FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Context); Android error;

Question

I\'ve spent about three days now trying to solve a java error that\'s stopping me from finishing my chat app! And of course it\'s a firebase error! I\'m new to Android Developin

Answer 1

I had this issue. I built the generated android project in the platform in android studio then I found the issue and solved this.

Follow this steps.

Inside the platforms folder, android/src/{package name}/MainActivity.java

Import the firebase library, * import com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp;

Inside the oncreate method, below super.oncreate(savedinstancestate),

Add FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this);

Last step,

Inside the platforms folder, android/res/values/string.xml,

Add
***

*** can be found in the googleservice.json file
"client": [
{
"client_info": {
"mobilesdk_app_id": this value

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Ref (for more detail): https://github.com/arnesson/cordova-plugin-firebase/issues/142