App crash: Firebase API initialization failure.

[salouri]

After installing the plugin I was able to build on android successfully but the app crashes with "Firebase API initialization failure." error. Adb log shows the below

D/FirebaseApp: com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuth is not linked. Skipping initialization.
D/FirebaseInstanceId: Restricting intent to a specific service: org.apache.cordova.firebase.FirebasePluginInstanceIDService
E/ActivityThread: Failed to find provider info for com.google.android.gms.chimera
W/DynamiteModule: Failed to retrieve remote module version.
E/FirebaseApp: Firebase API initialization failure.
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
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.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source)
at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source)
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1801)
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1776)
at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.attachInfo(Unknown Source)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5454)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5025)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4965)
at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.invokeOriginalMethodNative(Native Method)
at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.handleHookedMethod(XposedBridge.java:334)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication()
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1554)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:111)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:207)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5769)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:789)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:679)
at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.main(XposedBridge.java:102)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value. Expected 10298000 but found 5089000. You must have the following declaration within the element:
at com.google.android.gms.common.zzg.zzaH(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.common.zzg.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.common.zze.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.dynamite.DynamiteModule.zzbm(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.dynamite.DynamiteModule.zzc(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.dynamite.DynamiteModule.zzb(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.dynamite.DynamiteModule$1.zzb(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.dynamite.DynamiteModule$6.zza(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.dynamite.DynamiteModule.zza(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzaqc.initialize(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzaqb.initialize(Unknown Source)
at com.google.android.gms.internal.zzbns.initialize(Unknown Source)
at com.google.firebase.crash.FirebaseCrash.getInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.zza(Unknown Source) 
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source) 
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source) 
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(Unknown Source) 
at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.onCreate(Unknown Source) 
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1801) 
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:1776) 
at com.google.firebase.provider.FirebaseInitProvider.attachInfo(Unknown Source) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:5454) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:5025) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4965) 
at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.invokeOriginalMethodNative(Native Method) 
at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.handleHookedMethod(XposedBridge.java:334) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication() 
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1554) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:111) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:207) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5769) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:789) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:679) 
at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.main(XposedBridge.java:102) `

My build.gradle file is as follows:

`apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
mavenCentral()

}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0'
}

}

// Allow plugins to declare Maven dependencies via build-extras.gradle.
repositories {
jcenter()
mavenCentral()

}

task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
gradleVersion = '2.8'
}

ext {
apply from: 'CordovaLib/cordova.gradle'
// The value for android.compileSdkVersion.
if (!project.hasProperty('cdvCompileSdkVersion')) {
cdvCompileSdkVersion = null;
}
// The value for android.buildToolsVersion.
if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildToolsVersion')) {
cdvBuildToolsVersion = null;
}
// Sets the versionCode to the given value.
if (!project.hasProperty('cdvVersionCode')) {
cdvVersionCode = null
}
// Sets the minSdkVersion to the given value.
if (!project.hasProperty('cdvMinSdkVersion')) {
cdvMinSdkVersion = null
}
// Whether to build architecture-specific APKs.
if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildMultipleApks')) {
cdvBuildMultipleApks = null
}
// .properties files to use for release signing.
if (!project.hasProperty('cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile')) {
cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile = null
}
// .properties files to use for debug signing.
if (!project.hasProperty('cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile')) {
cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile = null
}
// Set by build.js script.
if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildArch')) {
cdvBuildArch = null
}

// Plugin gradle extensions can append to this to have code run at the end.
cdvPluginPostBuildExtras = []

}

// PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS START
apply from: "cordova-plugin-firebase/alquran-build.gradle"
// PLUGIN GRADLE EXTENSIONS END

def hasBuildExtras = file('build-extras.gradle').exists()
if (hasBuildExtras) {
apply from: 'build-extras.gradle'
}

// Set property defaults after extension .gradle files.
if (ext.cdvCompileSdkVersion == null) {
ext.cdvCompileSdkVersion = privateHelpers.getProjectTarget()
}
if (ext.cdvBuildToolsVersion == null) {
ext.cdvBuildToolsVersion = privateHelpers.findLatestInstalledBuildTools()
}
if (ext.cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile == null && file('debug-signing.properties').exists()) {
ext.cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile = 'debug-signing.properties'
}
if (ext.cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile == null && file('release-signing.properties').exists()) {
ext.cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile = 'release-signing.properties'
}

// Cast to appropriate types.
ext.cdvBuildMultipleApks = cdvBuildMultipleApks == null ? false : cdvBuildMultipleApks.toBoolean();
ext.cdvMinSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion == null ? null : Integer.parseInt('' + cdvMinSdkVersion)
ext.cdvVersionCode = cdvVersionCode == null ? null : Integer.parseInt('' + cdvVersionCode)

def computeBuildTargetName(debugBuild) {
def ret = 'assemble'
if (cdvBuildMultipleApks && cdvBuildArch) {
def arch = cdvBuildArch == 'arm' ? 'armv7' : cdvBuildArch
ret += '' + arch.toUpperCase().charAt(0) + arch.substring(1);
}
return ret + (debugBuild ? 'Debug' : 'Release')
}

