v4.2.0

v4.2.0 Changelog

If you are upgrading from a version prior to v4.1.0, please make sure you have checked for breaking changes in the release notes for all missed versions.

iOS Breaking Changes

• This version supports v5+ of the Firebase iOS pods which contained a number of breaking changes"

  1. If you had previously restricted the version of Firebase/Core to 4.13.0, you will need to remove that restriction.
  2. Run pod update to get the latest versions of all the Firebase pods.

Auth

• Full support for the new passwordless email sign in functionality: fetchSignInMethodsForEmail, isSignInWithEmailLink, sendSignInLinkToEmail and signInWithEmailLink

Database

• [ios] Use a separate dispatch queue for requests

Firestore

• [ios] Use a separate dispatch queue for requests and callbacks to improve performance - thanks @bzztbomb

Invites

• [android] #1072 Fix a bug with invitation email keys - thanks @arnabkund

Messaging

• [ios] Cache and send data messages received whilst the app is being initialised - fixes #1005

Notifications

• [android] #1073 Fix ClassCastException while parsing fireDate - thanks @dluksza
• [android] #1080 Add support for deleting channels and channel groups - thanks @dluksza
• [android] #1088 Correctly resolve promise when cancelling a notification - thanks @pranjal-jain
• [android] #1074 Support handling of notification actions without waking the UI - thanks @dluksza
  • New notification actions docs here: https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v4.2.x/notifications/android-actions