React-native-firebase: Dynamic links in 5.5.6 on Android crashes: requires com.google.firebase:firebase-invites:17.0.0: docs inaccurate?
Issue
When opening an Android app from a Firebase Dynamic Link (after the app is already installed), the app crashes due to the lack of com.google.firebase.appinvite.FirebaseAppInvite package:
Stack trace from adb logcat:
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lcom/google/firebase/appinvite/FirebaseAppInvite;
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at io.invertase.firebase.links.RNFirebaseLinks.isInvitation(RNFirebaseLinks.java:207)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at io.invertase.firebase.links.RNFirebaseLinks.access$100(RNFirebaseLinks.java:29)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at io.invertase.firebase.links.RNFirebaseLinks$3.onSuccess(RNFirebaseLinks.java:124)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at io.invertase.firebase.links.RNFirebaseLinks$3.onSuccess(RNFirebaseLinks.java:120)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at com.google.android.gms.tasks.zzn.run(Unknown Source:4)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:873)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6718)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.google.firebase.appinvite.FirebaseAppInvite" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/system/framework/org.apache.http.legacy.boot.jar", zip file "/data/app/com.wanderlog.android-fHCZ9CxaD4ptuJGRmRYUsQ==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.wanderlog.android-fHCZ9CxaD4ptuJGRmRYUsQ==/lib/arm64, /data/app/com.wanderlog.android-fHCZ9CxaD4ptuJGRmRYUsQ==/base.apk!/lib/arm64-v8a, /system/lib64, /vendor/lib64]]
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:134)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:379)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:312)
08-28 09:02:26.030 14675 14675 E AndroidRuntime: ... 12 more
Code within react-native:
export default class App extends React.PureComponent<{}, State> {
constructor(props: {}) {
super(props);
this.initializeLinking();
}
async initializeLinking() {
firebase.links().onLink(this.handleUrlChange);
const firebaseInitialUrl = await firebase.links().getInitialLink();
Alert.alert(
'Initial URLs',
JSON.stringify({ firebaseInitialUrl }),
);
}
handleUrlChange = (url: string) => { console.log(url); }
}
Solution
I solved this by adding one line to my android/app/build.gradle for the library:
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-invites:17.0.0"
Full excerpt:
// Added from https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/installation/android#3.-Add-Firebase-modules
implementation project(':react-native-firebase')
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.1.0"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.9"
// Added from https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/links/android#Add-the-dependency
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-dynamic-links:17.0.0"
// Added to fix problem:
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-invites:17.0.0"
Should the documentation be updated for react-native-firebase here? https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/links/android#Add-the-dependency
Project Files
iOS
Not really relevant, since the issue only happens on Android
Android
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#### Have you converted to AndroidX? - [X] my application is an AndroidX application? - [X] I am using `android/gradle.settings` `jetifier=true` for Android compatibility? - [X] I am using the NPM package `jetifier` for react-native compatibility? #### `android/build.gradle`:
// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
ext {
buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
minSdkVersion = 21 // Changed to 21 for https://github.com/unimodules/react-native-unimodules/tree/af49eb66d9db79da76937f129b4120846037d3e2#configure-android
compileSdkVersion = 28
targetSdkVersion = 28
supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
}
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1")
// NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
// in the individual module build.gradle files
// Added from https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/installation/android#2.-Setup-google-services.json
classpath("com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0")
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
mavenLocal()
maven {
// All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android")
}
maven {
// Android JSC is installed from npm
url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
}
google()
jcenter()
}
}
apply plugin: "com.android.application"
import com.android.build.OutputFile
/**
* The react.gradle file registers a task for each build variant (e.g. bundleDebugJsAndAssets
* and bundleReleaseJsAndAssets).
* These basically call `react-native bundle` with the correct arguments during the Android build
* cycle. By default, bundleDebugJsAndAssets is skipped, as in debug/dev mode we prefer to load the
* bundle directly from the development server. Below you can see all the possible configurations
* and their defaults. If you decide to add a configuration block, make sure to add it before the
* `apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"` line.
*
* project.ext.react = [
* // the name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
* bundleAssetName: "index.android.bundle",
*
* // the entry file for bundle generation
* entryFile: "index.android.js",
*
* // https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/performance#enable-the-ram-format
* bundleCommand: "ram-bundle",
*
* // whether to bundle JS and assets in debug mode
* bundleInDebug: false,
*
* // whether to bundle JS and assets in release mode
* bundleInRelease: true,
*
* // whether to bundle JS and assets in another build variant (if configured).
