Simple Cordova app with just Firebase plugin doesn't build or run on Android

Question

I made a very simple Cordova project, added the Android platform and the Firebase plugin. I can't get it to build or run. I get errors after errors.

Here are the steps:

1. cordova create hello com.example.hello Hello
2. cordova platform add android
3. cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebase

Or, just download the code from: https://github.com/abelabbesnabi/cordova.git

I have the following environment:

1. Cordova 9.0.0

2. Android Studio 3.5 Build #AI-191.8026.42.35.5791312, built on August 8, 2019 JRE: 1.8.0_202-release-1483-b03 amd64 JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains sro

3. Windows 10 10.0

Any idea please?

Answer 1

change cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebase with

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebasex

another option is after adding cordova-plugin-firebase add 2 another plugin

cordova-android-play-services-gradle-release

cordova-android-firebase-gradle-release

Answer 2

Here are the steps to make it work:

1. cordova platform remove android
2. cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-firebase
3. cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebase-lib
4. cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-androidx
5. cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter

That's it!