How to solve Firebase API initialization failure (Android + Firebase)

31
votes

I recently needed to use Google GCM in my project. From its website it is said:

Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) is the new version of GCM. It inherits the reliable and scalable GCM infrastructure, plus new features! See the FAQ to learn more. If you are integrating messaging in a new app, start with FCM. GCM users are strongly recommended to upgrade to FCM, in order to benefit from new FCM features today and in the future.

In order to setup a new Firebase application, I've followed the instructions provided at the official website and did the following:

  1. Created a new Firebase app in the web console and got my json from there - after providing the correct package of my app;
  2. At the top level project's gradle file, I've added classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0' in the dependency section;
  3. At my module's gradle file, I've added: compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.0.0' compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:9.0.0' and in the last line of it, I've added: apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services';

Full Gradle files are provided below:

Top level gradle file:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'
        classpath 'com.neenbedankt.gradle.plugins:android-apt:1.7'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Module's gradle file:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'com.neenbedankt.android-apt'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"

    dexOptions {
        javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "br.com.gogame"
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        multiDexEnabled true
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    useLibrary  'org.apache.http.legacy'
}

dependencies {
    ...
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.0.0'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:9.0.0'
    ...
}

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

When I start my app I get this stacktrace:

05-23 14:04:55.109 13368-13368/br.com.gogame I/art: Rejecting re-init on previously-failed class java.lang.Class<com.google.android.gms.internal.zzqq$zzd>
05-23 14:04:55.109 13368-13368/br.com.gogame I/art: Rejecting re-init on previously-failed class java.lang.Class<com.google.android.gms.internal.zzqq$zzd>
05-23 14:04:55.110 13368-13368/br.com.gogame I/art: Rejecting re-init on previously-failed class java.lang.Class<com.google.android.gms.internal.zzqq$zzc>
05-23 14:04:55.110 13368-13368/br.com.gogame I/art: Rejecting re-init on previously-failed class java.lang.Class<com.google.android.gms.internal.zzqq$zzc>
05-23 14:04:55.126 13368-13368/br.com.gogame E/FirebaseApp: Firebase API initialization failure.
                                                            java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
                                                                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.zza(Unknown Source)
                                                                at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source)
                                                                at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source)
                                                                at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.zzbu(Unknown Source)
                                                                at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source)
                                                                at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1748)
                                                                at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1723)
                                                                at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.attachInfo(Unknown Source)
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5174)
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4769)
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4709)
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1415)
                                                                at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5443)
                                                                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:728)
                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)
                                                             Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method zzy(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object; in class Lcom/google/android/gms/common/internal/zzx; or its super classes (declaration of 'com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzx' appears in /data/app/br.com.gogame-2/base.apk:classes26.dex)
                                                                at com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzt.zzaU(Unknown Source)
                                                                at com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurement.getInstance(Unknown Source)
                                                                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
                                                                at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.zza(Unknown Source) 
                                                                at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source) 
                                                                at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source) 
                                                                at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.zzbu(Unknown Source) 
                                                                at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source) 
                                                                at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1748) 
                                                                at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1723) 
                                                                at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.attachInfo(Unknown Source) 
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5174) 
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4769) 
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4709) 
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java) 
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1415) 
                                                                at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                                                                at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) 
                                                                at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5443) 
                                                                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:728) 
                                                                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618) 
05-23 14:04:55.131 13368-13368/br.com.gogame I/FirebaseInitProvider: FirebaseApp initialization successful
05-23 14:04:55.133 13368-13368/br.com.gogame E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                               Process: br.com.gogame, PID: 13368
                                                               java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method zzy(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object; in class Lcom/google/android/gms/common/internal/zzx; or its super classes (declaration of 'com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zzx' appears in /data/app/br.com.gogame-2/base.apk:classes26.dex)
                                                                   at com.google.android.gms.measurement.internal.zzt.zzaU(Unknown Source)
                                                                   at com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementContentProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source)
                                                                   at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1748)
                                                                   at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1723)
                                                                   at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5174)
                                                                   at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4769)
                                                                   at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4709)
                                                                   at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                   at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1415)
                                                                   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
                                                                   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5443)
                                                                   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:728)
                                                                   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)

Any help solving this problem will be very appreciated! Regards

12
androidgoogle-app-enginefirebaseandroid-gradle-plugin
Which version of Google Play services do you have on the device this is crashing on? – Ian Barber
Using this code getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.google.android.gms", 0 ).versionCode; I've got this version: GOOGLE PLAY SERVICE DEVICE VERSION IS: 9083438. I've created a new project in Firebase and Android, just a hello world, and it worked. What makes me believe that some library I've added is messing with something – E. Fernandes
Yeah, its an odd one. Are you putting your app through proguard (and does the crash happen if you don't)? – Ian Barber
Yes it did, but I've found where the problem was. My answer is below – E. Fernandes

12 Answers

27
votes

Well, after struggle a lot I found what was causing my problem. Basically I had two libraries modules - that happened to be of my own - each one of them importing different versions of com.android.support:appcompat-v7.* and google play services. Made all of them import the same version and problem is gone.

19
votes

I met the same error, solved by upgrade firebase-core:

dependencies {    
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.0.2'
}
9
votes

Care to see that all the dependencies should have same version 

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', 
    {
      exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.2.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support:design:25.2.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.2.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:10.0.1'
    implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.2.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:10.0.1'
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}
3
votes

I faced the Same Issue, but after some r & d and I came to known the problem was in Gradle i.e,

compile "com.android.support:support-v4:+"

then I just removed the + and replaced actual version ie,

compile "com.android.support:support-v4:23.1.0"

then it started working

1
votes

For me a completely unrelated import caused this error compile 'com.aurelhubert:ahbottomnavigation:1.3.3' When I removed it everything was fine

1
votes

In my case, the problem occurs because i had put "apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'" inside the dependencies of the modules build.grandle insteand of putting it at the end of the file.

1
votes

I had the same issue, fixed by upgrading to play-services-auth:10.0.1:

dependencies {
    ......
    //implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:9.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:10.0.1'
    ....
}
0
votes

You can check the dependencies with gradle command

./gradlew app:dependencies

As Edgar said ensure that all the dependency libraries has same version. If not then you can exclude that dependency using

compile('your dependency') {
    exclude group: 'lib to be removed'
}

And add that dependency yourself.

0
votes

add compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.0.0' into your app level build.gradle file

0
votes

Me, after struggle all night because my dependencies' version are the same. After adding Firebase Analytics, when I edited the code and run to my device my app crashed with Rejecting re-init on previously-failed class com.google.android.gms... I have to clean project and run again, then it worked fine but will be crashed again if I edit the code.

My problem was caused by "useProguard false" from following this guide https://developer.android.com/studio/build/shrink-code.html

    debug {
        minifyEnabled true
        useProguard false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'),
                'proguard-rules.pro'
    }

but I disabled Instant Run so remove "useProguard false" fixed my problem.

    debug {
        minifyEnabled true
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'),
                'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
0
votes

More complete answer for newbies. @Edgar is correct, Thanks!

Error: "Firebase API initialization failure" can be found in logcat of Android Monitor is due to incompatible library version. And it can be any libraries that you compile your app with in Project perspective: go to: Your-app-directory/app/build.gradle

In my case I have to match these 2 module version and that solved this error message:

implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.1'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-appindexing:16.0.1'

I attached here the screen shot so you can see all of it.

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0
votes

In My case i forgot to add this with in App Level build

implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:9.6.0'

So i got the FireBase firebase-api-initialization-failure