bug: FirebaseAuthenticationPlugin - Unable to load plugin instance. Ensure plugin is publicly accessible

[petargrgic97]

Plugin(s)

• Analytics
• App
• App Check
• Authentication
• Crashlytics
• Cloud Firestore
• Cloud Functions
• Cloud Messaging
• Cloud Storage
• Performance
• Remote Config

Version

6.2.0

Platform(s)

• Android
• iOS
• Web

Current behavior

Hi, Im just trying to implement Firebase Auth with Google, but after adding Firebase to project, when syncing with Capacitor and opening the Android Studio project i am getting:

NativePlugin io.capawesome.capacitorjs.plugins.firebase.authentication.FirebaseAuthenticationPlugin failed to load
com.getcapacitor.PluginLoadException: Unable to load plugin instance. Ensure plugin is publicly accessible

I see it in capacitor.settings.gradle:

include ':capacitor-firebase-authentication'
project(':capacitor-firebase-authentication').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@capacitor-firebase/authentication/android')

Expected behavior

I would like the native Android code to recognize the plugin.

Reproduction

https://github.com/capawesome-team/.capacitor-app

Steps to reproduce

Sorry I didnt have time to make repro right now, but if needed I will provide it in a few days.

Other information

No response

Capacitor doctor

Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 6.2.0
@capacitor/core: 6.2.0
@capacitor/android: 6.2.0
@capacitor/ios: 6.2.0

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 6.2.0
@capacitor/core: 6.2.0
@capacitor/android: 6.2.0
@capacitor/ios: 6.2.0

[success] iOS looking great! 👌
[error] index.html file is missing in
/Users/grga/Desktop/influencer/influencer-mobile/android/app/src/main/assets/public

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[robingenz]

Unfortunately, I need a minimal, reproducible example to debug this issue.

[github-actions]

This issue has been labeled as needs: reproduction. This label is added to issues that need a code reproduction.

Please provide a Minimal, Reproducible Example using this template in a public GitHub repository so we can debug the issue.

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[petargrgic97]

Hi @robingenz, here is the reproduction repository: Capacitor firebase repro

When clicking Sign in -> Sign in with Google, there is this error appearing both on device, and in Android Studio logs.

[robingenz]

You're example does not seem to work:

npm run build      

> [email protected] build
> vite build

sh: vite: command not found

The build command already fails.

[petargrgic97]

@robingenz , i forgot to remove the vite build, but it doesnt matter, because I am using remote url for server host in capacitor.config.json

The app points to a hosted PWA, I just forgot to remove vite setup from default example

[robingenz]

The server.url configuration option is not intended for production use (see Capacitor Configuration). Since you do not have a local web build, I get the following error message when syncing:

✖ update android - failed!
[error] Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open
        '/Users/robingenz/Documents/GitHub/tmp/petargrgic97/capacitor-firebase-repro/android/app/src/main/assets/capacitor.plugins.json'

As my time is very limited, I can unfortunately only offer support for the "proper use" of Capacitor. Therefore I am closing this issue. I recommend that you use Live Updates instead. They allow you to deliver updates in real time and are officially supported.