Firebase Messaging “E/FirebaseCrash: Failed to initialize crash reporting”

Question

I am getting this error when initializing my firebase application for Firebase cloud messaging in my main activity.

12-29 17:17:39.253 10361-10361/com.package.android.local E/FirebaseCrash: Failed to initialize crash reporting
    com.google.firebase.crash.internal.zzg$zza: com.google.android.gms.internal.zzsu$zza: No acceptable module found. Local version is 0 and remote version is 0.
        at com.google.firebase.crash.internal.zzg.zzbr(Unknown Source)
        at com.google.firebase.crash.FirebaseCrash.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at com.google.firebase.crash.FirebaseCrash.getInstance(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.zza(Unknown Source)
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source)
        at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source)
        at com.package.android.activity.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:264)

I am initializing firebase like so in my main activity: (note, I am not using google-services.json nor calling apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services' in my build.gradle)

mFirebase = FirebaseApp.initializeApp(this,
                                      new FirebaseOptions.Builder().setGcmSenderId(GCM_SENDER_ID)
                                                                   .setStorageBucket(FIREBASE_STORAGE_URL)
                                                                   .setApiKey(FIREBASE_API_KEY)
                                                                   .setApplicationId(FIREBASE_APP_ID)
                                                                   .setDatabaseUrl(FIREBASE_DB_URL)
                                                                   .build());

My build.gradle dependencies look like so:

dependencies {
    // Play Services
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:9.6.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.6.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:9.6.1'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.6.1'
    compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:9.6.1'
}

Is there anything I can do to prevent the error from occurring? I already have another solution for crash reporting so I don't want to use Firebase Crash but there doesn't seem to be any option to disable it or prevent FirebaseApp from attempting to initialize it.

I have searched and according to this documentation and this other post I should exclude firebase crash from the build.gradle dependencies but it is not included to begin with.

Does the issue persist if you use the latest version `10.0.1`? — donfuxx, Dec 30 '16 at 00:21
have you tried downgrading the google play-service dependency to compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0' ?? — Amit Upadhyay, Dec 30 '16 at 01:33
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39324712/firebasecrash-failed-to-initialize-crash-reporting — Doug Stevenson, Dec 31 '16 at 21:42
@AmitUpadhyay gradle will throw an error because firebase versions start at 9.0.0, so that's the minimum play service dependency that can be called. — kira_codes, Jan 05 '17 at 00:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '16 at 01:21

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What version of Google Play Services is present on your device/emulator? I suspect this is really just something unhappy with the version of Play Services which probably isn't handled well in Firebase Crash.

My suspicion is that updating to the latest version (both your SDK and version on the device) is likely to fix your problem. I'm not 100% sure - but it's a good starting place at least!

answered Dec 30 '16 at 01:21

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The device was running play services 8.4.0 and the issue seems to be resolved on update to versions 9.0.0 and greater. Thanks! – kira_codes Jan 05 '17 at 00:10

Firebase Messaging “E/FirebaseCrash: Failed to initialize crash reporting”

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