[🐛] AppCheck native module missing error has incorrect import package name suggestion

[abdifardin]

Issue

I tried to activate firebase.appCheck for android using this code firebase.appCheck().activate('ignored', false);
But it failed with this error

Uncaught Error
You attempted to use 'firebase.appCheck' but this module could not be found.
Ensure you have installed and imported the '@react-native-firebase/appCheck'

I checked the documentation for appCheck installation and it didn't give an example about how to activate it.
After searching the issues, i found out its like this firebase.appCheck().activate('ignored', false);

The error reference a wrong import command @react-native-firebase/appCheck, which should be @react-native-firebase/app-check`;

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Project Files

Javascript

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package.json:

"dependencies": {
    "@abdi.fakhruddin/services": "^3.2.7",
    "@babel/preset-typescript": "7.16.5",
    "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "1.15.14",
    "@react-native-community/cli-platform-android": "6.3.0",
    "@react-native-community/push-notification-ios": "1.8.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/analytics": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/app": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/app-check": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/auth": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/crashlytics": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/dynamic-links": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/firestore": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/in-app-messaging": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/messaging": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/perf": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/remote-config": "14.1.0",
    "@react-native-firebase/storage": "14.1.0"
}

firebase.json for react-native-firebase v6:

{    
    "crashlytics_debug_enabled": true,
    "crashlytics_disable_auto_disabler": true,
    "crashlytics_auto_collection_enabled": true,
    "crashlytics_javascript_exception_handler_chaining_enabled": false,
    "crashlytics_is_error_generation_on_js_crash_enabled": true,
    "crashlyuics_javascript_exception_handler_chaining_enabled": true
}

iOS

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ios/Podfile:

• I'm not using Pods
• I'm using Pods and my Podfile looks like:

require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'
require_relative '../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods'

platform :ios, '11.0'

target 'myApp' do
  config = use_native_modules!
  use_react_native!(
    :path => config[:reactNativePath],
    # to enable hermes on iOS, change `false` to `true` and then install pods
    :hermes_enabled => true
  )
  permissions_path = '../node_modules/react-native-permissions/ios'
  rn_maps_path = '../node_modules/react-native-maps'
  pod 'react-native-google-maps', :path => rn_maps_path 
  
  pod 'Permission-Notifications', :path => "#{permissions_path}/Notifications"
  pod 'Permission-Camera', :path => "#{permissions_path}/Camera"
  pod 'Permission-PhotoLibrary', :path => "#{permissions_path}/PhotoLibrary"

  # Enables Flipper.
  #
  # Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and
  # you should disable the next line.
  use_flipper!()

  post_install do |installer|
    react_native_post_install(installer)
    __apply_Xcode_12_5_M1_post_install_workaround(installer)
  end
end

AppDelegate.m:

/**
 * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 */

#import "AppDelegate.h"
#import <ReactNativeNavigation/ReactNativeNavigation.h>

#import <React/RCTBridge.h>
#import <React/RCTBundleURLProvider.h>
#import "RNSplashScreen.h"
#import <Firebase.h> 
#import <GoogleMaps/GoogleMaps.h>
#import <React/RCTLinkingManager.h>

// TODO: its temporary solution ( maybe even final ) for notification issue
// https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase/issues/3805#issuecomment-654004794
#import <UserNotifications/UserNotifications.h>


@implementation AppDelegate


- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{

  [GMSServices provideAPIKey:@"AIzaSyB2UgK53cHtLHipYHCnl_EEF5E29x-sP3k"]; // add this line using the api key obtained from Google Console

  // TODO: its temporary solution ( maybe even final ) for notification issue
  // https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase/issues/3805#issuecomment-654004794
  UNUserNotificationCenter *center = [UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter];
  [center requestAuthorizationWithOptions:(UNAuthorizationOptionBadge | UNAuthorizationOptionSound | UNAuthorizationOptionAlert)
      completionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError * _Nullable error) {
          if (!error) {
              NSLog(@"request succeeded!");
          }
  }];

  [FIRApp configure];
  [ReactNativeNavigation bootstrapWithDelegate:self launchOptions:launchOptions];
  [RNSplashScreen show];
  return YES;
}

