Using FIRApp's configureWithOptions to point to different configuration plist

Shawn Paulson

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Nov 10, 2016, 1:21:03 AM11/10/16

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I am running an app with the Firebase 3.x SDK, and looking to conditionally use a different configuration .plist to point to a different Firebase location depending on whether the app is configured for development vs production.

I am trying to use FIRApp's configureWithOptions to accomplish this, where I set a different plist path for the FIROptions that I pass as a parameter. However, when I use a path to something like "GoogleService-Dev-Info.plist" I get a console warning from Firebase/Core that states "GoogleService-Info.plist" could not be found. I see that all of the properties of the FIROptions object are populated with what I would have expected out of my GoogleService-Dev-Info.plist file, so I'm not sure what I'm not understanding. Is there something hardcoded in the Firebase SDK to go to GoogleService-Info.plist regardless of any options passed in?

Kato Richardson

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Nov 10, 2016, 10:44:03 AM11/10/16

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Shawn,

Can you please share specific version info (more specific than 3.x) as well as some code illustrating?

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On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Shawn Paulson <slpa...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am running an app with the Firebase 3.x SDK, and looking to conditionally use a different configuration .plist to point to a different Firebase location depending on whether the app is configured for development vs production.

I am trying to use FIRApp's configureWithOptions to accomplish this, where I set a different plist path for the FIROptions that I pass as a parameter. However, when I use a path to something like "GoogleService-Dev-Info.plist" I get a console warning from Firebase/Core that states "GoogleService-Info.plist" could not be found. I see that all of the properties of the FIROptions object are populated with what I would have expected out of my GoogleService-Dev-Info.plist file, so I'm not sure what I'm not understanding. Is there something hardcoded in the Firebase SDK to go to GoogleService-Info.plist regardless of any options passed in?

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Todd Kerpelman

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Hmmm... are you sure you're getting the plist file the right way? You gotta include the whole path:forResource:ofType thing to get it, not just include the file name.

This worked for me:

let plistPath: String!

if (isDebug) {

plistPath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "GoogleService-Info-Debug", ofType: "plist")

} else {

plistPath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "GoogleService-Info", ofType: "plist")

}

if let options = FIROptions.init(contentsOfFile: plistPath) {

FIRApp.configure(with: options)

} else {

print("Couldn't find options file at \(plistPath)")

}

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On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 7:44:03 AM UTC-8, Kato Richardson wrote:

Shawn,

Can you please share specific version info (more specific than 3.x) as well as some code illustrating?

☼, Kato

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Shawn Paulson <slpa...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am running an app with the Firebase 3.x SDK, and looking to conditionally use a different configuration .plist to point to a different Firebase location depending on whether the app is configured for development vs production.

I am trying to use FIRApp's configureWithOptions to accomplish this, where I set a different plist path for the FIROptions that I pass as a parameter. However, when I use a path to something like "GoogleService-Dev-Info.plist" I get a console warning from Firebase/Core that states "GoogleService-Info.plist" could not be found. I see that all of the properties of the FIROptions object are populated with what I would have expected out of my GoogleService-Dev-Info.plist file, so I'm not sure what I'm not understanding. Is there something hardcoded in the Firebase SDK to go to GoogleService-Info.plist regardless of any options passed in?

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Shawn Paulson

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I just grabbed AuthenticationExample sample project and it looks like the version of FirebaseCore is 3.4.3 based on the CocoaPods log.

Sample code is below, where I renamed my GoogleService-Info.plist in the project to GoogleService-Dev-Info.plist:

NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"GoogleService-Dev-Info" ofType:@"plist"];
FIROptions *options = [[FIROptions alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
FIRApp configureWithOptions:options];

After the call to configureWithOptions I see the following console warning:

2016-11-10 11:09:36.792 AuthenticationExample[77556] <Error> [Firebase/Core][I-COR000012] Could not locate configuration file: 'GoogleService-Info.plist'.

2016-11-10 11:09:36.793 AuthenticationExample[77556] <Error> [Firebase/Core][I-COR000012] Could not locate configuration file: 'GoogleService-Info.plist'.

On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 9:44:03 AM UTC-6, Kato Richardson wrote:

Shawn,

Can you please share specific version info (more specific than 3.x) as well as some code illustrating?

☼, Kato

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Shawn Paulson <slpa...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am running an app with the Firebase 3.x SDK, and looking to conditionally use a different configuration .plist to point to a different Firebase location depending on whether the app is configured for development vs production.

I am trying to use FIRApp's configureWithOptions to accomplish this, where I set a different plist path for the FIROptions that I pass as a parameter. However, when I use a path to something like "GoogleService-Dev-Info.plist" I get a console warning from Firebase/Core that states "GoogleService-Info.plist" could not be found. I see that all of the properties of the FIROptions object are populated with what I would have expected out of my GoogleService-Dev-Info.plist file, so I'm not sure what I'm not understanding. Is there something hardcoded in the Firebase SDK to go to GoogleService-Info.plist regardless of any options passed in?

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Shawn Paulson

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I just modified your code and tried inserting the following into the authentication example project with a fresh pull of its dependencies from CocoaPods. Looks like the FirebaseCore version is 3.4.3.

let plistPath: String!
plistPath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "GoogleService-Dev-Info", ofType: "plist")


if let options = FIROptions.init(contentsOfFile: plistPath) {
  FIRApp.configure(with: options)
} else {
  print("Couldn't find options file at \(plistPath)")
}

The options load properly for me, and the app appears to be configured properly. However, after the call to FIRApp.configure(with: options) I get the console warning below:

2016-11-10 12:58:48.117 AuthenticationExample[77881] <Error> [Firebase/Core][I-COR000012] Could not locate configuration file: 'GoogleService-Info.plist'.

2016-11-10 12:58:48.118 AuthenticationExample[77881] <Error> [Firebase/Core][I-COR000012] Could not locate configuration file: 'GoogleService-Info.plist'.

I'm trying to figure out if this is just noise due to an issue in the Firebase SDK (which would be unfortunate) or if I truly have a problem.

Todd Kerpelman

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Nov 10, 2016, 5:15:01 PM11/10/16

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Dumb question, but is there some other errant call to FIRApp.configure() sitting around your app?

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Shawn Paulson

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I did a find all and don't see any. I'm just running the AuthenticationExample project with the modifications mentioned above.

Todd Kerpelman

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So, I just tried this with the Auth example and it worked fine for me. Hmmm...

Okay, one last thing: Are you sure you're running the right target? There's two in the project, and if you're changing the Obj-C version but then running the AuthenticationExampleSwift one, that would give you exactly the error you're seeing.

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Shawn Paulson

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I have run both the Objective-C target with the corresponding Objective-C modifications, and the swift target with the corresponding swift modifications.

Everything seems to be working fine other than the console warning. I guess I must be missing something if you get no console warning at runtime.

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Todd Kerpelman

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That's definitely strange. Only other thing I noticed is that I have Firebase Core 3.4.4 instead of 3.4.3. Maybe try a pod update?

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Shawn Paulson

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The Firebase Core version was the issue. I'm new to CocoaPods, and didn't realize I needed to do a pod update. I did a pod install, but this must have ended up grabbing old versions that I must have already installed at some point.

After the update the console warning went away.

Thanks for your help in getting this solved.

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Todd Kerpelman

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You're welcome. Glad everything's working.

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