React-native-firebase: Struggling with Android Install - Failed to resolve: com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.0.0

[rgoldiez]

I followed the Android installation instructions as best as possible but I'm still running into issues just getting things to build. I had been using the firebase web SDK just fine on Android.

android/build.gradle:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
        classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:1.4.1'
        classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.7.3'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.1.0'  // some parts of the docs say 3.0.0, others say 3.1.0
    }
}

from android/app/build.gradle:

dependencies {
    compile project(':react-native-permissions')
    compile project(':react-native-onesignal')
    compile project(':bugsnag-react-native')
    compile project(':react-native-blur')
    compile project(':react-native-image-picker')
    compile project(':react-native-view-shot')
    compile project(':react-native-spinkit')
    compile project(':react-native-svg')
    compile project(':react-native-vector-icons')
    compile project(':react-native-fetch-blob')
    compile project(':react-native-camera')
    compile project(':react-native-code-push')
    compile project(':react-native-device-info')
    compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
    compile project(':libs:SalesforceReact')     // From node_modules

    // RNFirebase required dependencies
    compile(project(':react-native-firebase')) {
      transitive = false
    }
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:11.0.0"

    // RNFirebase optional dependencies
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:11.0.0"
    compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-database:11.0.0"
}
// ...
// last line of file is below
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

from android/settings.gradle:

include ':react-native-firebase'
project(':react-native-firebase').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-firebase/android')

Environment

1. Target Platform (e.g. iOS, Android): Android
2. Development Operating System (e.g. macOS Sierra, Windows 10): macOS Sierra
3. Build tools (Xcode or Android Studio version, iOS or Android SDK version, if relevant):
4. React Native version (e.g. 0.45.1): 0.43.4
5. RNFirebase Version (e.g. 2.0.2): 2.0.4

Thank you in advance for your help. This library with iOS is working great.

[Ehesp]

In Android Studio, open the SDK manager and make sure you've updated all of the Google Service type packages. You'll need the 11.* one(s), otherwise you'll get this error.

[rgoldiez]

@Ehesp -- Thank you! Super helpful.

I first tried to added Google Play Services in the SDK manager but that alone didn't resolve the issue. I then updated Google Repository from 44 to 57 and that did the trick.

Thank you again!

[vonkanehoffen]

If anyone else finds this after realising they know nothing about native Android dev, desperately Googling the error message, then still not having any luck with the above (100% definitely not me lol) .....after adding / updating the above SDK things, you also need to Build > Clean then Build > Rebuild for it to work. The Gradle sync thing will still initially complain without that.