React-native-firebase: [iOS] 🔥 403 PERMISSION_DENIED error

[dmitryusikriseapps]

Issue

Hey guys. After updating react-native to 0.63.2 version and firebase packages to the newest versions I am receiving 403 error on ios. Everything was ok before the update.
Here is the message with the error -> https://pastebin.com/8YhWdftV

Project Files

Javascript

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#### `package.json`:

"@react-native-community/push-notification-ios": "1.4.1",
"@react-native-firebase/analytics": "7.4.2",
"@react-native-firebase/app": "8.3.1",
"@react-native-firebase/crashlytics": "8.3.2",
"@react-native-firebase/messaging": "7.7.2",

### iOS

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#### `ios/Podfile`:

platform :ios, '10.0'
require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods'
require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'

target '' do
  # Pods for
  config = use_native_modules!
  use_react_native!(:path => config["reactNativePath"])

  pod 'Fabric'
  pod 'Crashlytics'

  # Enables Flipper.
  #
  # Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and
  # you should disable these next few lines.
  use_flipper!
  post_install do |installer|
    flipper_post_install(installer)
  end
end

#### `AppDelegate.m`:

#import "AppDelegate.h"
#import <React/RCTBridge.h>
#import <React/RCTBundleURLProvider.h>
#import <React/RCTRootView.h>
#import "RNSplashScreen.h"
#import <RNBranch/RNBranch.h>
#import <ReactNativeNavigation/ReactNativeNavigation.h>
#import <Firebase.h>
#import <UserNotifications/UserNotifications.h>
#import <RNCPushNotificationIOS.h>

#ifdef FB_SONARKIT_ENABLED
#import <FlipperKit/FlipperClient.h>
#import <FlipperKitLayoutPlugin/FlipperKitLayoutPlugin.h>
#import <FlipperKitUserDefaultsPlugin/FKUserDefaultsPlugin.h>
#import <FlipperKitNetworkPlugin/FlipperKitNetworkPlugin.h>
#import <SKIOSNetworkPlugin/SKIOSNetworkAdapter.h>
#import <FlipperKitReactPlugin/FlipperKitReactPlugin.h>

static void InitializeFlipper(UIApplication *application) {
  FlipperClient *client = [FlipperClient sharedClient];
  SKDescriptorMapper *layoutDescriptorMapper = [[SKDescriptorMapper alloc] initWithDefaults];
  [client addPlugin:[[FlipperKitLayoutPlugin alloc] initWithRootNode:application withDescriptorMapper:layoutDescriptorMapper]];
  [client addPlugin:[[FKUserDefaultsPlugin alloc] initWithSuiteName:nil]];
  [client addPlugin:[FlipperKitReactPlugin new]];
  [client addPlugin:[[FlipperKitNetworkPlugin alloc] initWithNetworkAdapter:[SKIOSNetworkAdapter new]]];
  [client start];
}
#endif

@implementation AppDelegate

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
//  if ([FIRApp defaultApp] == nil) {
    [FIRApp configure];
//  }
#ifdef FB_SONARKIT_ENABLED
  InitializeFlipper(application);
#endif
#if DEBUG
#else
  [RNSplashScreen show];
#endif
  NSURL *jsCodeLocation = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index" fallbackResource:nil];
  [ReactNativeNavigation bootstrap:jsCodeLocation launchOptions:launchOptions];

  [RNBranch initSessionWithLaunchOptions:launchOptions isReferrable:YES];

  [UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter].delegate = self;
  UNAuthorizationOptions authOptions = UNAuthorizationOptionAlert |
  UNAuthorizationOptionSound | UNAuthorizationOptionBadge;
  [[UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter]
   requestAuthorizationWithOptions:authOptions
   completionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError * _Nullable error) {
  }];
  [application registerForRemoteNotifications];

  return YES;
}

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

// Add application:openURL:options: and application:continueUserActivity:restorationHandler: methods
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)app openURL:(NSURL *)url options:(NSDictionary<UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey,id> *)options
{
  return [RNBranch.branch application:app openURL:url options:options] || [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
}