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
   openURL:(NSURL *)url
   options:(NSDictionary<UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey,id> *)options
{
  return [RCTLinkingManager application:application openURL:url options:options];
}

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application continueUserActivity:(nonnull NSUserActivity *)userActivity
 restorationHandler:(nonnull void (^)(NSArray<id<UIUserActivityRestoring>> * _Nullable))restorationHandler
{
 return [RCTLinkingManager application:application
                  continueUserActivity:userActivity
                    restorationHandler:restorationHandler];
}

- (NSArray<id<RCTBridgeModule>> *)extraModulesForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge {
  return [ReactNativeNavigation extraModulesForBridge:bridge];
}

- (NSURL *)sourceURLForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
{
#if DEBUG
  return [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index" fallbackResource:nil];
#else
  return [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main" withExtension:@"jsbundle"];
#endif
}

@end

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Android

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Have you converted to AndroidX?

• my application is an AndroidX application?
• I am using android/gradle.settings jetifier=true for Android compatibility?
• I am using the NPM package jetifier for react-native compatibility?

android/build.gradle:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "30.0.2"
        minSdkVersion = 21
        compileSdkVersion = 30
        targetSdkVersion = 30
        ndkVersion = "21.4.7075529"
        androidXCore = "1.0.2"
        playServicesVersion = "17.0.0"
        androidMapsUtilsVersion = "2.2.3"
        kotlinVersion = "1.5.31"
        RNNKotlinVersion = kotlinVersion
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion")
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2")
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.5'
        classpath 'com.google.firebase:perf-plugin:1.3.1'
        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.8.1'
        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        mavenLocal()
        maven {
            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android")
        }
        maven {
            // Android JSC is installed from npm
            url("$rootDir/../node_modules/jsc-android/dist")
        }

        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}

android/app/build.gradle:

apply plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
apply plugin: 'com.google.firebase.crashlytics'

import com.android.build.OutputFile

/**
 * The react.gradle file registers a task for each build variant (e.g. bundleDebugJsAndAssets
 * and bundleReleaseJsAndAssets).
 * These basically call `react-native bundle` with the correct arguments during the Android build
 * cycle. By default, bundleDebugJsAndAssets is skipped, as in debug/dev mode we prefer to load the
 * bundle directly from the development server. Below you can see all the possible configurations
 * and their defaults. If you decide to add a configuration block, make sure to add it before the
 * `apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"` line.
 *
 * project.ext.react = [
 *   // the name of the generated asset file containing your JS bundle
 *   bundleAssetName: "index.android.bundle",
 *
 *   // the entry file for bundle generation
 *   entryFile: "index.android.js",
 *
 *   // https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/performance#enable-the-ram-format
 *   bundleCommand: "ram-bundle",
 *
 *   // whether to bundle JS and assets in debug mode
 *   bundleInDebug: false,
 *
 *   // whether to bundle JS and assets in release mode
 *   bundleInRelease: true,
 *
 *   // whether to bundle JS and assets in another build variant (if configured).
 *   // See http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Build-Variants
 *   // The configuration property can be in the following formats
 *   //         'bundleIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
 *   //         'bundleIn${buildType}'
 *   // bundleInFreeDebug: true,
 *   // bundleInPaidRelease: true,
 *   // bundleInBeta: true,
 *
 *   // whether to disable dev mode in custom build variants (by default only disabled in release)
 *   // for example: to disable dev mode in the staging build type (if configured)
 *   devDisabledInStaging: true,
 *   // The configuration property can be in the following formats
 *   //         'devDisabledIn${productFlavor}${buildType}'
 *   //         'devDisabledIn${buildType}'
 *
 *   // the root of your project, i.e. where "package.json" lives
 *   root: "../../",
 *
 *   // where to put the JS bundle asset in debug mode
 *   jsBundleDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/debug",
 *
 *   // where to put the JS bundle asset in release mode
 *   jsBundleDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/assets/release",
 *
 *   // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
 *   // require('./image.png')), in debug mode
 *   resourcesDirDebug: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/debug",
 *
 *   // where to put drawable resources / React Native assets, e.g. the ones you use via
 *   // require('./image.png')), in release mode
 *   resourcesDirRelease: "$buildDir/intermediates/res/merged/release",
 *
 *   // by default the gradle tasks are skipped if none of the JS files or assets change; this means
 *   // that we don't look at files in android/ or ios/ to determine whether the tasks are up to
 *   // date; if you have any other folders that you want to ignore for performance reasons (gradle
 *   // indexes the entire tree), add them here. Alternatively, if you have JS files in android/
 *   // for example, you might want to remove it from here.
 *   inputExcludes: ["android/**", "ios/**"],
 *
 *   // override which node gets called and with what additional arguments
 *   nodeExecutableAndArgs: ["node"],
 *
 *   // supply additional arguments to the packager
 *   extraPackagerArgs: []
 * ]
 */

