React-native-firebase: you attempted to use a firebase module that is not installed on your android project by calling firebase.app()

[rendomnet]

Issue

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import firebase from '@react-native-firebase/app';
...
console.warn(firebase.app().name);

you attempted to use a firebase module that is not installed on your android project by calling firebase.app()

I'm using RN 0.60.2 and rn-firebase 6.0.1
rn-firebase should autolink right? Why it is asking me to make manual linking?

I have 3 firebase packages in my package.json
"@react-native-firebase/app": "^6.0.1",
"@react-native-firebase/auth": "^6.0.1",
"@react-native-firebase/firestore": "^6.0.1",

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Project Files

iOS

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#### `ios/Podfile`: - [ ] I'm not using Pods - [x] I'm using Pods and my Podfile looks like:

# N/A

#### `AppDelegate.m`:

// N/A

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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? - [ ] I am using the NPM package `jetifier` for react-native compatibility? #### `android/build.gradle`:

// N/A

#### `android/app/build.gradle`:

// N/A

#### `android/settings.gradle`:

// N/A

#### `MainApplication.java`:

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#### `AndroidManifest.xml`:

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Environment

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

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- **Platform that you're experiencing the issue on**: - [ ] iOS - [x ] Android - [ ] **iOS** but have not tested behavior on Android - [ ] **Android** but have not tested behavior on iOS - [ ] Both - **`react-native-firebase` version you're using that has this issue:** - `6.0.1` - **`Firebase` module(s) you're using that has the issue:** - `6.0.1` - **Are you using `TypeScript`?** - `N`

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[mikehardy]

You didn't follow the template

My best advice is to init a sample project using the react-native template to see how a project should be initially built https://invertase.io/oss/react-native-firebase/quick-start/new-project

[rendomnet]

I think problem is in react-native-navigation v3. For some reason it is not working with RN-Firebase v6.
I'm testing on init sample project. They work independently but together this error occurs.

[mikehardy]

:thinking: that is unexpected of course. A reproduction repo on github using samples as a base should allow for a fix though

[rendomnet]

@mikehardy
Here sample repo
https://github.com/rendomnet/firebasernn

Problem with Android version. iOS version I did not tested yet. I deleted my google-services.json from repo.

[WJimmyCook]

@rendomnet Did you ever find a solution for this? I'm running into the same issue and can't figure it out.

[rendomnet]

@WJimmyCook clean cache and restart. As I remember.

[RiatIO]

I'm getting an error message instead of a warning. I've been following the steps for setup, but no luck - any ideas?

[mikehardy]

@RiatIO

My best advice is to init a sample project using the react-native-firebase template to see how a project should be initially built invertase.io/oss/react-native-firebase/quick-start/new-project

[potatosenior]

I having this issue, i tried cleaning cache and still not working, im using react-native 0.6 and expo, i just upgraded to react-native-firebase 6

[alexaragao]

@potatosenior I'm having the same problem. It's really necessary to eject the project to edit android modules? If yes, whats the point of use Expo?
Edit:
According to this forum expo "doesn't works" with firebase (JS SDK and all others dependencies). So unfortunately I suppose the best solution so far is to run npm run eject and then edit android project files.

[potatosenior]

@potatosenior I'm having the same problem. It's really necessary to eject the project to edit android modules? If yes, whats the point of use Expo?
Edit:
According to this forum expo "doesn't works" with firebase (JS SDK and all others dependencies). So unfortunately I suppose the best solution so far is to run npm run eject and then edit android project files.

I had to go back to react native 5, i didnt find a solution for this, sorry! Expo works very well with firebase (_firebase 5 at least_), i dint have any problem with expo and firebase, just this one, when i tried to update firebase to version 6.