Cordova-plugin-firebase: getToken return empty string

Created on 5 Mar 2017 · 12Comments · Source: arnesson/cordova-plugin-firebase

Hi!
first of all thanks for this plugin!
the getToken method is returning an empty sting but the plugin is working fine with notifications. Also onTokenRefresh is not working (it is never fired).
So notifications are working but token methods are not working.
Utilities.logOnScreen simply print on device screen the message (only for my comfort)

Thank you in advance!

Cordova 6.4.0
IDE NetBeans 8.2
OS: Xubuntu 16.04

Tested on Virtual Devices:

android 4.0.3
android 6.0
Tested on Real device:
Huawuei P8 lite android 6.0

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onDeviceReady: function () {
this.receivedEvent('deviceready');

window.FirebasePlugin.onTokenRefresh(function (token) {
    Utilities.logOnScreen('onTokenRefresh ' + token);
}, function (error) {
    Utilities.logOnScreen('onTokenRefresh: ' + error);
});

jQuery("#getToken").click(function () {
    window.FirebasePlugin.getToken(function (token) {
    Utilities.logOnScreen('getToken ' + token);
    console.log("token: " + token);
    }, function (error) {
    Utilities.logOnScreen('getToken error: ' + error);
    });
});

window.FirebasePlugin.onNotificationOpen(function (notification) {
    Utilities.logOnScreen('wasTapped ' + JSON.stringify(notification));
}, function (error) {
    Utilities.logOnScreen('else ' + JSON.stringify(error));

});

}

Source

luca-itro

Most helpful comment

This was the solution

Download your Firebase configuration files, GoogleService-Info.plist for ios and google-services.json for android, and place them in the root folder of your cordova project:

My Project/
platforms/
plugins/
www/
config.xml
google-services.json <--
GoogleService-Info.plist <--

I need to add those two files to the project and with that they return the tokens correctly

VesperDev on 15 Mar 2017

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All 12 comments

I did have the same problem,

mi solution was to fix the config.xml of the proyect changing the name of the <widget id="same proyect name at firebase">, rm and re add the platform and validate that the google-services.json was not empty at the platform/android/

shepax on 7 Mar 2017

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@shepax Hi, I did not understand your answer, you can put the code fragment where the change is made. Thank you very much for your help

VesperDev on 15 Mar 2017

This was the solution

Download your Firebase configuration files, GoogleService-Info.plist for ios and google-services.json for android, and place them in the root folder of your cordova project:

My Project/
platforms/
plugins/
www/
config.xml
google-services.json <--
GoogleService-Info.plist <--

I need to add those two files to the project and with that they return the tokens correctly

VesperDev on 15 Mar 2017

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I am still having this issue. Updating google-services.json didn't work. @robertarnesson ?

mdumrauf on 28 Mar 2017

@VesperDev sorry for the bad exp,

When you build a project at firebase you have to define the iOS bundle ID or Android bundle ID, that bundle have to be the same that you have defined at the config.xml of the ionic or cordoba project
<widget id="bundle id">

shepax on 7 Apr 2017

Hi,
I have the same issue. I placed the fcm config file in root folder and my widget id is same.
still its getting empty token.

Nerdcode on 19 Apr 2017

I am having the same issue, yesterday I was receiving the token correctly but today I am getting empty string. maybe the server is down because it is not possible to access to my project in firebase console