React-native-firebase: After firebase install, iOS app crashes

[SirCameron]

Issue

After installing react-native-firebase on a FRESH init of a react native app, the app on iOS crashes.
It builds fine, but crashes immediately on opening.

EDIT: The same happens with your react-native-firebase-starter...

Describe your issue here

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Project Files

iOS

ios/Podfile:

• [ ] I'm not using Pods
• [x] I'm using Pods and my Podfile looks like:

# Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '9.0'

target 'app' do
  # Uncomment the next line if you're using Swift or would like to use dynamic frameworks
  # use_frameworks!

  # # Pods for app
  pod 'Firebase/Core', '~> 5.20.1'

  target 'appTests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
  end

end

AppDelegate.m:

/**
 * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 */

#import "AppDelegate.h"

#import <React/RCTBridge.h>
#import <React/RCTBundleURLProvider.h>
#import <React/RCTRootView.h>

#import <Firebase.h>

@implementation AppDelegate

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
  [FIRApp configure];
  RCTBridge *bridge = [[RCTBridge alloc] initWithDelegate:self launchOptions:launchOptions];
  RCTRootView *rootView = [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBridge:bridge
                                                   moduleName:@"app"
                                            initialProperties:nil];

  rootView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:1.0f green:1.0f blue:1.0f alpha:1];

  self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
  UIViewController *rootViewController = [UIViewController new];
  rootViewController.view = rootView;
  self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
  [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
  return YES;
}

- (NSURL *)sourceURLForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
{
#if DEBUG
  return [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index" fallbackResource:nil];
#else
  return [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main" withExtension:@"jsbundle"];
#endif
}

@end

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Environment

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**`react-native info` output:**

  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.14.3
      CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
      Memory: 85.47 MB / 16.00 GB
      Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 12.1.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.16.0 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.2, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 23, 25, 26, 28
        Build Tools: 22.0.1, 23.0.1, 23.0.3, 25.0.2, 26.0.1, 26.0.3, 28.0.1, 28.0.3
        System Images: android-23 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-23 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.1 AI-173.4819257
      Xcode: 10.2.1/10E1001 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.8.3 => 16.8.3
      react-native: 0.59.8 => 0.59.8
    npmGlobalPackages:
      create-react-native-app: 1.0.0
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1
      react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7

- **Platform that you're experiencing the issue on**: - [x] iOS - [ ] Android - [ ] **iOS** but have not tested behavior on Android - [ ] **Android** but have not tested behavior on iOS - [ ] Both - **`Firebase` module(s) you're using that has the issue:** - `base module` - **Are you using `TypeScript`?** - `N`

[yusufkinatas]

How your application is crashing? I got a black screen after I call firebase.initializeApp() with second argument

[mikehardy]

If you guys are doing a fresh install on a fresh app, don't. Use the react-native-firebase-starter repo. If for learning purposes you'd like to do a fresh start, still use the starter, but then carefully compare things. This is undoubtedly an installation or linking or configuration problem.

[yusufkinatas]

I found mine. I used a wrong firebase app key while initializing firebase

[codoffer]

I am having same issue. Application is crashing with fresh installation (on permission request) with iOS.
@yusufkinatas @mikehardy - Yes, I have got blank screen and crashed. It showing first time only, After accept, it works normally (without any issue).

"react-native": "0.59.1"
"react-native-firebase": "^5.3.1"

[yusufkinatas]

@codoffer You can debug with xcode. Run your app from xcode. When the app crashes, look at xcode logs.

[mikehardy]

This is usually what happens when you don't include the right key in your plist with description of the permission you are asking for.

[SirCameron]

@mikehardy the starter app is also crashing.

If I remove this line [FIRApp configure];, the app starts.. so I can conclude that it's the initialisation of firebase that's causing the crash..

My google services info plist file is in place.

[SirCameron]

I see this in the logs:
<Error>: assertion failed: 18D109 16E226: libxpc.dylib + 80700 [B558DAD6-9E08-3208-B352-1CA4137B67C8]: 0x7d

[SirCameron]

built and ran through xcode and got the following output:

