Ionic Cordova app stopped compiling after Google's June 17th Firebase SDK update

Question

I\'m unable to compile Ionic Cordova App after Firebase Major version update with Breaking Changes, specifically with June 17, 2019 update.

I tried downgrading to An

Answer 1

ionic cordova platform remove android

ionic cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-firebase

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebase-lib@3.3.0

(if you removed this npm install --save @ionic-native/firebase@4 install again)

There was a dex merger issue in android 7.0.0 for me. So I have used android 8.0.0

To use android 8.0.0

ionic cordova platform add android@8.0.0

if required install below 2 plugin for android 8.0.0

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-androidx

and

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter