Not able to install in a .NET MAUI project

[andreas-nesheim]

I get the following error when I try to install the latest version (1.2.0) into a .NET MAUI project:

Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\andre.nuget\packages\xamarin.firebase.ios.installations\8.10.0.1\lib\net6.0-ios15.4\Firebase.Installations.resources\FirebaseInstallations.xcframework\ios-arm64_i386_x86_64-simulator\FirebaseInstallations.framework\Headers\FirebaseInstallations-umbrella.h'.

This can be reproduced by creating a blank .NET MAUI app in Visual Studio version 17.3.3.

[andreas-nesheim]

I tested it on VS for Mac and it worked fine there. A friend of mine mentioned that this could be the MAX_PATH on Windows kicking in and suggested that I enabled Long Path support: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/reference/cli-reference/cli-ref-long-path

I tried this, but it still didn't seem to work. The article mentioned that the dotnet CLI already supports long paths, so I tried adding the package with the dotnet CLI using dotnet add package Plugin.Firebase. That did the trick. Just a heads up for others who might get the same error.

TL;DR: use dotnet add package Plugin.Firebase on Windows.

[TobiasBuchholz]

Cool, thanks a lot for the insight! 👍 I've updated the README with that hint and will close this issue.

[SteveSitekitcare]

I cant seem to get this to work in windows 11. I think it maybe due to this https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/long-file-path-issues-in-windows-11-pro-with/0c440721-e35a-4b58-9f5a-645656768f9d