[Unity] google-services.json file exists in Assets folder but there is an error that it's missing during gradle build

[Mina Marković]

I am using Unity 2017.3.0f3

Adding Firebase Messaging to my project

Did all the steps from: https://firebase.google.com/docs/unity/setup?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr82z96e13QIVCNiyCh33dwiGEAAYASAAEgIKevD_BwE

Downloaded from Firebase console and included google-services.json file to Assets folder!

Modifed gradle file according to: https://firebase.google.com/docs/android/setup

But build fails with the error:

    [09:33:15][Create APK] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

    [09:33:15][Create APK] 

    [09:33:15][Create APK] * What went wrong:

    [09:33:15][Create APK] Execution failed for task ':processReleaseGoogleServices'.

    [09:33:15][Create APK] > File google-services.json is missing. The Google Services Plugin cannot function without it. 

    [09:33:15][Create APK]    Searched Location: 

    [09:33:15][Create APK]   /Users/*******/Agents/Catwoman/work/c67e6b834a90eae8/Temp/gradleOut/src/nullnull/release/google-services.json

    [09:33:15][Create APK]   /Users/*******/Agents/Catwoman/work/c67e6b834a90eae8/Temp/gradleOut/src/release/nullnull/google-services.json

    [09:33:15][Create APK]   /Users/*******/Agents/Catwoman/work/c67e6b834a90eae8/Temp/gradleOut/src/nullnull/google-services.json

    [09:33:15][Create APK]   /Users/*******/Agents/Catwoman/work/c67e6b834a90eae8/Temp/gradleOut/src/release/google-services.json

    [09:33:15][Create APK]   /Users/*******/Agents/Catwoman/work/c67e6b834a90eae8/Temp/gradleOut/src/nullnullRelease/google-services.json

    [09:33:15][Create APK]   /Users/*******/Agents/Catwoman/work/c67e6b834a90eae8/Temp/gradleOut/google-services.json

I tried placing google-services.json to these locations:

myproject/Assets
myproject/Assets/Plugins/Android
myproject/Assets/Plugins/Android/src

Anyone with an idea what is wrong? THANKS! :)

My gradle file looks like this:

    buildscript {

repositories {

jcenter()

}

dependencies {

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0'

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.1.0'

}

    }

    allprojects {

       repositories {

          flatDir {

            dirs 'libs'

          }

          google()

       }

    }

    apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

    android {

    compileSdkVersion 26

    buildToolsVersion '**BUILDTOOLS**'

defaultConfig {

targetSdkVersion 26

applicationId '**APPLICATIONID**'

multiDexEnabled true

}

lintOptions {

abortOnError false

}

aaptOptions {

noCompress '.unity3d', '.ress', '.resource', '.obb'**STREAMING_ASSETS**

}

    **SIGN**

buildTypes {

  debug {

  jniDebuggable true

  }

  release {

  minifyEnabled false

  **SIGNCONFIG**

  }

}

    }

    dependencies {

compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])

compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.1'

...

compile(name: 'com.google.android.gms.play-services-base-15.0.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.android.gms.play-services-basement-15.0.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.android.gms.play-services-ads-15.0.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.android.gms.play-services-ads-identifier-15.0.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.android.gms.play-services-tasks-15.0.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.android.support.support-v4-26.1.0', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.android.support.support-core-utils-26.1.0', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.android.support.support-compat-26.1.0', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.android.support.support-vector-drawable-26.1.0', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.android.support.support-fragment-26.1.0', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-common-16.0.2', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-core-16.0.3', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-messaging-17.3.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-messaging-unity-5.2.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-analytics-impl-16.2.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-analytics-16.0.3', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-app-unity-5.2.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-iid-17.0.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-iid-interop-16.0.0', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-measurement-connector-17.0.0', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.firebase.firebase-measurement-connector-impl-17.0.1', ext:'aar')

compile(name: 'com.google.games.gpgs-plugin-support-0.9.50', ext:'aar')

compile project(':fabric')

compile project(':unity-android-resources')

    }

    apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

[Anthony Maurice]

Hi Mina,

You should be fine with having the google-services.json in myproject/Assets.  Normally you don't need to modify any gradle scripts when using Unity, unless you are using a more complex build system.  You should be able to just use Unity's "Build and Run" with Android selected, or do you need to use a gradle build for some reason?  If you do need to use a gradle build, you might need to copy the google-services.json directly into the output folder as a prerequisite, but again in normal cases you shouldn't need to touch gradle at all.

Have you tried getting one of our quickstarts set up?  https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-unity  They are fairly straightforward samples that you can just drop the unitypackage and google-services.json into to get going.

-Anthony

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