Firebase usage?

This library is using on Android com.google.firebase:firebase-core dependency, but I can not find any imports from firebase packages.

So what is the reason for importing Firebase core dependency?

[cybergrind]

@hannta / @rahsheen what is the exact issue with firebase. There are 2 possible options I see:

1. You don’t need firebase at all and cannot have it for some reason
2. You have version conflicts

Regarding second point, you can force desirable versions in your build.gradle file:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
        // Add jitpack repository (added by tipsi-stripe)
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
        // Add fabric repository (added by tipsi-twitter)
        maven { url "https://maven.fabric.io/public" }
        mavenLocal()
        jcenter()
        maven {
            // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
            url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
        }
        configurations.all {
            // #PlayServicesGate — March, 20 2018
            resolutionStrategy {
                force 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.4'
                // force 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.3.4'
                force 'com.google.firebase:firebase-iid:17.0.4'
                force 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:17.3.4'
                force 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.0.1'
                force 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:16.0.0'
                force 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:16.0.1'
                force 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:11.8.0'

                // #FBSDKGate — August, 31 2018
                force 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.34.0'
            }
        }
    }

This is what we’re using internally and it works for android.

Regarding first point - I’m not sure if you can have payments with android pay without firebase. Possibly this can be done but this require some additional research and we cannot switch to this right now

[hannta]

@cybergrind thanks for the clarification, my original question was to ask why the Firebase lib is included in this lib as looks like it is not used at all.

Im using Firebase in my app, and i do not have issues for using it 😃