Using Non-Firebase Push Messaging with other Firebase Services #1201

Author: EddyVerbruggen

demo/package.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "firebase-functions": "^2.0.5",
-    "nativescript-plugin-firebase": "file:../publish/package/nativescript-plugin-firebase-8.2.0.tgz",
+    "nativescript-plugin-firebase": "file:../publish/package/nativescript-plugin-firebase-8.3.0.tgz",
     "nativescript-theme-core": "^1.0.4",
     "nativescript-unit-test-runner": "^0.3.4",
     "tns-core-modules": "~5.2.0"

docs/NON_FIREBASE_MESSAGING.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ You'll be 😃 to learn this plugin has a *lite* mode that won't add any native
 Go to you app's root folder and remove `firebase.nativescript.json`, then run `npm i`. You will be prompted `"Are you using this plugin ONLY as a Push Notification client for an external (non-Firebase) Push service? (y/n)"`. Answer:
 - `y` if you don't want to use any of the Firebase features (Firestore, Realtime DB, Storage, etc), or
 - `n` in case you do want to use some of the features (you will be asked which features later).
+- _If you want to use an external messaging provider, but ALSO want to use other Firebase features, then answer `n` as well and after finishing all questions, open `firebase.nativescript.json` and add `"external_messaging": true`. On Android that won't do anything special, but on iOS it will avoid loading the Firebase Messaging Pod._
 
 > The remainder of this document applies to both situations, so please continue reading.
 

publish/scripts/installer.js

@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ post_install do |installer|
 end`) + `
 
 # Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM)
-` + (isSelected(result.messaging) ? `` : `#`) + `pod 'Firebase/Messaging'
+` + (isSelected(result.messaging) && !isSelected(result.external_messaging) ? `` : `#`) + `pod 'Firebase/Messaging'
 
 # Firebase In-App Messaging (supported on NativeScript 5.2+)
 ` + (isSelected(result.in_app_messaging) && supportsIOSModernBuildSystem ? `` : `#`) + `pod 'Firebase/InAppMessagingDisplay'

src/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript-plugin-firebase",
-  "version": "8.2.0",
+  "version": "8.3.0",
   "description": "Fire. Base. Firebase!",
   "main": "firebase",
   "typings": "index.d.ts",