* // See http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Build-Variants
* // The configuration property can be in the following formats
* // 'bundleIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
* // 'bundleIn${buildType}'
* // bundleInFreeDebug: true,
* // bundleInPaidRelease: true,
* // bundleInBeta: true,
*
* // whether to disable dev mode in custom build variants (by default only disabled in release)
* // for example: to disable dev mode in the staging build type (if configured)
* devDisabledInStaging: true,
* // The configuration property can be in the following formats
* // 'devDisabledIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
* // 'devDisabledIn${buildType}'
*
* // the root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives
* root: "../../",
*
* // where to put the JS bundle asset in debug mode
* jsBundleDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/debug",
*
* // where to put the JS bundle asset in release mode
* jsBundleDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/release",
*
* // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
* // require('./image.png')), in debug mode
* resourcesDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/debug",
*
* // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
* // require('./image.png')), in release mode
* resourcesDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/release",
*
* // by default the gradle tasks are skipped if none of the JS files or assets change; this means
* // that we don't look at files in android/ or ios/ to determine whether the tasks are up to
* // date; if you have any other folders that you want to ignore for performance reasons (gradle
* // indexes the entire tree), add them here. Alternatively, if you have JS files in android/
* // for example, you might want to remove it from here.
* inputExcludes: ["android/**", "ios/**"],
*
* // override which node gets called and with what additional arguments
* nodeExecutableAndArgs: ["node"],
*
* // supply additional arguments to the packager
* extraPackagerArgs: []
* ]
*/
project.ext.react = [
entryFile: "index.js",
enableHermes: false, // clean and rebuild if changing
]
apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
// Added from https://github.com/unimodules/react-native-unimodules/tree/af49eb66d9db79da76937f129b4120846037d3e2#configure-android
apply from: '../../node_modules/react-native-unimodules/gradle.groovy'
/**
* Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one:
* - An APK that only works on ARM devices
* - An APK that only works on x86 devices
* The advantage is the size of the APK is reduced by about 4MB.
* Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download
* the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device.
*/
def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false
/**
* Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
*/
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
/**
* The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore.
*
* For example, to use the international variant, you can use:
* `def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'`
*
* The international variant includes ICU i18n library and necessary data
* allowing to use e.g. `Date.toLocaleString` and `String.localeCompare` that
* give correct results when using with locales other than en-US. Note that
* this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
*/
def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
/**
* Whether to enable the Hermes VM.
*
* This should be set on project.ext.react and mirrored here. If it is not set
* on project.ext.react, JavaScript will not be compiled to Hermes Bytecode
* and the benefits of using Hermes will therefore be sharply reduced.
*/
def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", false);
android {
compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.wanderlog.android"
minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
// Start added from https://github.com/ConduitMobileRND/react-native-simple-shadow-view
// and https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/compute#ide-setup
renderscriptTargetApi 18
renderscriptSupportModeEnabled true
// End added
}
splits {
abi {
reset()
enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
universalApk false // If true, also generate a universal APK
include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
}
}
signingConfigs {
debug {
storeFile file('debug.keystore')
storePassword 'android'
keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
keyPassword 'android'
}
// Start added from https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/signed-apk-android#adding-signing-config-to-your-app-s-gradle-config
release {
if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE')) {
storeFile file(MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE)
storePassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_PASSWORD
keyAlias MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS
keyPassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD
}
}
// End added
}
buildTypes {
debug {
signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
}
release {
// Changed based on https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/signed-apk-android#adding-signing-config-to-your-app-s-gradle-config
signingConfig signingConfigs.release
minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
}
}
// applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
applicationVariants.all { variant ->
variant.outputs.each { output ->
// For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
// https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
if (abi != null) { // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
output.versionCodeOverride =
versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode
}
}
}
packagingOptions {
pickFirst '**/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so'
pickFirst '**/x86/libc++_shared.so'
pickFirst '**/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so'
pickFirst '**/x86_64/libc++_shared.so'
pickFirst '**/x86/libjsc.so'
pickFirst '**/armeabi-v7a/libjsc.so'
}
}
dependencies {
// Added from https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/installation/android#3.-Add-Firebase-modules
implementation project(':react-native-firebase')
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.1.0"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.9"
// Added from https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/links/android#Add-the-dependency
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-dynamic-links:17.0.0"
implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+" // From node_modules
// Added to fix react-native-google-signin from https://stackoverflow.com/a/54979149/319066
implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-rc01"
if (enableHermes) {
def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermesvm/android/";
debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
} else {
implementation jscFlavor
}
// Added from https://github.com/unimodules/react-native-unimodules/tree/af49eb66d9db79da76937f129b4120846037d3e2#configure-android
addUnimodulesDependencies()
}
// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
from configurations.compile
into 'libs'
}
apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)
// Added from https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/installation/android#2.-Setup-google-services.json
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
#### `MainApplication.java`:
```java
package com.wanderlog.android;
import android.app.Application;
import android.util.Log;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
import com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory;
import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptExecutorFactory;
import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
// Start added from `react-native link react-native-firebase`
import io.invertase.firebase.RNFirebasePackage;
// End added
import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
// Start added from https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/links/android#Install-the-RNFirebase-Links-package
import io.invertase.firebase.links.RNFirebaseLinksPackage;
// End added
// Start added from https://github.com/unimodules/react-native-unimodules/tree/af49eb66d9db79da76937f129b4120846037d3e2#configure-android
import com.wanderlog.android.generated.BasePackageList;
import org.unimodules.adapters.react.ModuleRegistryAdapter;
import org.unimodules.adapters.react.ReactModuleRegistryProvider;
import org.unimodules.core.interfaces.SingletonModule;
// End added
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
// Added from https://github.com/unimodules/react-native-unimodules/tree/af49eb66d9db79da76937f129b4120846037d3e2#configure-android
private final ReactModuleRegistryProvider mModuleRegistryProvider = new ReactModuleRegistryProvider(new BasePackageList().getPackageList(), Arrays.<SingletonModule>asList());
private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost = new ReactNativeHost(this) {
@Override
public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
}
@Override
protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
@SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
// Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
// Added from https://github.com/unimodules/react-native-unimodules/tree/af49eb66d9db79da76937f129b4120846037d3e2#configure-android
packages.add(new ModuleRegistryAdapter(mModuleRegistryProvider));
// Added from https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/links/android#Install-the-RNFirebase-Links-package
packages.add(new RNFirebaseLinksPackage());
return packages;
}
@Override
protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
return "index";
}
};
@Override
public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
return mReactNativeHost;
}
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false);
WebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(true);
}
}
<!-- N/A -->
Environment
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**`react-native info` output:**
System:
OS: macOS 10.14.6
CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4750HQ CPU @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 228.55 MB / 8.00 GB
Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 10.16.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.1/bin/node
Yarn: 1.17.3 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 6.9.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.1/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 12.4, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3
Android SDK:
API Levels: 26, 28, 29
Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.1
System Images: android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
IDEs:
Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5692245
Xcode: 10.3/10G8 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
react: 16.8.6 => 16.8.6
react-native: 0.60.4 => 0.60.4
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pxpeterxu
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All 7 comments
Again, for those scanning the issue, I found the solution was adding:
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-dynamic-links:17.0.0"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-invites:17.0.0" // <-- Add this
👍4
I think you are correct and I think the docs are inaccurate I believe - could you propose a PR to the dynamic links install document? There is an edit link on the top right of every page. Note that dynamic-links is on 19.0.0 now I think? And invites is holding steady at 17.0.0?
I believe what happened in the underlying SDKs is that they killed "Invites" as an API that they allow you to use - they want you to use Dynamic Links completely as an application developer - but internally their dynamic links package still references / uses some of the internal invites APIs.
I did not understand that fully as I made the changes from v5.4.x to v5.5.0 and thus may not have been clear in the docs.
mikehardy
on 28 Aug 2019
👍1
Hello 馃憢, to help manage issues we automatically close stale issues.
This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had activity for quite some time. Has this issue been fixed, or does it still require the community's attention?
This issue will be closed in 15 days if no further activity occurs.
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stale[bot]
on 25 Sep 2019
This has been fixed! Closing
pxpeterxu
on 25 Sep 2019
Still have the issue with RN firebase 5.6.0 ...
RNFirebaseLinks class is still using Invites component:
````
2020-02-20 14:07:39.849 11863-11863/com.intramuros E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.intramuros, PID: 11863
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lcom/google/firebase/appinvite/FirebaseAppInvite;
at io.invertase.firebase.links.RNFirebaseLinks.isInvitation(RNFirebaseLinks.java:207)
at io.invertase.firebase.links.RNFirebaseLinks.access$100(RNFirebaseLinks.java:29)
at io.invertase.firebase.links.RNFirebaseLinks$4.onSuccess(RNFirebaseLinks.java:166)
at io.invertase.firebase.links.RNFirebaseLinks$4.onSuccess(RNFirebaseLinks.java:162)
at com.google.android.gms.tasks.zzn.run(Unknown Source:4)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:883)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:100)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7356)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:492)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:930)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.google.firebase.appinvite.FirebaseAppInvite" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.intramuros-C5mYJJpQmPJWWww0nmvG4Q==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.intramuros-C5mYJJpQmPJWWww0nmvG4Q==/lib/arm, /data/app/com.intramuros-C5mYJJpQmPJWWww0nmvG4Q==/base.apk!/lib/armeabi-v7a, /system/lib, /system/product/lib]]
````
appli-intramuros
on 20 Feb 2020
@appli-intramuros To be clear, this was fixed in the sense that you still need to separately add the invites in android/app/build.gradle.
Make sure you follow the full instructions here:
pxpeterxu
on 20 Feb 2020
👍1
Ok thanks @pxpeterxu
appli-intramuros
on 20 Feb 2020
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Again, for those scanning the issue, I found the solution was adding: