Firebase auto SMS retrieval not working in firebase auth

Question

I implemented the latest version of firebase authenticatin in my android app. In this version firebase auto SMS retrieval is not working like previous versions I want to retrieve SMS if the SIM is present in same phone.

I implented braodcast receiver but it is not working because of message format

How can I acheive auto SMS retrieval in android app? Is there any code implementation in the code or is there any additional code that can be added?

Answer 1

According to docs , this method of authentication has auto retrieval

Google Play services can automatically
// detect the incoming verification SMS and perform verification without
// user action.

You can look up if your google play service is up to date. I have used this auth several times and the SMS is automatically retrieved by google play services without any additional code

Answer 2

This is an issue introduced in latest firebase libraries.

It works till firebase BOM 25.11.0 and post that it is not at all working. I have tried many intermediate BOMs until 29.0.0 and no where it is working. I am not able to upgrade to latest version of firebase BOM because of this issue. Now I am forced to upgrade as I was getting runtime error related to OkHttp.

I have raised this issue some 3-4 months back. It seems it is not at all addressed. I am surprised to see how other