Failed to resolve: com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.1

Question

I'm trying to add firebase cloud storage to my app. Below is the app build.gradle. But it says: Failed to resolve: com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.1. Why? There is no firebase-core in the dependencies at all.

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 27
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.louise.udacity.mydict"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 27
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:16.0.1'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.0.1'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'

    implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage:1.31.0'
    implementation 'com.firebase:firebase-jobdispatcher:0.8.5'
}

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

Answer 1

From the docs:-

Your app gradle file now has to explicitly list com.google.firebase:firebase-core as a dependency for Firebase services to work as expected.

Add:

 implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.1'

and in top level gradle file use the latest version of google play services:

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.0.2'

https://firebase.google.com/support/release-notes/android

https://bintray.com/android/android-tools/com.google.gms.google-services

Note:

You need to add the google() repo in the top level gradle file, as specified in the firebase docs and also it should be before jcenter():

 buildscript {
  repositories {
          google()
          jcenter()
      }



dependencies {
  classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.3'
  classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.0.2'
   }
}

allprojects {
     repositories {
              google()
             jcenter()
  }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
  delete rootProject.buildDir
 }

https://firebase.google.com/docs/android/setup