Best practice to init firebase #613

Author: EddyVerbruggen

demo-ng/app/app.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
+
 const firebase = require("nativescript-plugin-firebase");
 
 @Component({
@@ -7,13 +8,12 @@ const firebase = require("nativescript-plugin-firebase");
 })
 
 export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
-
   ngOnInit(): void {
-    firebase.init({
-      persist: false
-    }).then(() => {
-      console.log("Firebase initialized");
-    });
+    firebase.init(
+        {
+          persist: false
+        })
+        .then(() => console.log(">>>>> Firebase initialized"))
+        .catch(err => console.log(">>>>> Firebase init error: " + err));
   }
-
 }

src/firebase.android.ts

@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ firebase.init = arg => {
     };
 
     try {
-      if (appModule.android.foregroundActivity) {
+      if (appModule.android.startActivity) {
         runInit();
       } else {
         // if this is called before application.start() wait for the event to fire