I have a simple Flutter project. All it does is connect to a Firestore collection, pull some documents, and display them. This works fine on iOS. However, when I try to run it in macOS, I'm unable to retrieve the documents. I don't see any exceptions, just the absence of success.
The only things I changed from the initial default project was one of the build methods (below), and importing 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart'.
My build method:
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text(widget.title),
),
body: StreamBuilder(
stream: Firestore.instance.collection('mycollection').snapshots(),
builder: (context, snapshot) {
if (!snapshot.hasData) return const Text('Loading');
return ListView.builder(
itemExtent: 80,
itemCount: snapshot.data.documents.length,
itemBuilder: (context, index) => ListTile(
title: Row(
children: [
Expanded(
child:
Text(snapshot.data.documents[index].data['title']),
)
],
)));
},
),
floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
onPressed: _incrementCounter,
tooltip: 'Increment',
child: Icon(Icons.add),
), // This trailing comma makes auto-formatting nicer for build methods.
);
}
From reading around, it seems that macOS is not fully supported by Firebase. That said, it appears people have been able to make it work - for example, Swift macOS Firebase. I've also seen that perhaps I should be using the FirebaseCore pod as opposed to Firebase/Core pod as seen here. While I tried to manually add the FirebaseCore pod, it appears I still have the Firebase/Core pod, and I don't understand how the pubspec/pods mechanism enough yet to pull it out.
More background:
▶ flutter doctor
Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[✓] Flutter (Channel master, 1.21.0-1.0.pre, on Mac OS X 10.15.5 19F101, locale en-US)
[✗] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices
✗ Unable to locate Android SDK.
Install Android Studio from: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
On first launch it will assist you in installing the Android SDK components.
(or visit https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#android-setup for detailed instructions).
If the Android SDK has been installed to a custom location, set ANDROID_SDK_ROOT to that location.
You may also want to add it to your PATH environment variable.
[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 11.6)
[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
[!] Android Studio (not installed)
[✓] VS Code (version 1.47.0)
[✓] Connected device (4 available)