// Make cdvBuild a task that depends on the debug/arch-sepecific task.
task cdvBuildDebug
cdvBuildDebug.dependsOn {
return computeBuildTargetName(true)
}

task cdvBuildRelease
cdvBuildRelease.dependsOn {
return computeBuildTargetName(false)
}

task cdvPrintProps << {
println('cdvCompileSdkVersion=' + cdvCompileSdkVersion)
println('cdvBuildToolsVersion=' + cdvBuildToolsVersion)
println('cdvVersionCode=' + cdvVersionCode)
println('cdvMinSdkVersion=' + cdvMinSdkVersion)
println('cdvBuildMultipleApks=' + cdvBuildMultipleApks)
println('cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile=' + cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile)
println('cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile=' + cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile)
println('cdvBuildArch=' + cdvBuildArch)
println('computedVersionCode=' + android.defaultConfig.versionCode)
android.productFlavors.each { flavor ->
println('computed' + flavor.name.capitalize() + 'VersionCode=' + flavor.versionCode)
}
}

android {
sourceSets {
main {
manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
java.srcDirs = ['src']
resources.srcDirs = ['src']
aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
res.srcDirs = ['res']
assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
}
}
useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'

defaultConfig {
	multiDexEnabled true
   // versionCode cdvVersionCode ?: Integer.parseInt("" + privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("versionCode") + "0")
    versionCode cdvVersionCode ?: Integer.parseInt("" + privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("versionCode"))
    //applicationId privateHelpers.extractStringFromManifest("package")
    applicationId "com.qquest.alquran"
    if (cdvMinSdkVersion != null) {
        minSdkVersion cdvMinSdkVersion
    }
    ndk {
       abiFilters "armeabi", "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "mips"
    }
}

lintOptions {
  abortOnError false;
}

compileSdkVersion cdvCompileSdkVersion
buildToolsVersion cdvBuildToolsVersion

if (Boolean.valueOf(cdvBuildMultipleApks)) {
    productFlavors {
        armv7 {
            versionCode defaultConfig.versionCode + 2
            ndk {
                abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", ""
            }
        }
        x86 {
            versionCode defaultConfig.versionCode + 4
            ndk {
                abiFilters "x86", ""
            }
        }
        all {
            ndk {
                abiFilters "all", ""
            }
        }
    }
} else if (!cdvVersionCode) {
  def minSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion ?: privateHelpers.extractIntFromManifest("minSdkVersion")
  // Vary versionCode by the two most common API levels:
  // 14 is ICS, which is the lowest API level for many apps.
  // 20 is Lollipop, which is the lowest API level for the updatable system webview.
  if (minSdkVersion >= 20) {
    defaultConfig.versionCode += 9
  } else if (minSdkVersion >= 14) {
  //  defaultConfig.versionCode += 8
  }
}

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
}

if (cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile) {
    signingConfigs {
        release {
            // These must be set or Gradle will complain (even if they are overridden).
            keyAlias = ""
            keyPassword = "__unset"
            // And these must be set to non-empty in order to have the signing step added to the task graph.
            storeFile = null
            storePassword = "__unset"
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }
    }
    addSigningProps(cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile, signingConfigs.release)
}
if (cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile) {
    addSigningProps(cdvDebugSigningPropertiesFile, signingConfigs.debug)
}

}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: '*.jar', dir: 'libs')
// SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES START
debugCompile project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "debug")
releaseCompile project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "release")
compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:+"
compile "com.android.support:support-v13:+"
compile "com.android.support:support-v4:+"
compile project(':PdCore')
compile project(':downloader_library')
compile project(':market_licensing')
compile project(':zip_file')
compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:+"
compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:+"
compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-crash:+"
compile "com.google.firebase:firebase-config:+"
// SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES END
}

def promptForReleaseKeyPassword() {
if (!cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile) {
return;
}
if ('__unset'.equals(android.signingConfigs.release.storePassword)) {
android.signingConfigs.release.storePassword = privateHelpers.promptForPassword('Enter key store password: ')
}
if ('__unset'.equals(android.signingConfigs.release.keyPassword)) {
android.signingConfigs.release.keyPassword = privateHelpers.promptForPassword('Enter key password: ');
}
}

gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { taskGraph ->
taskGraph.getAllTasks().each() { task ->
if (task.name == 'validateReleaseSigning') {
promptForReleaseKeyPassword()
}
}
}

def addSigningProps(propsFilePath, signingConfig) {
def propsFile = file(propsFilePath)
def props = new Properties()
propsFile.withReader { reader ->
props.load(reader)
}

def storeFile = new File(props.get('key.store') ?: privateHelpers.ensureValueExists(propsFilePath, props, 'storeFile'))
if (!storeFile.isAbsolute()) {
    storeFile = RelativePath.parse(true, storeFile.toString()).getFile(propsFile.getParentFile())
}
if (!storeFile.exists()) {
    throw new FileNotFoundException('Keystore file does not exist: ' + storeFile.getAbsolutePath())
}
signingConfig.keyAlias = props.get('key.alias') ?: privateHelpers.ensureValueExists(propsFilePath, props, 'keyAlias')
signingConfig.keyPassword = props.get('keyPassword', props.get('key.alias.password', signingConfig.keyPassword))
signingConfig.storeFile = storeFile
signingConfig.storePassword = props.get('storePassword', props.get('key.store.password', signingConfig.storePassword))
def storeType = props.get('storeType', props.get('key.store.type', ''))
if (!storeType) {
    def filename = storeFile.getName().toLowerCase();
    if (filename.endsWith('.p12') || filename.endsWith('.pfx')) {
        storeType = 'pkcs12'
    } else {
        storeType = signingConfig.storeType // "jks"
    }
}
signingConfig.storeType = storeType

}

for (def func : cdvPluginPostBuildExtras) {
func()
}
if (hasProperty('postBuildExtras')) {
postBuildExtras()
}
`

I tried many possible solutions like in here, here , here and here; without any luck ...
what could be wrong?

[tuchangwei]

Crash too

[robertarnesson]

closing this for now. if its still an issue (try using master) then open a new ticket

[rgbsuede]

We are encountering this exact issue now.