ERROR: Could not find method platform() for arguments - React Native - Firebase

Question

Has anyone faced this issue following the official documentation for react-native-firebase?

ERROR: Could not find method platform() for arguments [com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:21.1.0] on object of type org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dsl.dependencies.DefaultDependencyHandler.
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This happens after editing the two build.gradle files and clicking sync on the Android Studio popup. I think it is there because of a gradle issue.

Any help is welcome. Could not find a similar issue though.

Edited question with the two build.gradle files as per the request by Gabriele Mariotti.

This is the build.gradle file contents.

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
        minSdkVersion = 23
        compileSdkVersion = 28
        targetSdkVersion = 28
        supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.1'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        mavenLocal()
        google()
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
        }
    }
}

This is the app/build.gradle file contents.

apply plugin: "com.android.application"

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"

android {
    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion

    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "my.app.id"
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode 33
        versionName "2.2.2"
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'
    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${rootProject.ext.supportLibVersion}"
    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:17.0.0'
}

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

both build.gradle files are modified according to the documentation.

Solution 1

So, I think you're using Gradle 4.x. I had the same issue. Upgrading to 5.0 solved it: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_4.html

Solution 2

Solution: put in android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties:

distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip

Follow this link: https://github.com/FirebaseExtended/flutterfire/issues/3287

Comments

[buddhiv]

Correct! I updated and came here to update the question and saw this answer. I resolved by going into gradle 5.1.1

[Kevin Vugts]

@buddhiv How have you upgraded the gradle to 5.0?

[Kevin Vugts]

I can't get it working with react-native-firebase v6

[buddhiv]

Kevin I followed the docs to update the gradle version. There are plenty examples to do so. You just change the necessary places and Android Studio will take care of the rest. stackoverflow.com/questions/17727645/…