2019-05-19 16:16:56.342789+0200 app[69392:13595302] 5.20.0 - [Firebase/Core][I-COR000012] Could not locate configuration file: 'GoogleService-Info.plist'.
2019-05-19 16:16:56.343142+0200 app[69392:13595302] 5.20.0 - [Firebase/Core][I-COR000005] No app has been configured yet.
2019-05-19 16:16:56.386675+0200 app[69392:13594653] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'com.firebase.core', reason: '`[FIRApp configure];` (`FirebaseApp.configure()` in Swift) could not find a valid GoogleService-Info.plist in your project. Please download one from https://console.firebase.google.com/.'
*** First throw call stack:
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000109b6d6fb __exceptionPreprocess + 331
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x0000000107e6fac5 objc_exception_throw + 48
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x0000000109b6d555 +[NSException raise:format:] + 197
    3   app                              0x0000000105047232 +[FIRApp configure] + 562
    4   app                              0x0000000104ff03d0 -[AppDelegate application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:] + 96
    5   UIKitCore                           0x000000011761f311 -[UIApplication _handleDelegateCallbacksWithOptions:isSuspended:restoreState:] + 280
    6   UIKitCore                           0x0000000117620cad -[UIApplication _callInitializationDelegatesForMainScene:transitionContext:] + 3932
    7   UIKitCore                           0x00000001176260c6 -[UIApplication _runWithMainScene:transitionContext:completion:] + 1617
    8   UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e6b6d6 __111-[__UICanvasLifecycleMonitor_Compatability _scheduleFirstCommitForScene:transition:firstActivation:completion:]_block_invoke + 904
    9   UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e73fce +[_UICanvas _enqueuePostSettingUpdateTransactionBlock:] + 153
    10  UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e6b2ec -[__UICanvasLifecycleMonitor_Compatability _scheduleFirstCommitForScene:transition:firstActivation:completion:] + 236
    11  UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e6bc48 -[__UICanvasLifecycleMonitor_Compatability activateEventsOnly:withContext:completion:] + 1091
    12  UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e69fba __82-[_UIApplicationCanvas _transitionLifecycleStateWithTransitionContext:completion:]_block_invoke + 782
    13  UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e69c71 -[_UIApplicationCanvas _transitionLifecycleStateWithTransitionContext:completion:] + 433
    14  UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e6e9b6 __125-[_UICanvasLifecycleSettingsDiffAction performActionsForCanvas:withUpdatedScene:settingsDiff:fromSettings:transitionContext:]_block_invoke + 576
    15  UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e6f610 _performActionsWithDelayForTransitionContext + 100
    16  UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e6e71d -[_UICanvasLifecycleSettingsDiffAction performActionsForCanvas:withUpdatedScene:settingsDiff:fromSettings:transitionContext:] + 223
    17  UIKitCore                           0x0000000116e736d0 -[_UICanvas scene:didUpdateWithDiff:transitionContext:completion:] + 392
    18  UIKitCore                           0x00000001176249a8 -[UIApplication workspace:didCreateScene:withTransitionContext:completion:] + 514
    19  UIKitCore                           0x00000001171dbdfa -[UIApplicationSceneClientAgent scene:didInitializeWithEvent:completion:] + 361
    20  FrontBoardServices                  0x0000000116135125 -[FBSSceneImpl _didCreateWithTransitionContext:completion:] + 448
    21  FrontBoardServices                  0x000000011613eed6 __56-[FBSWorkspace client:handleCreateScene:withCompletion:]_block_invoke_2 + 283
    22  FrontBoardServices                  0x000000011613e700 __40-[FBSWorkspace _performDelegateCallOut:]_block_invoke + 53
    23  libdispatch.dylib                   0x000000010c1cddb5 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
    24  libdispatch.dylib                   0x000000010c1d12ba _dispatch_block_invoke_direct + 300
    25  FrontBoardServices                  0x0000000116170146 __FBSSERIALQUEUE_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__ + 30
    26  FrontBoardServices                  0x000000011616fdfe -[FBSSerialQueue _performNext] + 451
    27  FrontBoardServices                  0x0000000116170393 -[FBSSerialQueue _performNextFromRunLoopSource] + 42
    28  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000109ad4be1 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 17
    29  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000109ad4463 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 243
    30  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000109aceb1f __CFRunLoopRun + 1231
    31  CoreFoundation                      0x0000000109ace302 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 626
    32  GraphicsServices                    0x000000010d4ef2fe GSEventRunModal + 65
    33  UIKitCore                           0x0000000117627ba2 UIApplicationMain + 140
    34  app                              0x0000000104ff08c0 main + 112
    35  libdyld.dylib                       0x000000010c242541 start + 1
    36  ???                                 0x0000000000000001 0x0 + 1
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

services plist not found, but it is there in the correct place.

[SirCameron]

Well, here's the solution: https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase/issues/1499#issuecomment-431543621

[SirCameron]

It would be good to mention in the documentation that the file should be added to the iOS project using xcode and not simply copying it via terminal or finder.

[mikehardy]

I believe it is possible to simply copy it, that's what I did, but it has to be in the exactly correct spot, otherwise you have to add it to XCode so the project has a reference to the correct spot. I never had to add them to XCode until I implemented multiple release streams (dev, test, stage, prod) to my project, with correspondingly seperate firebase project back-ends - then I had to add them to the various targets, but otherwise I think it was just a location / placement problem

[vickkeshri]

I did the same as in drag and drop google-serviceinfo.plist to my root folder, but still it didn't workout.

[mikehardy]

Yeah - my previous comment from May seems incorrect when I look back on it. As I worked to build a reproducible demo I discovered that it only worked if I used Xcode to actually add the file - and I left a comment even for the demo https://github.com/mikehardy/rnfbdemo/blob/master/make-demo.sh#L51 - since it is the one part that can't be done with just text editing

[Pravesh701]

Open Xcode and open AppDelagate.m
import this
#import
add in starting of didFinishLaunchingWithOptions [FIRApp configure];

for example

import

@implementation AppDelegate

• (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
  {
  [FIRApp configure];
  //rest codes
  }