Firebase App Distribution BUG: missing app ID on GitHub Actions

[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Android Studio version: Android Studio Bumblebee | 2021.1.1
• Firebase Component: Firebase App Distribution
• Component version: 3.0.0

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Just like this StackOverFlow issue, I have followed your guide for distributing builds through Firebase, and I also used GitHub actions for that. It was working smoothly for 3-4 months, until I recently upgraded to the 3.0.0 version of Firebase App Distribution.

As soon as I did it, I can no longer push builds through firebase as I get the following error on GitHub: `* What went wrong: Execution failed for task ‘:app:appDistributionRemoteDevDebug’.

Missing app id. Please check that it was passed in and try again`

The following code on Android Studio’s terminal (which is the same code I have in the GitHub action) works properly. gradlew :app:assembleRemoteDevDebug :app:appDistributionUploadRemoteDevDebug

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a GitHub action that distributes a build in firebase
2. You will get the following error Missing app id. Please check that it was passed in and try again
3. Running the same code that builds the project and uploads it in the Firebase, in the terminal in Android Studio, gives no error at all.

[argzdev]

This has been acknowledged by our engineers and a fix is on the way - internally tracked b/218610467. We’ll post back here once we get updates. Thanks!

[mtrakal]

I’m able to reproduce with:

app/build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.google.firebase.appdistribution'

android {
   compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
    }

    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
        freeCompilerArgs += "-Xopt-in=kotlin.RequiresOptIn"
    }

    buildTypes {
         distribution {
            firebaseAppDistribution {
                serviceCredentialsFile = "firebase_distribution_api_key.json"
            }
        }

    flavorDimensions "api"
    productFlavors {
        staging {
            firebaseAppDistribution {
                releaseNotesFile = "${rootDir}/firebase_release_notes.txt"
                groups = "internal-testing"
            }
        }
    }
}

build.gradle

buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.6.10'

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.1.0'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
        classpath "com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.10"
        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-appdistribution-gradle:3.0.0'
    }
}

google-services.json is located in /app/google-services.json

command to fire upload to Firebase App Distribution in my bitbucket pipeline: ./gradlew assembleStagingDistribution appDistributionUploadStagingDistribution

Same configuration just with classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-appdistribution-gradle:2.2.0' work like a charm. Only chnage to 3.0.0 made a failed upload with same error: Missing app id. Please check that it was passed in and try again

The biggest difference is, that I use 2 times firebaseAppDistribution (flavor + build type) and use serviceCredentialsFile instead of token. Or maybe location of google-services.json file? Because App ID is specified in this file.