Can FirebaseAuth 5.0.x be used in an iOS app extension?

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FirebaseAuth uses [UIApplication sharedApplication] in FIRAuth.m. Since that API is not available to App Extensions, it appears that FirebaseAuth (and anything that depends on it, such as Firestore) can not be used in an App Extension.

Is there any way around this limitation?

Tracking at https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/issues/1357 — Paul Beusterien, May 30 '18 at 18:44

Guven · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-01T06:49:33.083

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Update:

Firebase confirms that a fix is targeted for 5.2.x version. Track the Github issue for latest updates.

It seems as Firebase is not officially supporting extensions in iOS. I have got that info from this GitHub issue (see paulb777's answer). Maybe someone from Firebase can also confirm this here. I am very surprised that we can't use Firebase SDK when creating extensions such as a Today widget.

The only workaround I had was reverting back to an earlier version of Firebase via:

pod 'Firebase', '4.9.0'

This uses the 4.9.0 version of the Firebase SDK and doesn't create compiler errors.

edited Jun 01 '18 at 06:49

answered May 30 '18 at 14:31

Guven

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Thanks. Here's hoping for something in 5.1.x! – RickDT May 30 '18 at 18:56
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Fix is targeted for 5.2.0 - https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/issues/1357 – Paul Beusterien May 31 '18 at 21:11
Best news that I got today! Thanks Paul. – Guven Jun 01 '18 at 06:37
i am already done to istall firebase but issue is Firebase Database is not updating in UNNotificationServiceExtension what should i do? – Shakeel Ahmed Jul 25 '19 at 11:59

Can FirebaseAuth 5.0.x be used in an iOS app extension?

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