Cannot decode GoogleService-Info in React Native iOS

[thenderson55]

I have followed various docs and solutions.

Initially I tried the, I think outdated, Firebase iOS guide:

https://blog.codemagic.io/react-native-firebase-codemagic-for-ios/

I couldn't find the "Encrypt environment variables" anywhere on the site so I followed this guide:

https://docs.codemagic.io/yaml-basic-configuration/configuring-environment-variables/

And used openssl base64 -in GoogleService-Info.plist to generate the base64 string (as well as other ways which all had the same result) then added to my environment variables and into the yaml like so:

      node: v16.11.1
      xcode: latest
      cocoapods: default
    scripts:
      - name: Decode firebase ios
        script: |
          echo $FIREBASE_IOS | base64 --decode > $CM_BUILD_DIR/ios/tago/GoogleService-Info.plist
      - name: Install dependencies
        script: |
          yarn
      - name: Install CocoaPods dependencies
        script: |
          cd ios && pod install
      - name: Set Info.plist values
        script: |
          # This allows publishing without manually answering the question about encryption 
          PLIST=$CM_BUILD_DIR/$XCODE_SCHEME/Info.plist
          PLIST_BUDDY=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy
          $PLIST_BUDDY -c "Add :ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption bool false" $PLIST
      - name: Set up code signing settings on Xcode project
        script: |
          xcode-project use-profiles --warn-only
      - name: Increment build number
        script: |
          #!/bin/sh
          set -e
          set -x
          cd $CM_BUILD_DIR/ios
          LATEST_BUILD_NUMBER=$(app-store-connect get-latest-app-store-build-number "$APP_ID")
          agvtool new-version -all $(($LATEST_BUILD_NUMBER + 1))
      - name: Build ipa for distribution
        script: |
          xcode-project build-ipa \
            --workspace "$CM_BUILD_DIR/ios/$XCODE_WORKSPACE" \
            --scheme "$XCODE_SCHEME"
    artifacts:

It throws an error in "Build ipa for distribution":

error: Build input file cannot be found: '/Users/builder/clone/ios/GoogleService-Info.plist'. Did you forget to declare this file as an output of a script phase or custom build rule which produces it? (in target 'tago' from project 'tago')

I tried these instead but got same or similar error about cannot find:

echo $FIREBASE_IOS | base64 --decode > $CM_BUILD_DIR/$XCODE_SCHEME/GoogleService-Info.plist

echo $FIREBASE_IOS | base64 --decode > /Users/builder/clone/ios/GoogleService-Info.plist

I tried this solution by changing in Xcode but it failed:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63639855/codemagic-ios-build-fails-due-to-firebase-googleservice-info-plist

I saw on this flutter doc you used "Encrypted(...)" so tried that and it failed:
https://blog.codemagic.io/practical-guide-flutter-firebase-codemagic/?ref=morioh.com&utm_source=morioh.com

some build ids:

638ec976d8ec86d5f0eb4e9e
638eafd644b97200f702c43e
638ea6de44d9fb02a5b0e4fb

Any advice?

[himesh-cm]

Hi @thenderson55,
in your yaml file, can you import the env var group?

for e.g.

environment:
  groups:
      - firebase_credentials

[thenderson55]

Thanks!

That helped - however it did not work with the below code that the documents/example yaml give:

echo $FIREBASE_IOS | base64 --decode > $CM_BUILD_DIR/ios/<app nam>/GoogleService-Info.plist

It works with the location that the error provides:

echo $FIREBASE_IOS | base64 --decode > /Users/builder/clone/ios/GoogleService-Info.plist

Not sure if this will create problems in the future or not. Ideally it would work with the code in the docs.

[himesh-cm]

Great to know that it works for you.
Can you share on which link you found the above issue?

[dtrdic]

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