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)app continueUserActivity:(nonnull NSUserActivity *)userActivity restorationHandler:(nonnull void (^)(NSArray * _Nullable))restorationHandler
{
  return [RNBranch.branch continueUserActivity:userActivity];
}

// Required to register for notifications
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:(UIUserNotificationSettings *)notificationSettings
{
  [RNCPushNotificationIOS didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:notificationSettings];
}
// Required for the register event.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)deviceToken
{
  [RNCPushNotificationIOS didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:deviceToken];
}
// Required for the notification event. You must call the completion handler after handling the remote notification.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo
fetchCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult))completionHandler
{
  [RNCPushNotificationIOS didReceiveRemoteNotification:userInfo fetchCompletionHandler:completionHandler];
}
// Required for the registrationError event.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:(NSError *)error
{
  [RNCPushNotificationIOS didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:error];
}
// IOS 10+ Required for localNotification event
- (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center
didReceiveNotificationResponse:(UNNotificationResponse *)response
         withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(void))completionHandler
{
  [RNCPushNotificationIOS didReceiveNotificationResponse:response];
  completionHandler();
}
// IOS 4-10 Required for the localNotification event.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification
{
  [RNCPushNotificationIOS didReceiveLocalNotification:notification];
}

//Called when a notification is delivered to a foreground app.
-(void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center willPresentNotification:(UNNotification *)notification withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UNNotificationPresentationOptions options))completionHandler
{
  completionHandler(UNAuthorizationOptionSound | UNAuthorizationOptionAlert | UNAuthorizationOptionBadge);
}

@end

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Environment

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

 System:
    OS: macOS 10.15.5
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
    Memory: 97.27 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.7.1 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.4.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.4 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.7 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.9.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 13.6, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.4, watchOS 6.2
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.1
      System Images: android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 4.0 AI-193.6911.18.40.6626763
    Xcode: 11.6/11E708 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_232 - /usr/bin/javac
    Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1 
    react-native: 0.63.2 => 0.63.2 
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

- **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:** - `app, messages` - **Are you using `TypeScript`?** - `N`

[mikehardy]

Have you done this, from the error?

Please make sure you use valid GoogleService-Info.plist

Suggest downloading fresh plist file and report back

[dmitryusikriseapps]

@mikehardy thank you for the quick response! yes, I'd tried it before and it didn't help.

[mikehardy]

Hmm - most unexpected. I just released a batch of react-native-firebase packages which updated the underlying firebase-ios-sdk in use (to 6.31.0 - fresh from yesterday)

Could I ask for you to do a full update to those new versions, do a npx react-native-clean-project then re-do a pod install (to get everything fresh and clean) then try one more time?

If it still doesn't work, I'm stumped. We've never seen this before and I'm unclear how to reproduce it.

[mikehardy]

@dmitryusikriseapps I deleted that comment, it has your project information in there and you should not post those without editing them out. But I understand you are still reproducing this (unfortunately)

I don't have a reproduction scenario personally - it works for me, but if you can perhaps take this script and make it show the failure and post your version that fails, we can move further? https://github.com/mikehardy/rnfbdemo/blob/master/make-demo.sh

[dmitryusikriseapps]

@mikehardy I found the solution! I assume that this problem isn't connected with the version of firebase but I might be mistaken.
this is the solution which helped me -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58495985/firebase-403-permission-denied-firebaseerror-installations-requests-are-blo
I don't know why, but Firebase Installation API hasn't been included to the API key

the creation date was July of 2018
so it works now, thank you for the quick reaction and help, I appreciate it!

[mikehardy]

Glad you are moving forward! I'm going to paste the two important strings in here for future searchers:

"Requests to this API firebaseinstallations.googleapis.com method google.firebase.installations.v1.FirebaseInstallationsService.CreateInstallation are blocked"

"[Firebase/Installations][I-FIS002003] Firebase Installation registration failed for app with name: __FIRAPP_DEFAULT"