Nativescript-plugin-firebase: Unable to copy google-services.json.

[gambheera]

I'm new to Nativescript and trying to configure Firebase in my app.

I'm using nativescript 3.3.1 version

These are the steps I followed

1. Added fire base plugin to the project (tns plugin add nativescript-plugin-firebase)
2. Created Firebase project (with correct project Id) on web and got the google-services.json file
3. Copied downloaded json file to app/App_Resources/Android folder.
4. Added following code to app.component.ts file
   import firebase = require('nativescript-plugin-firebase'); firebase.init() .then(() => console.log('Firebase initialized!!!')) .catch(error => console.log(Failed to initialize Firebase ${error}));

1. executed command tns run android

But it is giving following output:

Am I mistaken anything?

[EddyVerbruggen]

Did you run the postclone script and answered all the prompts? (see the readme). If so, please share that repo.

[gambheera]

Yes I answered.

This is my code base:
https://github.com/gambheera/my-log-app-1

[gambheera]

I created a fresh project and tried. But same issue is comming...

[gambheera]

I updated the nativescript vertion to 4.0.1
Now it is working... 👍

[Burgov]

Doesn't work for me either. it looks like it's trying to copy the file from App_Resources into the platforms folder, but the file (google-services.json) doesn't exist. Tried reinstalling the plugin, removing platforms, all to no avail. Any ideas? (running NS 4.0.2)

[Burgov]

here's my firebase.nativescript.json, if it helps:

{
    "using_ios": true,
    "using_android": true,
    "firestore": false,
    "realtimedb": false,
    "remote_config": false,
    "messaging": false,
    "crashlytics": false,
    "crash_reporting": false,
    "storage": false,
    "facebook_auth": false,
    "google_auth": false,
    "admob": false,
    "invites": false,
    "ml_kit": true,
    "ml_kit_text_recognition": true,
    "ml_kit_barcode_scanning": true,
    "ml_kit_face_detection": false,
    "ml_kit_image_labeling": false,
    "ml_kit_custom_model": false
}

[EddyVerbruggen]

@Burgov What's the reason you didn't add the google-services.json file to your project?

[Burgov]

@EddyVerbruggen that would be because I'm too impatient to read documentation... Thanks for your quick response.

https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/nativescript-plugin-firebase/pull/716

[EddyVerbruggen]

And TY for the PR ;)

[endytc]

I have same issue, I'm used NS 4.0.2

[s-triar]

i got same issue too. i play around NS 4+ with angular typescript.

my issue is got like that. and sometimes my google-service.json is disappeared in my android platform folder when i run tns run android

[Tukkan]

Does it work only with NS4? For now I have to use 3.x, I have google-services.json in app/App_Resources/Android but I'm still getting:

Executing after-prepare hook from /Users/pawel.dziura/Projects/DHL_POC/hooks/after-prepare/firebase-copy-google-services.js
Unable to copy google-services.json.
Failed to execute hook: /Users/pawel.dziura/Projects/DHL_POC/hooks/after-prepare/firebase-copy-google-services.js.

I did chmod 777 to platforms/android and app/App_Resources/Android/google-services.json

still error occurs

[s-triar]

`i got same issue too. i play around NS 4+ with angular typescript.

my issue is got like that. and sometimes my google-service.json is disappeared in my android platform folder when i run tns run android`

Accidentally i copy -paste in wrong folder so i got error like that. Sorry guys

[EddyVerbruggen]

@s-triar Which folder do you add that file to? It should be here.

[Tukkan]

The problem is in hooks/after-prepare/firebase-copy-google-services.js line 10.

var destinationGoogleJson = path.join($projectData.platformsDir, "android", "app", "google-services.json");

platforms/android doesn't have app folder and that is why the hook is failing.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the google-services.json should be in platforms/android, not in platforms/android/app folder.

Changing

var destinationGoogleJson = path.join($projectData.platformsDir, "android", "app", "google-services.json");

to

var destinationGoogleJson = path.join($projectData.platformsDir, "android", "google-services.json");

fixes the problem. App builds correctly and gradle is not complaining about lack of google-services.json

[EddyVerbruggen]

Whether or not the app folder exists perhaps depends on the NativeScript version(?). I'm on 4.x usually and see this:

Can you check your N version and folder structure?

Perhaps we should try both folders in the hook?

[Tukkan]

NativeScript 3.3.1, Android platform version 3.3.1

It seems to depend on the version then.
Yeah, checking if app folder exists would fix the problem.

[EddyVerbruggen]

@paweldziura Thanks! Let me reopen and try to make this compatible with N 3.

[EddyVerbruggen]

Plugin version 6.4.1 (not released yet, but will do later this week) will look for the platforms/android/app folder, and if your project doesn't have it (NativeScript < 4, allegedly) it will attempt to copy the file to platforms/android instead.

[SalehMahmood]

@EddyVerbruggen I'm having this issue in version 6.8.1 "Unable to copy google-services.json"
So I looked up in the hook file firebase-copy-google-services.js.

Why you're checking for the destination file. fs.existsSync(path.dirname(destinationGoogleJson)) and the fs.existsSync(path.dirname(destinationGoogleJsonAlt))?.

I mean if you're using this hook to copy the file to the destination, why checking the existence if for sure it doesn't exist. it's always gonna be false until user itself copies it, right?. What's the point of the hook? I hope you're getting my point

Anyway after removing that check working fine for me. I can share my environment if you need me to.

[EddyVerbruggen]

@SalehMahmood That code is checking the file to copy exists, and the folder to copy to exists as well. See the docs of path.dirname.

Those lines have been in the code since 2016 so I don't think they are the problem in your case, but dunno what is - perhaps this explanation helps somehow.

[inONEL]

For those struggling with "Non-Firebase Push Messaging" and getting the "Unable to copy google-services.json." warning. You still need to setup a FireBase Cloud Messaging account.

[Zec2703]

I haved a this problem when I put 'tns run android' in my terminal :

Unable to apply changes on device: _device_name_. Error is: Failed to build plugin nativescript-plugin-firebase : 
Error: Command gradlew.bat failed with exit code 1.

and when I just put 'tns run', it's worked !
Successfully synced application org.nativescript._project_name_ on device _device_name_.