Cannot find module '@firebase/app-types/private' - Firebase throws error

Question

I am working on application using angular and firebase. I installed firebase with the instructions given on site and the versions as follows,

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Answer 1

Solution:

1. Inside package.json, remove ^ from "firebase": "^4.8.1"

1.1 Downgrade Firebase from 4.8.1 to 4.8.0 by changing 4.8.1 to 4.8.0

1.2 End result should look like this: "firebase": "4.8.0"

2. Run npm update in the Project Root. NPM will downgrade Firebase for ya

3. Run ng serve --open to check for compilation errors. There shouldn't be any.

4. Enjoy!

Reason:

Firebase had introduced some breaking changes that AngularFire2 had not coped up with yet. Until the AngularFire2 team work it out, this will be the solution.