
                android:pathPattern="/app/register/signup-first/account-created" />
            <data android:scheme="http" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

            <data
                android:scheme="https"
                android:host="${hostName}"
                android:pathPattern="/app/main" />
            <data android:scheme="http" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

            <data
                android:scheme="https"
                android:host="${hostName}"
                android:pathPattern="/app/menu/invite" />
            <data android:scheme="http" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

            <data
                android:scheme="https"
                android:host="${hostName}"
                android:pathPattern="/app/menu/promo-redeem" />
            <data android:scheme="http" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

            <data
                android:scheme="https"
                android:host="${hostName}"
                android:pathPattern="/app/menu/minute-packages" />
            <data android:scheme="http" />
        </intent-filter>
      </activity>
      <activity android:name="com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSettingsActivity" />
    </application>

</manifest>

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[mikehardy]

I see a couple things, you've still got the android support libraries vs AndroidX libraries in your app/build.gradle, and some of the versions are out of date (google plugin at least, likely the firebase ones - highly suggest converting to the 'bom' style - you can google it to see how it works, it's helpful). I see the react-native CLI auto-linking include and apply in app/build.gradle so auto-linking should be working.

in general it is very difficult to debug these project integration issues, so what I do instead is provide a script with comments that demonstrates each step necessary to integrate RNFB to an app, here's the one for RNFBv5 + RN0.60+ https://github.com/mikehardy/rnfbdemo/blob/master/make-demo.sh - my normal advice is to clone that repo, run the script, then carefully examine the files it generated vs your project files to find the difference - the root cause will be in the difference somewhere

[dariakoko]

@mikehardy Thank you for the fast reply! I will test it one more time (I already tried out you script and it didn't help) and let you know the results :)

[dariakoko]

@mikehardy created project requires google-services.json file, but I didn't use this file before update. Is it possible to avoid using it somehow?

[mikehardy]

it is maybe possible but not easy to avoid using google-services.json. I would not avoid it, I would use it. If you avoid it then you have to all sorts of runtime configuration etc before you touch any RNFB APIs (maybe possible? maybe not - RNFB itself might try to do things during it's initialization) and that would explain why you receive the error message in this issue

[wilsolutions]

I see a couple things, you've still got the android support libraries vs AndroidX libraries in your app/build.gradle, and some of the versions are out of date (google plugin at least, likely the firebase ones - highly suggest converting to the 'bom' style - you can google it to see how it works, it's helpful). I see the react-native CLI auto-linking include and apply in app/build.gradle so auto-linking should be working.

in general it is very difficult to debug these project integration issues, so what I do instead is provide a script with comments that demonstrates each step necessary to integrate RNFB to an app, here's the one for RNFBv5 + RN0.60+ https://github.com/mikehardy/rnfbdemo/blob/master/make-demo.sh - my normal advice is to clone that repo, run the script, then carefully examine the files it generated vs your project files to find the difference - the root cause will be in the difference somewhere

Thank you, these scripts are very handy. I'm comparing the results using the make-demo-v6.sh and I don't see any of the steps in the android project but I see that you added project.ext{set('react-native',[versions:[firebase:[bom:'24.4.0'],],])}

I just wondering why? Aren't the Android steps not required? https://invertase.io/oss/react-native-firebase/v6/crashlytics/android-setup

thank you

[mikehardy]

I like to have complete control over versioning, and I wanted to demonstrate the same, so in the demo script I override the version of the Firebase SDK that react-native-firebase specifies as an internal default with one of my choosing. This is a double-edged sword because maybe then my firebase sdk and react-native-firebase aren't compatible - that's the risk of not using the default - but since I do maintenance on the package when I have time I'm okay accepting that risk in return for being able to use new versions of the sdk when they come out. Hope that clears up why I did that

Note that right at this moment the v6 demo script is surfacing some problem with the latest release - no root cause as of yet - but it fails to compile on android, so careful with that

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[dariakoko]

Hello @mikehardy Thanks a lot for your help! I fixed the issue by updating android folders. Used several lines of your script, running the script as it is was too much for my project

sorry for the late reply