React-native-firebase: [RNFirebasePerformance] error: cannot access zze

[steverob]

> Task :react-native-firebase:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
/Users/spritlesoftware/Projects/gaming-platform/node_modules/react-native-firebase/android/src/main/java/io/in
vertase/firebase/perf/RNFirebasePerformance.java:39: error: cannot access zze
    getOrCreateTrace(identifier).start();
                                ^
  class file for com.google.android.gms.internal.firebase-perf.zze not found
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Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
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When building our RN Android app, we are seeing this issue.

ReactNative - 0.52.3
RN Firebase - 4.2.0
javac - 10.0.1
com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:15.1.0

Help appreciated.

Thanks!

[chrisbianca]

Unfortunately, you're going to have to downgrade to Java 8 - we're not yet sure whether this is a firebase issue, or something relating to RNFirebase itself, but we have an issue open to track: https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase/issues/1070

[arled]

Thanks @chrisbianca 👍

[nickmccomb]

Downgrading to Java 8 didn't fix the issue for me.

[Salakar]

Can you try the following version: "com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:16.0.0"

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[sharpercoder]

Hey Guys, the workaround while we wait for a solutions for this issue would be next:

on file: /node_modules/react-native-firebase/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/perf/RNFirebasePerformance.java comment next lines:

`@ReactMethod
public void start(String identifier) {
//getOrCreateTrace(identifier).start(); <- comment
}

@ReactMethod
public void stop(String identifier) {
//getOrCreateTrace(identifier).stop(); <- comment
//traces.remove(identifier); <- comment
}

@ReactMethod
public void incrementCounter(String identifier, String event) {
//getOrCreateTrace(identifier).incrementCounter(event); <- comment
}`

Go to this file from android studio like this:

I hope this issue is fixed in next versions.
Let me know if it work for you guys.

[arled]

Run this export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)
You'll thank me later ;)

[JavyMB]

You don't need to down grade Java.
You can run more than one version of Java on MacOS. You can set the version of your terminal with this command in MacOS.

# List Java versions installed
/usr/libexec/java_home -V

# Java 11
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 11)

# Java 1.8 (8)
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)

# Java 1.7
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.7)

# Java 1.6
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.6)

You can set the default value in the .bashrc, .profile, or .zprofile 🎉