Googleplayservicescomponents: GoogleServicesJson BuildAction missing

[tallkid10]

Xamarin.Android Version ( 6.0):

Operating System & Version (Windows 10 VisualStudio 2015)

Google Play Services Version (9.4.0)

Describe your Issue:

If I use the FirebaseMessaging quickstart sample I see GoogleServicesJson BuildAction is available when I selecet the google-services.json file in the project.

However, according to @Redth 's comment in this thread I just need to add the nuget package for Xamarin.GoogleServices.Basement and it should be available. I have tried this in new projects but I have been unsuccesful. Is there something else I need to do?

Steps to Reproduce (with link to sample solution if possible):

-Create a new project
-Add your google-services.json to the project
-Add the nuget package for Xamarin.GoogleServices.Basement
-Click on google-services.json and go to properties. The buildaction is not available and if you try to enter it manually an error appears saying "Property value is not valid"

[Redth]

The build actions can be a bit finicky right after you install a nuget package. Here are a few things to try:

1. Try cleaning/rebuilding your project
2. Try restarting Visual Studio
3. Make sure that your .csproj has an entry which includes Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Basement.targets

[tallkid10]

Rebuilding solved the problem, thanks again @Redth !

[ghost]

Easy way is to modify .csproj file in TextEdit by adding the following line
<ItemGroup> <GoogleServicesJson Include="google-services.json" /> </ItemGroup>
PS: I tried to clean/rebuild project or restart Xamarin IDE many times, but the results are not consistent.

[runawayGoblin]

would there be a .csproj in Xamarin.Forms? or would it be in my specific AppName.Android and Appname.iOS? I'm trying to use the Firebase Auth in both my iOS and Android versions of my app

[sulimanfarzat]

download this Packages und restart 👍

[juanagu]

@sulimanfarzat Thanks! Works for me!

[VitalinaMoskalenko]

I have error, but all Packages has been installed

[sulimanfarzat]

@vitalina
Make sure build Action is GoogleServicesJson 

[geedsen]

I am unable to add the Xamarin.Firebase packages. It tells me it is incompatible with MonoAndroid 7.1. If I try to replace the Mono.Andoid.dll with the 8.0 version, it still just adds the 7.1 version.

[Dylan-Jefferies]

@geedsen Try lowing the version of the Xamarin.Firebase package. That worked for me. Best of luck :)

[ahoefling]

Clean/Rebuild + VS Restart fixed it for me

[vlkam]

I added the section in csproj