project.ext.react = [
    entryFile: "index.js",
    enableHermes: true,  // clean and rebuild if changing
]

apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"

/**
 * Set this to true to create two separate APKs instead of one:
 *   - An APK that only works on ARM devices
 *   - An APK that only works on x86 devices
 * The advantage is the size of the APK is reduced by about 4MB.
 * Upload all the APKs to the Play Store and people will download
 * the correct one based on the CPU architecture of their device.
 */
def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false

/**
 * Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
 */
def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = true

/**
 * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore.
 *
 * For example, to use the international variant, you can use:
 * `def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'`
 *
 * The international variant includes ICU i18n library and necessary data
 * allowing to use e.g. `Date.toLocaleString` and `String.localeCompare` that
 * give correct results when using with locales other than en-US.  Note that
 * this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
 */
def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'

/**
 * Whether to enable the Hermes VM.
 *
 * This should be set on project.ext.react and mirrored here.  If it is not set
 * on project.ext.react, JavaScript will not be compiled to Hermes Bytecode
 * and the benefits of using Hermes will therefore be sharply reduced.
 */
def enableHermes = project.ext.react.get("enableHermes", true);

/**
 * Architectures to build native code for in debug.
 */
def nativeArchitectures = project.getProperties().get("reactNativeDebugArchitectures")
android {
    ndkVersion rootProject.ext.ndkVersion
    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.myPackage"
        minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
        versionCode 63
        versionName "3.3.0" 
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    splits {
        abi {
            reset()
            enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
            universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
            include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
        }
    }
    signingConfigs {
        debug {
            storeFile file('debug.keystore')
            storePassword 'android'
            keyAlias 'androiddebugkey'
            keyPassword 'android'
        }
        release {
            storeFile file("/builds/myApp/myApp-apps/android/app/uploadRelease.keystore")
            storePassword System.getenv("KEYSTORE_PASSWORD")
            keyAlias System.getenv("KEY_ALIAS")
            keyPassword System.getenv("KEY_PASSWORD")
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
            if (nativeArchitectures) {
                ndk {
                    abiFilters nativeArchitectures.split(',')
                }
            }
        }
        release {
            // Caution! In production, you need to generate your own keystore file.
            // see https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/signed-apk-android.
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"
            firebaseCrashlytics {
                nativeSymbolUploadEnabled true
                strippedNativeLibsDir 'build/intermediates/stripped_native_libs/release/out/lib'
                unstrippedNativeLibsDir 'build/intermediates/merged_native_libs/release/out/lib'
            }
        }
    }
    lintOptions {
        checkReleaseBuilds false
        abortOnError false
    }
    // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.each { output ->
            // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
            // https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits.html
            // Example: versionCode 1 will generate 1001 for armeabi-v7a, 1002 for x86, etc.
            def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a": 1, "x86": 2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
            def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
            if (abi != null) {  // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
                output.versionCodeOverride =
                        defaultConfig.versionCode * 1000 + versionCodes.get(abi)
            }

        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-rc01'
    implementation 'androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.1.0-alpha02'
    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
    implementation "com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3"

    if (enableHermes) {
        def hermesPath = "../../node_modules/hermes-engine/android/";
        debugImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-debug.aar")
        releaseImplementation files(hermesPath + "hermes-release.aar")
    } else {    
        implementation jscFlavor
    }
}

// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use
task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
    from configurations.implementation
    into 'libs'
}

apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)

android/settings.gradle:

rootProject.name = 'myApp'
apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)
include ':app'

MainApplication.java:

package com.myApp;

import androidx.annotation.Nullable;

import android.app.Application;
import android.content.Context;
import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
import com.reactnativenavigation.NavigationApplication;
import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
import com.reactnativenavigation.react.NavigationReactNativeHost;
import org.devio.rn.splashscreen.SplashScreenReactPackage;
import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSIModulePackage;
import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.List;
import com.facebook.react.modules.i18nmanager.I18nUtil;
import androidx.multidex.MultiDex;

public class MainApplication extends NavigationApplication {

  private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost = new NavigationReactNativeHost(this) {
    @Override
    public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
      return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
    }

    @Override
    protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
      @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
      List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
      // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for
      // example:
      // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
      // new SplashScreenReactPackage() 
      return packages;
    }

    @Override
    protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
      return "index";
    }

  };

  @Override
  public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
    return mReactNativeHost;
  }

  @Override
  public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();

    I18nUtil sharedI18nUtilInstance = I18nUtil.getInstance();
    sharedI18nUtilInstance.allowRTL(getApplicationContext(), false);
    
    initializeFlipper(this); // Remove this line if you don't want Flipper enabled
    
  }

  /**
   * Loads Flipper in React Native templates.
   *
   * @param context
   */
  private static void initializeFlipper(Context context) {
    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
      try {
        /*
         * We use reflection here to pick up the class that initializes Flipper, since
         * Flipper library is not available in release mode
         */
        Class<?> aClass = Class.forName("com.facebook.flipper.ReactNativeFlipper");
        aClass.getMethod("initializeFlipper", Context.class).invoke(null, context);
      } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    }
  }

  @Override
  protected void attachBaseContext(Context base) {
    super.attachBaseContext(base);
    MultiDex.install(this);
  }
}

AndroidManifest.xml:

<!-- N/A -->

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Environment

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react-native info output:

System:
    OS: macOS 11.6
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770HQ CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory: 94.50 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.18.2 - /usr/local/opt/node@14/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.17 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.15 - /usr/local/opt/node@14/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.11.2 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 14.0, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 14.0, watchOS 7.0
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
      Build Tools: 27.0.3, 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 30.0.2
      System Images: android-18 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-23 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-24 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-25 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-26 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: Not Found
    Xcode: 12.0/12A7209 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 10.0.2 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 17.0.2 => 17.0.2 
    react-native: 0.66.4 => 0.66.4 
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

• Platform that you're experiencing the issue on:
  • iOS
  • Android
  • iOS but have not tested behavior on Android
  • Android but have not tested behavior on iOS
  • Both
• react-native-firebase version you're using that has this issue:
  • e.g. 5.4.3
• Firebase module(s) you're using that has the issue:
  • e.g. Instance ID
• Are you using TypeScript?
  • Y/N & VERSION

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[mikehardy]

Good catch on the incorrect error message, this will go in the queue with the other app check issues which still need some attention.

Assuming you have altered your import to @react-native-firebase/app-check (which ...should work) are you unstuck now or do you still have a blocker? Once that package is installed and you have rebuilt + reinstalled the native app it should work.

[abdifardin]

I actually missed the import import '@react-native-firebase/app-check';
When using firebase namespace for calling appCheck methods firebase.appCheck(), I didn't know it needs importing the package as well.
It's working now.

Thanks @mikehardy

[mikehardy]

Great, glad you are unblocked. Please remember app check in general is still beta, and while we have seen correct + successful results for most things there are some outstanding issues both here (like this issue! which I will leave open to fix the message) and in the underlying native SDKs and/or the emulator. An example is that the firebase database emulator (used optionally for local development) does not seem to like it when app check is enabled on android. Why? Still needs to be fixed, but it's all getting better and does work if you are careful and test things.

Cheers