React-native-firebase: 🔥 this._database.native.on is not a function

Created on 31 Mar 2020  ·  4Comments  ·  Source: invertase/react-native-firebase

Issue

getting this._database.native.on is not a function when running signInWithEmailAndPassword after migrating to v6.

Describe your issue here
Yesterday i migrated to v6 and am now faced with an error every time i call any auth methods.


Project Files

SignIn.js
"YOOZA gets logged but swiftly followed by error screen.

import firebase from "@react-native-firebase/app";
export const signin = async (TYPE = void 0, credentials = {}) => {
    switch (TYPE) {
        case "email":
            try {
                const { user } = await firebase
                    .auth()
                    .signInWithEmailAndPassword(credentials.email, credentials.password);

                console.log("YOOZA", user.toJSON());
            } catch ({ code, message }) {
                console.log(`Error during signin code: ${code}, message: ${message}`);
                return Promise.reject(message);
            }
            break;
        default:
            return Promise.reject("No signin type provided during signin");
    }
};

Simulator Screen Shot - iPhone 11 Pro Max - 2020-03-31 at 21 04 05


store.js (Root) import structure.

import RNFirebase from "@react-native-firebase/app";
import "@react-native-firebase/database";
import "@react-native-firebase/auth";
import "@react-native-firebase/firestore";
import "@react-native-firebase/storage";
import "@react-native-firebase/analytics";

package.json

{
  "name": "appname",
  "version": "5.4.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "android-bundle": "mkdir -p android/app/src/main/assets && react-native bundle --platform android --dev true --entry-file index.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res/",
    "android": "react-native run-android",
    "ios": "react-native run-ios --simulator=\"iPhone X\"",
    "apk": "cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease",
    "rename": "node ./bin/rename.js",
    "start": "react-native start",
    "test": "jest",
    "lint": "eslint .",
    "postinstall": "jetify"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@firebase/firestore": "^1.13.0",
    "@material-ui/core": "^4.3.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/analytics": "^6.3.4",
    "@react-native-firebase/app": "^6.3.4",
    "@react-native-firebase/auth": "^6.3.4",
    "@react-native-firebase/database": "^6.3.4",
    "@react-native-firebase/firestore": "^6.3.4",
    "@react-native-firebase/storage": "^6.3.4",
    "add": "^2.0.6",
    "global": "^4.4.0",
    "react": "16.9.0",
    "react-devtools": "^3.6.1",
    "react-native": "0.61.2",
    "react-native-clean-project": "^3.2.3",
    "react-native-dotenv": "^0.2.0",
    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.3.0",
    "react-native-modal": "^11.5.4",
    "react-native-screens": "^2.4.0",
    "react-navigation": "^3.11.1",
    "react-redux": "^7.2.0",
    "react-redux-firebase": "^3.1.2",
    "reactotron-react-native": "^3.6.4",
    "reactotron-redux": "^3.1.2",
    "redux": "^4.0.5",
    "redux-firestore": "^0.13.0",
    "redux-logger": "^3.0.6",
    "yarn": "^1.22.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.5.4",
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.5.4",
    "@react-native-community/eslint-config": "^0.0.5",
    "babel-eslint": "^10.0.1",
    "babel-jest": "^24.8.0",
    "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "^4.0.0",
    "eslint": "^6.0.1",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^4.0.0",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.0.1",
    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.12.4",
    "eslint-plugin-react-native": "^3.6.0",
    "fs-extra": "^7.0.1",
    "jest": "^24.8.0",
    "jetifier": "^1.6.3",
    "metro-react-native-babel-preset": "^0.55.0",
    "react-test-renderer": "16.8.6",
    "replace-in-file": "^3.4.4"
  },
  "jest": {
    "preset": "react-native"
  }
}


IOS

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#### `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:@"appname"
                                            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

### `Podfile`
# Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '9.0'
require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'

target 'appname' do
  use_native_modules!

  # Pods for appname
  pod 'FBLazyVector', :path => "../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/FBLazyVector"
  pod 'FBReactNativeSpec', :path => "../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/FBReactNativeSpec"
  pod 'RCTRequired', :path => "../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/RCTRequired"
  pod 'RCTTypeSafety', :path => "../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/TypeSafety"

  pod 'Fabric', '~> 1.9.0'
  pod 'Crashlytics', '~> 3.12.0'

  pod 'React', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/'
  pod 'React-Core', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/'
  pod 'React-CoreModules', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/React/CoreModules'
  # pod 'React-Core/DevSupport', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/'
  pod 'React-RCTActionSheet', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS'
  pod 'React-RCTAnimation', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/NativeAnimation'
  pod 'React-RCTBlob', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Blob'
  pod 'React-RCTImage', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Image'
  pod 'React-RCTLinking', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/LinkingIOS'
  pod 'React-RCTNetwork', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Network'
  pod 'React-RCTSettings', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Settings'
  pod 'React-RCTText', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Text'
  pod 'React-RCTVibration', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/Vibration'
  # pod 'React-Core/RCTWebSocket', :path => '../node_modules/react-native'
  pod 'React-cxxreact', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/cxxreact'
  pod 'React-jsi', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi'
  pod 'React-jsiexecutor', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/jsiexecutor'
  pod 'React-jsinspector', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector'
  pod 'ReactCommon/jscallinvoker', :path => "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon"
  pod 'ReactCommon/turbomodule/core', :path => "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon"
  pod 'Yoga', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga'
  pod 'DoubleConversion', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec'
  pod 'glog', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/glog.podspec'
  pod 'Folly', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/Folly.podspec'

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

end

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

  # Pods for appname-tvOS

  target 'appname-tvOSTests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
  end

end

Android

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

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

apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)
include ':app'
`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 = 16
        compileSdkVersion = 28
        targetSdkVersion = 28
        supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven {
          url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public'
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1")
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-plugins:1.2.0'
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.26.1'
        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

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()
    }
}


wrapper {
  gradleVersion = '4.10.2'
  distributionUrl = distributionUrl.replace("bin", "all")
}

`android/app/build.gradle`
apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: "com.google.firebase.firebase-perf"
apply plugin: 'io.fabric'

import com.android.build.OutputFile
import com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin

/**
 * 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"

/**
 * 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.name.appname"
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

        // Needed to support API<21, though there is a small chance proguard shrinks things sufficiently
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    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'
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
        }
        release {
            // Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
            // see https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/signed-apk-android.
            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
            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 {
    implementation project(':@react-native-firebase_auth')
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules

    if (enableHermes) {
      def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermesvm/android/";
      debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
      releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
    } else {
      implementation jscFlavor
    }

    /* ----------------------------
    *    REACT NATIVE FIREBASE
    * ---------------------------- */

    /* -------------------------
    *   OPTIONAL FIREBASE SDKS
    * ------------------------- */

    implementation('com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:15.0.1') {
      // exclude `customtabs` as the support lib version is out of date
      // we manually add it as a dependency below with a custom version
      exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'customtabs'
    }

    // Crashlytics
    implementation('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.9.5@aar') {
        transitive = true
    }

    /* --------------------------------
    *  OPTIONAL SUPPORT LIBS
    * -------------------------------- */

    // Needed to support API<21, though there is a small chance proguard shrinks things sufficiently
    implementation "com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3"

    // For Firebase Ads
    //noinspection GradleCompatible
    implementation "com.android.support:customtabs:27.1.1"

    // For React Native Firebase Notifications
    implementation 'me.leolin:ShortcutBadger:1.1.21@aar'
}

// 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)

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
GoogleServicesPlugin.config.disableVersionCheck = true

`AndroidManifest.xml`
--- ## Environment
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**`react-native info` output:**

System:
    OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.6
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
    Memory: 108.20 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 8.12.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.3.2 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 13.0, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5522156
    Xcode: 11.0/11A420a - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  npmPackages:
    react: 16.9.0 => 16.9.0 
    react-native: 0.61.2 => 0.61.2

- **Platform that you're experiencing the issue on**: - [x ] iOS - [ ] Android - [ x] **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:** - `@react-native-firebase/database` - `@react-native-firebase/auth` - **Are you using `TypeScript`?** - `N`




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Most helpful comment

I had the same issue. Just commenting to help others

You sure you've installed @react-native-firebase/database and run pod install on it?

  1. terminate the metro bundler
  2. restart it using react-native run-ios again.
  3. fun ✓

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Your package.json might be interesting to see, I think it was in the template that it should be included? You sure you've installed @react-native-firebase/database and run pod install on it?

This isn't an auth method you're calling, it's your code inside the listener you attached to onAuthStateChanged, that code can do anything. In this case it appears to be doing database-related things without the database module installed natively

@mikehardy thanks for your swift reply. i have added the package json to my original post as well as my import structure in the root of my project.

i do have a listener for onAuthStateChange that looks like

import firebase from "@react-native-firebase/app";
export const authenticated = () => {
    return new Promise((resolve) => {
        firebase.auth().onAuthStateChanged((user) => resolve(!!user));
    }).catch((e) => {
        console.log("Error during authenticated", e);
        return Promise.reject(e);
    });
};

I did a fresh Pod install and clean and build and seems to not throw that error any more.
Appreciate the help @mikehardy !

I had the same issue. Just commenting to help others

You sure you've installed @react-native-firebase/database and run pod install on it?

  1. terminate the metro bundler
  2. restart it using react-native run-ios again.
  3. fun ✓
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