@capacitor-firebase/authentication 7.0.0 - signInWithGoogle(...)

[Tibblez]

I was using version 6.3.1 of the plugin no problem with the Sign in with google functionality, but now that I've updated to version 7.0.0 I am getting this error whenever I run the signInWithGoogle function:

Error: During begin sign in, failure response from one tap: Missing Feature{name=auth_api_credentials_begin_sign_in, version=8} at returnResult (localhost/:921) at Object.win.androidBridge.onmessage (localhost/:896)

Here are some details from my config, I'm entirely sure which parts are important to this function.

build.gradle only has

• classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.7.2'
• classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.2'

variables.gradle has these, among other things.

• rgcfaIncludeGoogle = true
• minSdkVersion = 23

I'm running my app on an Android 11 emulator.

I have my google-services.json file in there as well and, like I said, this was working fine up until the 7.0.0 update. Any ideas? Are there other dependencies I don't have?

Update: I ran my app on Android 15 and it worked. The UI for the account selector seems different than it was before. Is there a new minimum requirement? Will this not work on 11?

[robingenz]

We had to migrate to the new Credentials Manager on Android in v7.0.0 (see #803) which was a big change. Seems like your issue can be fixed by using the latest SDK versions (see https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/290661565). I recommend you to take a look at this project which works for me without issues: https://github.com/robingenz/capacitor-firebase-authentication-demo. Maybe you can find the difference in your codebase.

[Tibblez]

I'm using version 35 of the SDK. So far I have not been able to get your demo project running on an Android 11 device. I've tried fiddling with the browser targets but I can't get it going. I suspect compatibility problems with the older webview. I did notice though that after I did npm install and cap sync the project seems to be using @capacitor-firebase/[email protected] still. I haven't been able to find any differences in my build.gradle or variables.gradle from what's in the demo.

I tried my app on Android 15, 14, 13, and 12 and signInWithGoogle works on all of them. Android 11 my app will run but signInWithGoogle gives the error I mentioned. Below that I would have to put some effort into browser compatibility issues so I'm not sure it's worth it. I may just be resigned to the fact that I'll be targeting Android 12 and up.

Edit: I rebuilt my Android 11 emulator and now it works. No idea why. Let's assume this was an emulator issue and not a library issue. Thanks Robin!