Firebase database getInstance crashes app

Question

When running the sample after creating google-service.json, the app crashes when trying to get database reference in SignInActivity

mDatabase = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();

Crash log

05-21 09:27:27.644 488-488/com.google.firebase.quickstart.database D/AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
05-21 09:27:27.644 488-488/com.google.firebase.quickstart.database E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                                     Process: com.google.firebase.quickstart.database, PID: 488
                                                                                     java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.google.firebase.quickstart.database/com.google.firebase.quickstart.database.SignInActivity}: com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseException: Failed to get 

FirebaseDatabase instance: FirebaseApp object has no DatabaseURL in its FirebaseOptions object.
     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2325)
     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303)
     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)
     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
  Caused by: com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseException: Failed to get FirebaseDatabase instance: FirebaseApp object has no DatabaseURL in its FirebaseOptions object.
     at com.google.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabase.getInstance(Unknown Source)
     at com.google.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabase.getInstance(Unknown Source)
     at com.google.firebase.quickstart.database.SignInActivity.onCreate(SignInActivity.java:39)
     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5990)
     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1106)
     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2278)
     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387) 
     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151) 
     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303) 
     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) 
     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254) 
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) 
     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903) 
     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698) 

How to fix this issue ?

Solution

Download google-services.json from Project Settings in the Firebase console. My mistake was downloading it from https://developers.google.com/mobile/add.

Comments

[Hormigas]

How did you resolve this ? I've wasted a lot of time on this. Tried redownloading google-service.json to no avail

[Elvis Lima]

You have probably enabled the database after you have downloaded google-services.json. Then just download it again from the Firebase site (console.firebase.google.com)