FirebaseApp is not initialized in this process

[hram]

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[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Android Studio version:
• Firebase Component: com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:31.2.2
• Component version:

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

1. Add annotation @AddTrace to function onCreate() in the Application class
2. Init firebase FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this) inside function onCreate()
3. Start app
4. Application crashes on startup

Relevant Code:

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Default FirebaseApp is not initialized in this process <my app id>:Metrica. Make sure to call FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Context) first.
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.getInstance(FirebaseApp.java:179)
        at com.google.firebase.perf.config.RemoteConfigManager.getInitialStartupMillis(RemoteConfigManager.java:91)
        at com.google.firebase.perf.config.RemoteConfigManager.<init>(RemoteConfigManager.java:85)
        at com.google.firebase.perf.config.RemoteConfigManager.<clinit>(RemoteConfigManager.java:52)
        at com.google.firebase.perf.config.RemoteConfigManager.getInstance(RemoteConfigManager.java:119) 
        at com.google.firebase.perf.config.ConfigResolver.<init>(ConfigResolver.java:78) 
        at com.google.firebase.perf.config.ConfigResolver.getInstance(ConfigResolver.java:86) 
        at com.google.firebase.perf.application.AppStateMonitor.<init>(AppStateMonitor.java:98) 
        at com.google.firebase.perf.application.AppStateMonitor.getInstance(AppStateMonitor.java:87) 
        at com.google.firebase.perf.metrics.Trace.<init>(Trace.java:106) 
        at com.google.firebase.perf.metrics.Trace.create(Trace.java:98) 
        at com.google.firebase.perf.FirebasePerformance.startTrace(FirebasePerformance.java:213) 
        at <my app id>.App.onCreate(Unknown Source:6) 
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1118) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:5791) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(Unknown Source:0) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1661) 
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164) 
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541) 
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767) 

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[argzdev]

Hi @hram, thanks for reaching out to us. I'm not experiencing the same behavior with the steps you've provided. I added @AddTrace to my application class, but there seems to be no issue.

Relevant code:

class MainApplication: Application() {
    @AddTrace(name = "onCreateTrace", enabled = true /* optional */)
    override fun onCreate() {
        FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this)
        super.onCreate()
    }
}

Dependencies:

  implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:31.2.2')
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-ktx'
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf-ktx'

Manifest:

    <application
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        ...
        android:name=".MainApplication"
        tools:targetApi="31">

Am I missing anything?

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[tevjef]

@argzdev I believe the app has to startup a separate process where onCreate is called again. It seems Firebase now fails to initialize on non main processes.

<service
  android:name="com.company.NewProcess"
  android:process=":NewProcess" />

Starting this service would result in a crash.

[argzdev]

Hi @tevjef, thanks for the insight. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but I still can't replicate the same behavior even with the service.

AndroidManifest:

<application
...
        <service
            android:name=".RandomService"
            android:process=":NewProcess" />
</application>

Random Service code:

class RandomService: Service() {
override fun onBind(p0: Intent?): IBinder? = null

    @AddTrace(name = "onCreateServiceTrace", enabled = true)
    override fun onCreate() {
        super.onCreate()
        Log.d(TAG, "onCreate: ")
        FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this)
    }

    @RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
    override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int {
        super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId)
        Log.d(TAG, "onStartCommand: ")
        return START_STICKY
    }

    override fun onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy()
        stopForeground(STOP_FOREGROUND_REMOVE)
        stopSelf()
        Log.d(TAG, "Random Service is being killed")
    }
}

MainActivity:

    fun startRandomService(view: View) {
        Intent(this, RandomService::class.java).also { intent ->
            startService(intent)
        }
    }

    fun endRandomService(view: View) {
        Intent(this, RandomService::class.java).also { intent ->
            stopService(intent)
        }
    }

[hram]

@argzdev why do you call FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this) before super.onCreate()?
what happens if you put FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this) after super.onCreate()?